Building a Community
Strengthening the City

MASTHEAD

Communities are central to The Toronto Inside Story

A community is defined as a body of people with common characteristics. A community may be bound by shared values, attitudes, lifestyle preferences, a common residential area or profession. Increasingly people are looking for these similarities and choosing to align themselves with others who share a similar viewpoint. According to publisher, Michael Paré, people are turning back to their immediate surroundings. “They are insulating themselves from the bad news and from the ravages of social and economic change by turning their focus inward and concentrating very heavily on their backyard, their own family, street and neighbourhood."

The Inner city West has a core audience of 25 to 44 year old professionals who work hard, play hard and live it up. The city vibe and the fast-pace lifestyle it offers is the magnet that tries to drawn this community into the city hub. With more flexibility and time, the inner city westenders can now savour a multitude of west end food and leisure opportunities. Many do not travel too far from their base, so local retailers and services are of interest. They earn a considerable income which allows them to pay high rents as well as indulge in the caf? lifestyle that the inner city living offers. Their lifestyles are orientated around dining out, shopping, meeting friends at bars, going to the movies and other forms of cultural entertainment such as the theatre. The Inside Story is the only targeted publication that taps into this affluent and savvy group.

The Inside Story enewspaper has been published since 1996. The news and entertainment pages are dedicated to promoting Queer Toronto and it's performing arts community to the world. Each year we help to inform the entertainment decision-making process of more than 15,000,000 visitors from within Canada and abroad. Visitors are also interested new queer west Toronto community.

The Inside Story enewspaper is a independent community partner of Gay West, who are kind enough to host us here free of charge. The publisher considers Queer Toronto to be Roncesvalle to Spadina and Bloor to King Street.

We have good positioning with the major search engines for most popular search terms in every area we cover with consistently high rankings in most search returns.

This is an important consideration in reaching out of town or foreign visitors as their unfamiliarity with local media is likely to lead them to go for the top hits in any category. Internet searching is also the top method for investigating vacation destinations.

We are visited on a daily basis by other media using our listings for their research, so The Inside Story actually has a much wider 'reach' as our site is watched regularly by other media.

Thank-you for your interest in Inside Story

The Inside Story Newspaper bringing you only the best of Queer Toronto has to offer.

Masthead Info
Publisher: Michael Paré
Editor-in-chief: Don Quixote
Copyright (c) 1996. All rights reserved.
The Toronto Inside Story is a Division of  Toronto Digital Queeries
Toronto Digital Queeries forward thinking since 1996.

Mailing Address: The Toronto Inside Story, Phone: 9 am to 9 pm 416-551-1709. Write the Editor at insidestory_toronto@yahoo.ca | Box 204, Station C - Toronto ON M6J 3M9.

Mission Statement: The Toronto Inside Story is dedicated to providing a space for the West Toronto's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender neighbourhoods. For all of its members to communicate and be involved with each other. This means that every edition of the Inside Story, to the best of its ability, will be equally dedicated to both men's and women's issues, as well as issues that affect the entire community. This balance will provide lesbians and gay men with a forum to air grievances and express joys in community activities. 

The Toronto Inside Story is copyrighted under federal law. Any reproduction of its contents is prohibited unless permission is obtained. Any material submitted for publication will be subject to editing. The Toronto Inside Story cannot guarantee return of any such materials unless accompanied by a stamped, self-addressed envelope. The news pages  carry no direct advertising and is provided to the community as a free service.
 

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A person's name appearing in this publication is not an indication of that person's sexual orientation/identity. Opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily represent those of The Toronto Inside Story or Gay West Community Network, but still must conform to Gay West's Mission Statement.

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Letters to the Editor

The Toronto Inside Story encourages everyone to write and express your opinion about the community or the paper. Please, however, keep letters constructive, and avoid name-calling and personal attacks. Please be brief. We reserve the right to edit letters. We will print only your first and last name unless you specifically ask us not too. Letters must include a street address and phone, for verification only.