A steamy night with trans pornstar Buck Angel
FIRST-PERSON / Exposure festival shakes up conservative Edmonton
christina (steen) starr / National / Wednesday, November 25, 2009

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At a recent sultry, sexy and cultured night at Steamworks bathhouse in Edmonton, my political crunched ungraciously against my personal. The event, Really Big Show, a cleverly conceived evening of performance and installation, was part of Exposure, the city's third annual queer arts and culture festival.

On an average night, patrons in the generous shower, steam and sauna area of Steamworks are unlikely to bump into each other, unintentionally. But on Nov 15, the long umber-tiled, delicately lit room was packed wall to wall with sweaty queers eagerly awaiting the promised live performance by one of North America's hottest pornstars, Buck Angel.