Festival (TIFF), and became a sanctioned event of the Festival- the first-ever organization to be dubbed a "TIFF Exra." Queer Lounge panels were listed officially on TIFF's site. Some of the highlights of Queer Lounge's events at TIFF included an 1,100 person party for the film Shortbus at the Phoenix Theatre with 44 performers on stage. Queer Lounge also held two panels and the first-ever queer and queer-friendly professional networking brunch at the Anglican, Church of the Redeemer at the intersection of Bay Street and Bloor Avenue. A phenomenon in Toronto in its inaugural year, Queer Lounge drew cross-over press from Toronto's gay/lesbian newspaper Xtra, the mainstream Eye Weekly, and the national publications Maclean's and The Globe and Mail. References External links Queer Lounge Website Video interview: The Queer Lounge at Sundance Film Festival Sundance Film Festival 501(c)(3) organizations LGBT organizations in the United States