 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!, to the mainstream Eye Weekly and the national publications, Macleans and the Globe and Mail.