Gay Igloo Recipient (January 2009)

Our first Quebecois recipient is Mathieu Chantelois born in 1975 in Montreal. Mathieu is a graduate of Carleton University (journalism) in Ottawa. He first became famous as one of the houseboys on the Canadian reality television show, "The Lofters". He was the first gay resident of the show. He later went on to host the popular gay television show, "So Gay TV" on PrideVision. He went on to host two other television shows, "Read Out" and "CoverGuy". Mathieu is also editor of the Quebec movie magazine, "Famous Quebec". Mathieu has always supported the GLBT community both in Toronto and Montreal and was named chair of the board at the 519 Church Street Community Centre in 2006. Merci Mathieu!