Gay Igloo Recipient (January 2009)

Toronto, Ontario female comic Elvira Kurt was the former host of the satirical entertainment talk show "PopCultured" on the Comedy Network in Canada. She is a Canadian of Jewish Hungarian descent and is openly lesbian. She coined herself with the term, "fellagirly" a combination of femme and butch. She hosted the second season of My Fabulous Gay Wedding and appears regularily on CBC Radio shows "The Debaters" and "Q".