DECONSTRUCTING GENOA CITY with SHAUN PROULX!

Published: Oct. 26, 2010, 2 a.m.

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In 2000, Shaun Proulx left a successful career in finance to pursue his creative ambitions. In 2009 he was crowned \\u2018King Of All Media\\u2019 by fab magazine, and was featured on CBC\\u2019s Connect with Mark Kelly in a career segment on successful people who were \\u201ctechnically unqualified, but rocked their careers based on sheer talent and moxie.\\u201d

In May 2009, OutTV, Canada\\u2019s queer television network, began shooting the acclaimed The Shaun Proulx Show inside the PROUD FM studios (home for three years of his wildly popular afternoon drive radio show) and on location, including Los Angeles. In October that year, the first episode -featuring Vanessa Williams and Liza Minnelli as guests - premiered to huge success before a national television audience, with OutTV ordering 19 episodes. In January 2010, Montreal\\u2019s Hour magazine ranked Shaun on their 3rd annual Hot List.

Previously, Shaun appeared regularly on television, contributing to shows such as CBC\\u2019s The HOUR, and MuchMoreMusic\\u2019s Popaganda. His work also appeared for years in various sections of Canada\\u2019s national newspaper, the Globe and Mail including \'Globe Style\' and \'Globe Toronto\'. He is owner and publisher of the widely enjoyed online magazine GayGuideToronto.com, the city\\u2019s first online portal, currently celebrating eight years of serving the community. His blog, HIMBO! was named in eye Weekly\\u2019s Best of Toronto list.

For several years Shaun wrote the popular scene column \\u2018Cocktail Confessions\\u2019 for Xtra! and was a button-pushing monthly columnist and feature contributor, gaining infamy from his leading-edge, provocative articles on such topics as crystal meth and HIV and the law.'