Grill Masters, Jungle Masters and Cake Masters Compete On TV This Week

Check out our weekly guide to TV this week, and make sure you’re catching the big premieres, crucial episodes and the stuff you won’t admit you watch when no one’s looking.

If the Fourth got you hungry for more grilled delights, see how the pros do it on Chopped: Grill Masters.  The tournament includes 16 chefs competing in Napa Valley. Catch the premiere Tuesday at 10 p.m. Eastern on Food Network.

Even before Alexander Skarsgård, we’ve always had a thing for guys in loincloths. The Legend of Tarzan meets American Ninja Warrior in Discovery’s new reality competition, American Tarzan, premiering Wednesday at 10 p.m. Eastern.

Millionaires aren’t finding love on Grindr (we’d know, we haven’t seen any yet), so why should you? Skip Scruff and get all the dating tips you need from Millionaire Matchmaker‘s Patti Stanger when she returns Friday at 10 p.m. Eastern on WEtv with Million Dollar Matchmaker.

We are OBSESSED with The Great British Baking Show. The antithesis of all of America’s cutthroat competitions, the series is a delightfully gentle gauntlet of various cakes, pastries and biscuits. On Friday’s episode, 9 p.m. Eastern on PBS, the remaining contestants bake biscotti.

Ellie Goulding, Usher, Christina Aguilera, Steven Tyler, Dave Matthews and Joan Jett are lending their voices (and music) to Hello World, a new series on Discovery premiering Saturday at 8 p.m. Eastern. The series pairs wildlife footage with popular songs, while Usher and Christina Aguilera prove whether or not they have the necessary koalafications to narrate nature documentaries in the premiere.

What are you watching this week on TV?

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Justin Trudeau Marches in Toronto Pride Parade, is First Canadian PM To Do So: WATCH

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Sunday became the first sitting Canadian Prime Minister to march in the Toronto Pride Parade, the Canadian Press reports:

Trudeau drew loud cheers from the crowds of people watching the parade. Other notable politicians taking part include Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne and Toronto Mayor John Tory.

Before the parade, Trudeau attended an outdoor church service in the heart of the city’s gay village where he sang along to Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way.”

The parade wraps up a month of Pride festivities in Toronto, which saw entertainment heavyweights like George Takei and Lindsay Lohan participate.

Prime Minister #JustinTrudeau at #PrideTO parade pic.twitter.com/AOZvs6EmEy

— Rachel West (@rachel_is_here) July 3, 2016

Trudeau marched beside a gay Syrian refugee:

Standing 5-foot-1, it was easy for the 29-year-old Syrian refugee to work his way to the front of the group and next to the leader of his new country — a spot he didn’t surrender for the entire parade route.

“Not in my wildest dreams would I ever have thought about having a day like this, marching next to the prime minister or marching in a Pride,” he said.

He arrived in Toronto May 26, almost three years after he left the home he’d shared with his mother in Damascus, Syria, and just days before Toronto Mayor John Tory proclaimed Pride Month at City Hall.

Watch him march:

Here he is! @JustinTrudeau #PrideTO pic.twitter.com/cKH7Ye3QDh

— Pride Toronto (@PrideToronto) July 3, 2016

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Waiting to Guffaw: Lamenting the Lack of Gay Comics

The impact of gay and bi men in modern comedy is undeniable. So where is our stand-up comic?

www.advocate.com/politics/2016/7/05/waiting-guffaw-lamenting-lack-gay-comics

Former Equality Foe: Homophobes Are Perverting Christianity

Michael Coren was well-known in Canada for his opposition to same-sex marriage. Here’s how he saw the light.

www.advocate.com/commentary/2016/7/05/former-equality-foe-homophobes-are-perverting-christianity

A New Model for LGBT Organizing

While venerable equality groups are shuttering, three scrappy Marylanders are launching one — and utilizing thoroughly modern ideas to succeed.

www.advocate.com/commentary/2016/7/05/new-model-lgbt-organizing