Gary Penny recalls the trials of helping to start the Vancouver Pride Society (VPS)
Gay Chinatown in the War Years: An Interview with Wayson Choy
“I am very blessed”
Intercultural Perspectives from Beyond the Ghetto/Within the Village
Nightclubbing
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Call for submissions: Through Rainbow-Coloured Glasses (Comments)
The Vancouver Queer Film Festival has come a long way since its inception in 1988. It has evolved from a small, community-based arts event to become Vancouver’s second largest film festival and the largest queer arts event in Western Canada.
To celebrate VQFF, our theme for August is Through Rainbow-Coloured Glasses: 21 Years of the Vancouver [...]
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Gary Penny recalls the trials of helping to start the Vancouver Pride Society (VPS) (Comments)
In 1981 Vancouver held its very first gay pride parade. On February 6, 1984 Malcolm Crane was elected chair of the board at the founding meeting of the Pride Festival Association (PFA) at Gordon Neighbourhood House. He ran and controlled the Vancouver gay pride parade with an iron fist over the next eight years (1984-1992) [...]
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My favorite dance party in Vancouver (Comments)
A few photos documenting the April 2009 Fuck Off and Dance queer dance party. Part of our Do It For History! Challenge.
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It was a hot and steamy night!!! (Comments)
It was a hot and steamy night!!!
On Saturday August 23, 2008 I attended Out on Screen Film Festival’s screening of Raunchorama Resurrected, a series of hot and sexy short films. Well, that got me ready and in the mood for the after-party at Friction, a male-only oriented bathhouse.
Not only was I going to [...]
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Womyns’ Ware (Comments)
Womyns’ Ware is a queer-owned business that has been a mainstay on Commercial Drive for over 15 years. Their focus is on the celebration and empowerment of women’s sexuality, with a strong emphasis on education. The following is an interview with Janna Sylvest and Otter Louis, the owners of Womyns’ Ware.
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AIDS Vancouver, since 1983 (Comments)
Founded in 1983, AIDS Vancouver was the first AIDS service organization in Canada, and the third in North America.
View a slideshow of images from AIDS Vancouver’s 25 years, and listen to Noah Stewart, one of AIDS Vancouver’s founders, discuss the beginning of the HIV/AIDS Movement in Canada.
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