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political and social demonstration! Let FEEDBACK them march! COME THE F*&K ON! MATTHEW LANDEEN (VIA FACEBOOK) What happened to Gay Stripping nudity out of Pride I have no problems with nudity but I Pride? don’t think showing off your privates There used to be an event in Vancou- in a parade of this sort is appropriate. Lam initially distanced himself from any Lam, the man who led the VPS’s restruc- ver that I really enjoyed called Gay TERRY DAVID SILVERCLOUD EDITORIAL Pride [“Is Vancouver Pride Really 35 (VIA FACEBOOK) ROBIN PERELLE crackdown on nudity. Instead, he point- turing to create the manager position ed to parade capacity and the diffi culty of that he now fi lls? This Year?” dailyxtra.com July 11]. It was an event at which the gay com- If the city and the police don’t care, as Glen Callender is not, as accepting all 200-plus applicants. What’s next? Will the Dykes on Bikes the article says, then I suspect there’s he puts it, “an authority- “I want to be clear,” he said. “The fore- be told to put their shirts back on? munity came out to express itself in its multifaceted glory, to each other, plus an element of preventive toeing the fl outing naked rebel.” skin awareness group was not turned Previous VPS boards have respected line with regard to the parade’s new He’s more of an opportunistic nudist away because of nudity.” the importance of self-expression and anyone else like-minded who might happen to join in. civic designation. They don’t have to who marches pantless in Pride parades But it doesn’t take long for Lam to reveal unabashed celebration. censor Pride. Pride will do it itself. that’ll have him to draw attention to his true reason for banning Foreskin Pride. “We were always advised by the city Unfortunately, a number of years ago this wonderful event was superseded Just a guess. what he considers the injustice of cir- “We have to follow the law, and it’s that the parade was a family-friendly MARY-EV ANDERSON cumcision, a topic dear to his… heart. clearly stated in the law that you can’t event and that we should never en- by a generic event simply called Pride. (VIA FACEBOOK) Earlier this year, and last, he marched be nude in public,” he says. “That is courage nudity,” says past president Pride in what? You can fi ll in the miss- unfettered in Toronto’s Pride parade, not something that has to do with Van- John Boychuk. “But there was no way ing word with whatever suits you now. The law is the law is the law. I don’t care without incident. couver Pride. That’s not our rules and of stopping it, of course. How do you It’s a family-friendly, straight-friendly, how many times you have marched Last August he did the same here, also regulations. We have to follow the law.” tell someone who’s been marching in media-friendly, civic government- without incident before. What if I said I without incident, or so it seemed. Until Really? Since when? the parade for 35 years that they can’t friendly, business-friendly banality. had broken the law many times without the Vancouver Pride Society (VPS) It’s not as if Callender’s nudity hurt express themselves?” The parade seems to be more about incident, therefore I may continue do- suddenly rejected Callender and his anybody. And it’s not as if the police or And why would you want to? providing advertising opportunities ing so because I just want to? Foreskin Pride group’s application to the city care. Both deny putting any Though Callender would be just as for corporations as it trudges along I’m not alarmed or impressed by nu- march again this year. pressure on Pride to crackdown on happy to march his anti-circumcision its route, than any celebration of our dity; not interested in seeing it in the Callender tells me the VPS hedged nudity, despite this year’s shiny new message down Denman Street fully community. It has been made so bland parade or when I bring my nieces when he fi rst questioned the rejection. civic designation. clothed, he is “deeply concerned at the that iPride has succeeded in being to the parade to have fun with their His fi rst call, he says, was met with a “No, no, no,” says spokesperson Viviana prospect of the VPS cracking down on designated an offi cial civic event. uncles — we don’t want to look at your tepid, rote answer about there not being Zonocco, when asked if the city is leaning nudity when the city and police have Okay, we’ve got that offi cial designa- penis, thanks. If it is against the law, it enough space for all applicants to march from the sidelines. “I’ve spoken with city indicated they are willing to tolerate it." tion and associated funding locked is against the law. Why do you want to in the parade. Skeptical, he demanded staff and the streets department who “If the VPS’s tolerance of harmless in now. How about a return to calling break the law? Selfi sh much? it GAY Pride? I’m proud to be gay, MIKE a written explanation. handle the parade, and no, not at all.” public nudity at Pride is now to the (VIA DAILYXTRA.COM) “Ray Lam then sent an email confi rm- “I think the Vancouver Police Depart- right of the city and the police, then and I’d like to celebrate Gay Pride in ing that we were refused, and stated that ment are really cool about stuff like our community has a problem,” he says. Vancouver again. I think that simply saying the law is DOUG MCCLELLAND the law is so stupid. At one point being we were excluded because of last year’s that,” she adds. I couldn’t agree more. (VIA DAILYXTRA.COM) nudity,” Callender says. “He did not Then to whom can we attribute this Why is the Pride Society trying to feed gay was against the law and owning mention space concerns at all.” sudden burst of controlling squeamish- us a watered-down version of our own a black person as a slave was lawful. When Xtra called the VPS manager, ness? The VPS’s board of directors? celebration? Self-censorship in the name Vancouver Pride Laws come and go and change. Right of someone else’s need to seem ‘present- rejects nudity now it is still illegal to be gay in many places in the world. Didn’t Pride start The outcome that we seek is this — gay and lesbian able’ doesn’t make me want to cheer. This is CANADA [“Vancouver Pride as an act against the law? people daring together to set love free. Censoring Nudity, Says Banned Fore- skin Pride Founder,” dailyxtra.com ANON Xtra is published by Pink Triangle Press, at 2 Carlton St, Ste 1600, Toronto, M5B 1J3. Robin Perelle is the managing editor of Xtra Vancouver. July 15]! This is not about perverts; it is (VIA DAILYXTRA.COM)

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Kraumanis denies giving Callender ‘It’s clearly the green light to march pantless. “I’m aware of Glen’s allegations,” stated in the Kraumanis tells Xtra by email. “And I can say with certainty that I did not give law that you consent for him to march naked in the parade last year. can’t be nude “There are many factors that the parade committee considered when in public,’ selecting the entries for this year’s pa- rade,” he writes. “The most important Lam says simply being space; with signifi cantly more applications than slots in the Parade, we unfortunately have to turn SHAUNA LEWIS away entries. In the case of Foreskin Pride, we did not accept their applica- The founder of Foreskin Pride says the tion on the basis that there are many Vancouver Pride Society (VPS) is trying other community groups that are will- to censor him. ing to abide by our rules, and we gave Glen Callender has marched pantless, priority to them,” he says. without incident, in past Pride parades Former VPS president John Boychuk both in Vancouver and To- can attest to the large number of parade ronto, but the VPS won’t applications the organization sees each let him march this year. year. But, he says, the VPS would often Callender says the VPS push the space limit to accommodate initially informed him by applicants. “We never turned anybody phone that his application down.” to march in the parade had As for nudity regulations, Boychuk been rejected due to space constraints. says the city has always suggested the Skeptical, he asked for written confi rma- rules be enforced. “We were always tion. This time, he says, he was given a Glen Callender says Vancouver advised by the city that the parade diff erent reason for his rejection — that Pride is arbitrarily banning his anti- was a family-friendly event and that his nudity infringes on VPS rules and circumcision group, Foreskin Pride, we should never encourage nudity. from the parade. ALLAN SELORIO regulations. But there was no way of stopping it, Not only is this censorship; it’s incom- of course. How do you tell someone petent censorship, Callender alleges. who’s been marching in the parade VPS manager Ray Lam maintains the Asked to explain the VPS’s staunch ment is suddenly pressuring the VPS pressured the VPS to tighten its rules for 35 years that they can’t express rejection is primarily due to the parade’s adherence to anti-nudity protocol this to strictly uphold the law, Lam shakes regarding nudity. “I’ve spoken with city themselves?” space and time constraints. year, Lam says, “We’ve always enforced his head. “No, we’ve always enforced staff and the streets department who Lam says nudity is not the only means “I want to be clear,” Lam says. “The the rules.” our own rules and regulations,” he says. handle the parade, and no, not at all.” of queer expression. Foreskin Awareness group was not But this year, he says, “we just have Vancouver Constable Sandra “I think the Vancouver Police Depart- “We had 120 fl oats last year, all very turned away because of nudity.” a stronger system behind it so that we Glendinning says she is not aware of ment are really cool about stuff like representative of our community, and “Every year we receive over 200 ap- can respond quickly.” any past nudity-related infractions that,” she adds. there was only one with nudity,” he says. plications for the parade, and we try to “We have to follow the law, and it’s addressed by police during the parade. Callender says the VPS should have “I understand [Callender’s] position, keep it around 120 entries just because clearly stated in the law that you can’t “As in past years, police offi cers will informed him sooner of the supposed but there are other ways to communi- factors like the length of the parade, the be nude in public,” Lam says. “That is be exercising discretion when receiving protocol breach. “I went to the [parade] cate his message.” parade route and the duration of the not something that has to do with Van- reports of or witnessing acts of public orientation; I did everything right,” he Former Vancouverite Andre Tardif parade,” Lam explains. “It’s just more couver Pride. That’s not our rules and nudity,” she says. maintains. says he’s surprised by the VPS’s strict enjoyable for the audience.” regulations. We have to follow the law.” Lam says the parade’s new city-sanc- Callender even claims he cleared his adherence to anti-nudity rules. “I have But Lam admits that Callender’s deci- Section 174 of Canada’s Criminal tioned civic designation has no bearing plan to walk nude with VPS parade direc- covered many, many Prides as a photog- sion to walk pantless last year contrib- Code says showing one’s genitals in pub- on the VPS’s decision to enforce its tor Tim Kraumanis before the parade rapher and videographer, and I’ve never uted to the VPS’s decision to ban him. lic, with the exception of nude swim- anti-nudity regulations, either. last year. “I had absolute confi dence that encountered a problem with nudity,” he He broke the rules by marching nude, ming, is against the law. “No, no, no,” says city spokesperson the VPS was fi ne with it because I had says. “It gives me the impression that Lam says. Asked if the Vancouver Police Depart- Viviana Zonocco, when asked if the city talked to the parade director myself.” it’s all a bit Victorian.”

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calls on the international community Russian to mobilize. But some athletes disagree. “I’m not activists call in favour of a boycott at all,” Skjellerup says. “I think visibility is the best pos- for a complete sible solution, as opposed to hiding away and not attending.” boycott of The IOC recently released a state- ment promising to “work to ensure” Olympics that the Sochi Games take place with- out discrimination against gay par- HUMAN RIGHTS ticipants. But the statement is short ANDREA HOUSTON on specifics. While Skjellerup says he trusts the Despite ongoing persecution of gay IOC, safety remains his major concern, people in Russia, Blake Skjellerup, a gay especially since there will be no Pride speed skater from New Zealand, says House for gay athletes to take refuge in. he will be wearing a rainbow pin to the The Canadian Olympic Committee Sochi Olympic games in 2014. did not respond to Xtra’s request for “If that gets me in trouble, then so comment. Steve Podborski, the chef be it,” he says. de mission for Canada’s 2014 Olym- “For me it’s less about taking a stand pic Team, could not be reached for and more about just being myself. I comment. have no interest in going back into the For its part, the Canadian govern- closet in Sochi,” he says. “This is not ment has been largely silent on the about defiance. This is me standing up issue. Foreign Affairs Minister John for what I believe in.” Baird declined an interview. Rick Roth, Skjellerup, who came out just after Baird’s press secretary, sent a state- placing 16th in short-track speed skat- ment: “This latest development in Rus- ing in Vancouver and is now training sia is extremely troubling and Canada in Calgary, encourages other athletes has raised its concerns directly with to follow his lead by wearing a rain- Russian authorities. Canada follows bow pin. the human rights situation in Russia “The Olympics are all about diver- closely and the promotion of Canadian sity and a celebration of humanity, values has and will continue to feature and sexuality is included in that, so I prominently in our ongoing dialogue.” will not be hiding that,” he says. “Rus- When pressed about how Canada will sia will be very focused on putting on a ensure the safety of everyone attending very good show and painting Russia in the Games, Roth encourages travelers a positive light.” to consult the Canadian government’s Russia’s increasingly hostile anti- advisory, which recommends exercising gay crackdown has some questioning “a high degree of caution.” whether the International Olympic That’s not good enough for Yelena Committee (IOC) should have awarded Goltsman, founder of RUSA LGBT, a it the Olympics at all. group for Russian-speaking Americans. On June 30, Russian president Goltsman says her group is part of a Vladimir Putin signed a law banning growing chorus of Russian gay activists “propaganda of non-traditional sexual calling for a complete boycott of the JONI ANDERSON relations.” Sochi Games. The law characterizes such propagan- flag, speak favourably of being gay in was brutally murdered in the south- “We think a boycott is very power- da as “spreading information in order an interview, or express support for gay ern city of Volgograd. His attackers ful,” she says. “Especially for people to form non-traditional sexual desires I have no interest friends and family members. beat him, shoved bottles into his anus, planning to travel to Sochi, they should in children, describing such relations in going back into On July 21, Russian police detained set his clothes on fire and crushed his reconsider. It’s not fair to ask athletes as attractive, promoting the distorted four Dutch filmmakers on gay propa- head with a rock. Investigators took not to go. It’s not their fault. But maybe understanding of social equality of the closet in Sochi… ganda charges. The filmmakers were the rare step of linking the murder to they can make a statement, and that can traditional and non-traditional rela- This is not about working on a documentary about gay homophobia. come from many counties.” tions and also unwanted solicitation of life in St Petersburg and Murman- In an op-ed in the New York Times, The group is manufacturing rainbow information that could provoke interest defiance. This is me sk. They were eventually fined and actor Harvey Fierstein compares Rus- pins to send to all the athletes going to such relations.” standing up for banned from Russia, but not prosecuted sia’s violent political climate against to Sochi. “People in Russia are really That means it is now illegal to say criminally. gays to the persecution of Jews in frightened and feeling a lot of pressure,” that you are gay in Russia. It is illegal to what I believe in. A June Pride march in Russia ended Nazi Germany. Much like the inter- Goltsman says. kiss a same-sex partner in public — say, OLYMPIC SPEED SKATER in violence, with many marchers beaten national cries for a boycott during the With the opening ceremonies seven after winning a gold medal. It is illegal BLAKE SKJELLERUP and hauled away by police, their faces 1936 Olympics in Germany, Fierstein months away, she says world leaders for a gay athlete to wear the rainbow dripping blood. In May, a young gay man says history is repeating in Russia and need to speak out strongly now.

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SHAUNA LEWIS When Jeanne Manford, the origi- nal mom from Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG), died earlier this year, the Vancouver Pride Society (VPS) turned to the group’s local moms to lead the way. “We thought it would be a great op- portunity to recognize not only the work that [Manford has] done, but the work that these moms are doing in Vancouver,” says VPS manager Ray Lam. “We are all stunned . . . My god! It’s fabulous,” says 70-year-old Karin Lind, who will be one of several grand marshals at this year’s Pride parade. “I feel very honoured.” Lind and the other local PFLAG moms will be followed by Brandon Tim- merman, who founded the fi rst Pride in Brockville, Ontario when he was 16 years old, and Zdravko Cimbaljevic, often referred to as the founder of Mon- tenegro’s modern gay movement. Above, Vancouver PFLAG moms (left in Montenegro. There is still a lot of The VPS announced its 2013 grand to right) Susan Harman, Karin Lind and work to be done.” marshals May 30, after a two-month Aideen McKenna are this year’s grand Cimbaljevic agrees. “I have been at- marshals of the Pride parade. public nomination call. LEAH BROMLEY tacked and punched, and that’s why I Susan Harman, 65, says she joined Far left, Zdravko Cimbaljevic came out,” he says. “I came out so that PFLAG after witnessing the homopho- COURTESY OF ZDRAVKO CIMBALJEVIC I can be protected.” bia that her son endured in her com- Left, Brandon Timmerman Montenegro’s fi rst gay Pride parade munity. “It was fi ne for me that he was COURTESY OF BRANDON TIMMERMAN was attacked July 24 by protesters gay,” she says. “But I was fi lled with in- throwing stones and bottles and chant- credible sadness that he felt he couldn’t ing “kill the gays,” according to media have told me years ago.” “It’s just inspiring to have someone at reports. “I grieved the situation he had in high that age taking up the cause and really Cimbaljevic says he feels safer in the school,” says Harman, whose son came showcasing the queer community and capital since coming out three years ago, out at the end of Grade 12. “I thought: no making it friendlier,” Lam says. but rural towns and smaller cities still wonder why he didn’t go to any school “Sometimes it feels like one step munities like Abbotsford need PFLAG “No one should be discriminated need to catch up. dances, no wonder why he didn’t join forward and two steps back,” she says. chapters, too. against for holding the same gender’s “In my hometown I was at a bar and any clubs.” “But we’ll get there.” Brandon Timmerman, 18, knows hand,” Timmerman says. “No one someone threw a glass ashtray at me,” Harman, a retired educator, encour- Colin McKenna, president of PFLAG firsthand about the need for gay re- should be discriminated against for he says, adding that his parents haven’t ages parents to love their children, no and Aideen’s son, gathered 160 signa- sources and advocacy in smaller com- being human.” spoken to him since he came out. matter who they love. “If you can give tures from people wanting to get the munities. The gay teen has been actively Also being honoured this year for his Despite the hardship he has faced, he your youth a safe and secure home and moms on the grand marshal nomination bringing Pride to the forefront in Brock- activism on the international stage is says he wouldn’t change a thing. “When show that you are accepting of them, list. “PFLAG Vancouver has its ebbs and ville, Ontario, for the past three years. Zdravko Cimbaljevic. I came out, I felt relief. I am happy about then you will have a rich life,” she says. fl ows, but it’s trying to reinvent itself,” Timmerman was only 16 years old “One of the reasons that we decided fi nally not having to hide my sexual ori- “People feel isolated when their chil- he says. “We’re looking into expanding. when he organized the town’s fi rst Pride to pick [Cimbaljevic] was to show that entation,” he says. “I am proud.” dren come out,” says 75-year-old mom We want to build more services to help parade, attracting about 500 partici- while we are in a really comfortable “But with pride comes danger and Aideen McKenna. “Their children come support the parents in some of the eth- pants. Now Brockville has begun to place in Vancouver, it’s not the same stress and threats,” he admits. out of the closet and often parents go in nic communities that are challenged.” sport Pride flags outside local busi- everywhere,” Lam says. “It’s not the This year’s Vancouver Pride parade the closet.” McKenna believes that rural com- nesses in the town of almost 22,000. same in Brockville and it’s not the same takes place Sunday, Aug 4.

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awareness because I didn’t want to see Legacy Awards anybody go through what myself and others have gone through. And to be honour recognized for having done so is a great honour, especially from the GLBT com- community munity, who really is my family,” said McIntyre, who dedicated his award to “all leaders the people aff ected and infected with HIV and AIDS and all those who we’ve lost.” “We are making a difference,” Mc- SHAUNA LEWIS Intyre added, “but our work is not done.” Dean Malone received the Commu- About 100 members of Vancouver’s nity Leaders award for his years of fun- queer community joined the Pride So- draising eff orts, his many hours spent ciety July 20 for its fi rst annual Legacy sitting on community groups’ boards Awards. and now chairing the city of Vancouver’s Legacy Award winners “This year the Vancouver Pride Soci- LGBTQ Advisory Committee. (left to right): Joe Average, ety has attempted to put a face behind “It doesn’t matter what you’ve said. It Maria Foster, Jen Sung, the heroic stories of change in our com- doesn’t matter what you’ve done. It will Barb Snelgrove, Jag Bilkhu, munity,” VPS manager Ray Lam said. matter how you’ve made people feel,” Shawn Ewing and Bradford The 24 nominees were selected from Malone told the crowd quietly, quoting McIntyre. (Absent: Dean Malone.) GREGORY WHITING a list of more than 50 names submitted writer Maya Angelou. by community members. A selection “I’m not done yet,” he promised. “My committee comprised of individuals legacy is barely beginning.” from various community organiza- Despite leaving without the Legacy munity has seen me for years and years Asked what advice she has for future longstanding involvement with many tions (including Xtra), shortlisted the award for art, Shaira (SD) Holman says and years, and I had just assumed they community leaders, Ewing doesn’t hesi- local queer organizations, including the nominees and selected the recipients her happiness for recipient and fel- had all forgotten about me,” he says. “It tate. “It’s about getting out there and VPS, Qmunity, and the LOUD Founda- through an anonymous voting process. low artist, Joe Average, replaced any feels totally awesome.” doing it,” she says. “It’s about leaving tion, which off ers scholarships to queer Bradford McIntyre, Shawn Ewing, Jag disappointment. Average, who was diagnosed with HIV yourself open to it. It’s about talking youth and their allies. She also sits on Bilkhu, Barb Snelgrove, “I would have given it in his late 20s, has dedicated his life to with people, listening to their stories Vancouver’s LGTBQ Advisory Com- Maria Foster, Joe Average, to Joe for all of his work his art, much of which he has donated to and sharing. mittee, the Vancouver Police Depart- Dean Malone and Jen Sung with youth and charity AIDS organizations to help raise money “I’m able to accept this award because ment’s Diversity Advisory Committee took home the inaugural and AIDS,” she says with- and awareness. of so many amazing people,” she says. and Positive Living BC’s Red Ribbon awards. out hesitation after the The Lifetime Achievement award “The people are what make it.” advisory panel. For his long-time ac- ceremony. “He is abso- was presented to former VPS president “There have been so many people Liberal MP Hedy Fry, who attended tivism and personal battle in the area lutely deserving of the Legacy award.” Shawn Ewing. Asked after the ceremony in the community that have worked the gala, says her former constituency of HIV/AIDS, McIntyre, 61, was pre- Average was recognized for his iconic what the award means to her, Ewing so hard to make this the best LGBTQ assistant deserves the award. “I’m very sented with the Legacy award for Sexual art, which, as Lee put it, off ered a beacon pauses. “Maybe that I left a mark,” she community in the world,” echoes Com- proud of her. I know the kind of work Health. of light and hope to people in the dark- says. “That maybe I did something good.” munity Superstar award recipient Barb Barb put into the community, she’s been Cradling his bright pink award est days of the AIDS epidemic. Ewing was a key member of the new Snelgrove. “I think everyone here to- doing it for so long.” proudly in both hands, McIntyre’s voice Average says he was surprised by the board of directors that stepped forward night is deserving of an award. Anyone cracked with emotion as he addressed nomination and win. in 2003 to move the VPS out of a daunt- who volunteers in their community is Read the full story on the crowd. “I was kind of shocked. I wasn’t ex- ing $107,000 defi cit position, and get it a winner and a hero.” dailyxtra.com. “I started creating HIV and AIDS pecting it because nobody in the com- back on track in the years that followed. Snelgrove received the award for her

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24 AUG 1–14, 2013 XTRA! VANCOUVER’S GAY & LESBIAN NEWS Celebrating the many roots ofPr ide From the early protests to the first parade, and the year it almost all fell apart NIKO BELL

Left, William Walker was called a fag at marches in the early ’70s, attended covert gay picnics in the late ’70s, marched in the first Pride parade in the ’80s, waved to a new generation in the ‘90s, and is still sewing gossamer wings for this year’s parade. NIKO BELL Below, William Walker (left) and his husband, Eric Iles, dressed up for a Pride celebration in 1973. COURTESY OF WILLIAM WALKER

illiam Walker has — was it ’87 or ’77? There, in a photo, marks the 35th anniversary of Pride talk came around seen 42 years of his husband, who died of cancer, wears (see “Is Vancouver Pride really 35 this to the Vancouver Pride celebra- a crisp military uniform that Walker year?” on dailyxtra.com). In fact, 1979 gay scene. Two tions. Drawn to sewed himself. — the parade’s supposed birth year by years had passed the thrill of the Walker was called a fag at marches the VPS’s count — was not a particularly since the riots at city, he swept in the early ’70s, attended covert gay signifi cant year for Pride at all. Walker’s Stonewall, but the Winto Vancouver as a young sailor in picnics in the late ’70s, marched in the whirlwind of memories prove the his- same revolution- 1969, and never left. fi rst Pride parade in the tory of Pride is much more complicated. ary spirit had yet Today, he bustles ’80s, waved to a new gen- There are any number of years in which to catch in Canada. around his Yaletown eration in the ’90s from a Pride could have started. “There was no ‘gay community’ back Hardy and Smith decided that night apartment, dodging fan- perch at the Denman St then,” Hardy remembers. “There was to start a gay discussion group. It was tastical dyed feather hats, Milestones restaurant, erhaps Vancouver Pride started just the ‘gay scene.’” a success. Within a few months, the reams of French lace and and is still sewing gos- like a joke: two gay radical left- Gay life either unfolded in bars and group blossomed into the Gay Libera- restored 19th century silk dresses. samer wings for faeries this year, as Pists walk into a bar. underground parties — drinking from tion Front. A few months later, the Gay To Walker, the last 40 years have the parade gains offi cial civic status as It was a quiet, rainy night in January paper bags and listening for police sirens Alliance Towards Equality (GATE) fol- whirled by in a joyous celebration of gay. a Vancouver festival. 1971. George Smith taught education at — or stealthily in the ferns by Lees Trail. lowed on scene. Here is the sweeping blue 18th century The Vancouver Pride Society (VPS) Simon Fraser University, and Gordon There were no gay community centres, style dress he wore to celebrate Pride makes the arguable claim that this year Hardy was his former student. Over beer, no parades, and no advocacy groups. Continued on page 26

MORE AT DAILYXTRA.COM XTRA! AUG 1– 14, 2013 25 Clockwise from bottom left: The fi rst issue of Gay Tide, published by the Gay Alliance Towards Equality, celebrates Gay Pride Week ’73, from Aug 24-28. That year’s picnic, arts festival and rally drew about 100 people. A flyer advertises Vancouver’s first gay Pride parade on Aug 1, 1981. About 1,500 people marched from Nelson Park south along Thurlow Street to Alexandra Park. DAVID MYERS By 1983, attendance at Vancouver’s gay Pride parade had grown to 2,000 people. DAVID MYERS The French Maids won the Most Outrageous Costume award in 1985. Turnout hit an estimated 2,500. DANIEL COLLINS Hosting the 1990 Gay Games marked a turning point for Vancouver’s gay community, as people came pouring out of the closet. Attendance jumped to 8,000 at that summer’s Pride parade. Continued from page 25 JOHN KOZACHENKO Attendance at the 1993 Pride parade That August, the GLF and GATE ral- jumped to 15,000. JOHN KOZACHENKO lied on the steps of the Vancouver court- Rain can’t deter parade-goers in 1996. house to support gay activists marching Estimates swing wildly between 25,000-50,000 attendees. Either way, simultaneously in Ottawa. Ottawa it marked a significant jump in turnout. poured with rain, but in Vancouver the JOHN KOZACHENKO sun shone. A small crowd of 20 people An estimated 100,000 people attended assembled around the old Vancouver the 1997 Pride parade. Organizers courthouse to hear about “the ghetto say that number tripled in 2006, and topped 600,000 in 2012. JOHN KOZACHENKO of the mind and of the soul,” and the “psychiatric oppression of gay people.” The protests of 1971 were followed come mayor of Vancouver, premier of he summer of 1981 may hold the of Vancouver. Harcourt had been speak- by celebrations of “Gay Pride Week” in British Columbia, and one of the most strongest claim to the origin of ing at gay rallies and dancing at gay balls 1972 and ’73. important allies the gay community of TPride in Vancouver. for years, and won with the fi rm support Gay Vancouver had taken to the British Columbia has ever had. The previous year, city council had of the gay community. streets, in protest and in celebration, The new attitude in city council seeped rejected a bid to offi cially declare Gay “He saw us as his electoral base, which for the very fi rst time. into the police force, gradually thawing Unity Week. Vancouver mayor Jack is how a politician should look at it,” re- tensions between the gay community Volrich politically wrote, “it is the long- members Jim Deva, co-owner of Little erhaps, as the VPS suggests, and the Vancouver Police Department. standing policy of the Mayor’s Offi ce to Sister’s bookstore. “He had absolutely Pride began in the late 1970s. Though Vancouver gay bars and clubs not approve proclamations for events... no homophobia at all.” PFor “Gay Unity Week” in 1979, saw their share of police raids in the which may draw public controversy.” Harcourt himself remembers it in 700 gays and lesbians drive out to Mis- 1970s, one writer in the gay newslet- Two conservative aldermen, Bernice more absolute terms: “It was a matter sion to play volleyball and run three- ter Search News noted the contrast Gerard and Doug Little, led a crusade of human rights and people feeling legged races in a farmer’s fi eld. between here and Toronto: against the parade in which clergymen valued and included in the Vancouver While the celebrations of the ’70s “Toronto is in a siege mentality. With were invited to the city council chamber community,” he tells Xtra. were understated, transformation the smear tactics of the Jaques case... to declare their moral revulsion for gay On a sunny August 1, 1981, about 1,500 bubbled beneath the surface. The dra- the raid on the Barracks... people are people. The mayor had to silence one people marched in the fi rst Pride pa- matic 1972 city council elections tossed divided and afraid... Here in Vancouver, before a graphic description of anal sex rade from Nelson Park down to Pacifi c out the conservative Non Partisan As- perhaps, we have been more fortunate.” became more than the council chamber Street and along to a rally at English sociation, and instead elected a slate By the late ’70s, city council had fallen could bear. Bay. There, standing atop a gazebo of young progressives. Among them back into the hands of the Non Partisan But in 1981, everything abruptly platform, Harcourt’s personal secre- was a freshman alderman named Mike Association, but new attitudes were changed. After nine years as an alder- tary, Jane MacDonald, quavered: “I am Harcourt, who would eventually be- already incubating. man, Mike Harcourt was elected mayor hereby honoured to proclaim the week

26 AUG 1– 14, 2013 XTRA! VANCOUVER’S GAY & LESBIAN NEWS THE FOUNDERS OF VANCOUVER PRIDE NIKO BELL

Terry Wallace Terry Wallace, manager of the old Castle Pub, was a backbone of the Pride parade through the 1980s and ’90s. He used the Castle, the busiest after- noon pub in the gay community, to run 50/50 draws and pull-tab machines, raising enough money to keep the parade alive through its toughest years. More importantly, Wallace is remembered as the soft-spoken peacekeep- er of the Pride Community Foundation. “Terry was amazing,” Jim Deva remembers. “He was the dude who said, ‘calm down, you come over here, you go over there, let’s settle this.’ He was a very wise and beautiful man. Very humble. He just worked in the background.” Wallace’s role as a warm father figure earned him the nickname “Papa” among his friends and colleagues. “He was my best friend,” says Garry Penny, who worked with Wallace on Pride. “He meant everything to me.” Wallace died in 2004, and is commemorated at Pride by the annual Terry Wallace Memorial Breakfast. CURTIS LORD

Malcolm Crane Malcolm Crane was the most powerful, influential and divisive figure in the history of Vancouver Pride. From February 1984, when he was elected chair of the newly formed Pride Festival Association, to 1993 when he suddenly died, Crane was the king of the parade. In 1987, Jim Deva and Edmund Robichaud tried to quietly switch lead- of August 1-7, 1981, as Gay Unity Week!” the Castle Pub. They agreed to front the ership, to give Deva a turn at the wheel. Without saying a word, Crane The parade flowed without a hitch. money for the parade. appointed new board members, and had himself promptly re-elected chair. Marchers in drag, leather and ordi- In less than three months, Penny, Wal- While Crane made enemies, and is often remembered as a dictatorial vil- nary clothes walked down the street lace and Atkinson took the reins and lain in histories of Pride, the same stubborn pragmatism also helped the under police escort. Not one arrest was pulled the parade together. parade carve out a place for itself in Vancouver politics. made (“Take note, Toronto!” one writer “We did the unheard of. We actually “A lot of people criticize Malcolm Crane, but his father had been a city snarked). Even an elderly lady shouting made money that parade,” Atkinson councillor and he knew how politics worked,” says Jim Deva. “delinquents!” out of her car window was remembers. Deva remembers Crane facing down local politicians and police chiefs, met with jovial enthusiasm. They took in $20,400 and spent threatening in his characteristic baritone growl to bring down angry demon- The Pride parade, as we know it now, $19,800. The remaining $600 went to This 1997 photo shows some of the key early organizers of Pride. Clockwise strations on their heads if they would not protect gay citizens. had started. incorporate the Vancouver Pride Society, from top left: Garry Penny, Peter “He knew how to deal with them,” Deva says. which runs Pride to this day. Kinlock, Terry Wallace, Karen Bitz and It was in memory of Crane that the first item added to the constitution of the ride was not quite like it is today, Malcolm Crane’s partner, Stan Weese. new Vancouver Pride Society, after his death, was a term limit for executives. however, until the year every- erhaps future gay historians will TOM BOWEN Pthing fell apart. someday look back at 2013, the In 1993, Malcolm Crane, then-pres- Pyear the Pride parade was of- ident of the Pride Community Foun- ficially designated a civic event, and say dation, the de facto dictator of Pride, that this is the year Pride really started. Garry Penny suddenly and unexpectedly died. Crane Regardless, there are only a few people Garry Penny, a bar owner from Toronto, arrived in Vancouver in 1979 to run had grasped management so closely that left who remember all the way back to the Denman Station, a tiny basement gay bar in the West End. He brought nobody realized he had been quietly the beginning. an unequaled wealth of experience and business acumen to the Pride funding the parade with his own money. “Most of my old friends are gone,” Festival Association — Penny was already a gay activist 10 years before With 10 weeks to go, the foundation Walker says, flipping through his photo our Prime Minister was born. was dead broke. album. “Old age. Drinking. HIV and AIDS. When Malcolm Crane died in 1993, Penny graciously stepped aside to “I guess we’re not going to have a pa- Life catches up with you. I’m lucky I’m allow a new generation of leaders to take over, but continued to run picnic rade,” board member Rob Atkinson said still here.” fundraisers for the parade, and keep a watchful eye on the society. It was to the board of the foundation, one grim When a new generation marches this Penny, along with Terry Wallace, who blew the whistle on financial prob- Saturday after Crane’s death. year, Walker will once again be there to lems in the VPS in 2003. “Over my dead body we won’t,” Garry watch. “I think it’s important the parade keeps going,” Penny says. “I’ve seen it all. Penny replied. And the '50s and '60s, those were bad, bad times for gay people. And we can Penny and his best friend, Terry Wal- This piece is much indebted to the histori- never let ourselves go back there. We have to show ourselves all the time.” lace, were bar owners. Penny ran the cal work of Robert Rothon, Ron Dutton, Penny is 83 years old, and lives in retirement in Victoria. 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PERSKY’S POLIS in major rightwing Canadian papers like National STAN PERSKY Post. Were the protesters upset about Butler be- ing a feminist, an out-front lesbian, a major queer The difference be- theorist? Not at all. tween July 1993, when Even her staunchest opponents were willing to Xtra West newspaper give a grudging nod of recognition to Butler’s sexual first sashayed down Davie Street views. No, what got their Torah scroll unravelling is in Vancouver, and 2013, 20 years that Butler, who also happens to be a Jew, is a sup- later, is neatly captured by The porter of BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Judith Butler Footnote to Con- against Israel) and identifies with “a Judaism that 20 temporary Canadian History. is not associated with state violence,” meaning that In 1993, there was not only no she opposes Israel’s treatment of its Palestinian same-sex marriage in Canada, but even inhabitants and neighbours. YEARS AGO prohibition of discrimination on the basis of sexual While one doesn’t necessarily have to agree with orientation in the Canadian Human Rights Act was the boycott-Israel movement (I don’t), it’s a perfectly three years away. respectable political position and is hardly cause for posure Gallery say the decision was an artistic In 1993, AIDS was a murderous pandemic in the denying an honorary degree for lifetime achievement Some of the stories that one, the official record of a recent board meet- Canadian gay community, and drugs to manage it, to Butler. The reason, happily, that all this is a mere made headlines in Xtra ing shows that senior board members think with strange names, such as “antiretrovirals” and footnote, is that McGill sees it the same way. Queer City’s art is “too gay” and “too political.” “protease inhibitors,” were not yet on the market. On May 30, 2013, Butler delivered, without in- West’s preview issue, And in 1993, gay writers like me (I had just pub- cident, an elegant, eight-minute, not particularly lished Buddy’s: Meditations on Desire) were still controversial commencement address to McGill July 30, 1993 Vancouver Pride trying to figure out what it meant to be gay. grads on the virtuous subject of Why Study the marches on Fast forward to 2013: Judith Butler is a well- Humanities? End of flap. Despite the recent death of Malcolm Crane and known philosopher, a veteran professor at the And that’s one of the differences between 1993 Doctor denies continued pressure to join the Stonewall Festi- University of California, Berkeley, and one of the and 2013, when Xtra Vancouver is marking its 20th lesbians sperm val for a single event in June, Vancouver’s Pride half-dozen leading thinkers in the world about anniversary as a gay community newspaper. Two Vancouver lesbians were refused artificial Parade Committee is marching on with the 16th feminism, lesbianism and queer theory. In May 2013, In 2013, being homosexual in Canada is not an insemination by the only sperm bank in British annual Pride Day parade and concert Aug 2. Montreal’s prestigious McGill University decided to enormously big deal; having controversial views Columbia, and the couple says they must travel confer an honorary degree on Butler in recognition about Middle East politics may well be. to the US to find a safe, anonymous sperm Darren Lowe gets axe of her academic accomplishments, which include a The differences between then and now can, and donor. bevy of brilliant books about sex, gender and lan- should, be put in broader terms. Canada in 2013 is in Vancouver Centre guage, beginning with Gender Trouble (1990), Bodies “post-gay.” Was Darren Lowe dumped by the Reform Party That Matter (1993) and Excitable Speech (1997). I mean three things by that: 1) gay identity; 2) Queer City event too because of his past involvement in the gay Butler became a contemporary Canadian history gay legal status and 3) public attitudes toward gays, gay for gallery community? It’s a question mainstream report- footnote when some people decided to protest the lesbians, bisexuals and transgender individuals. A Vancouver art gallery isn’t participating in the ers and West End residents have pondered for granting of the honorary degree to the prominent Once upon a time (as recently as 1993), Canadian upcoming Queer City arts festival because its weeks, but so far the 28-year-old city employee 57-year-old lesbian scholar. homosexuals were preoccupied with figuring out top board members think it could harm their refuses to respond to overwhelming evidence of Among the protesters were McGill student groups, their sexual desires and how those desires affected reputation. Although board members at Ex- his activism. a few faculty and big splash anti-Butler op-ed pieces their identities as human beings. Today, by and

32 AUG 1–14, 2013 XTRA! VANCOUVER’S GAY & LESBIAN NEWS DES OF XTRAIN VANCOUVER VICTORY: GET USED TO IT! An excerpt from Stan Persky’s first Xtra West column There’s one more group in society to whom we ought to address the cheekily confident large, they aren’t. Homosexuality is pretty much gay and lesbian catchphrase of the ’90s, “normal”; it’s just another way of affectionally re- “Get used to it!” lating to other people. It is not a cause for anxious After we’ve duly informed the funda- pondering, family shouting matches or therapy mentalist fanatics, family flagwavers and appointments. assorted homophobes that we’re here to stay Okay, maybe there’s still more than enough bullying and they might as well get used to it, maybe and name-calling in particularly brutal suburban high we ought to tell ourselves the same thing. schools. But even that’s down a bit, thanks to coura- In the nearly quarter-century since the 1969 geous kids who have formed gay-straight alliances in Stonewall riots on New York’s Christopher those selfsame neanderthalish centres of learning. Street that now serve as a historical marker 10 Second, in 1996, Canada included homosexuals for the launch of the movement known as in its anti-discrimination Human Rights Act and, in “Gay Liberation,” much has changed. YEARS AGO 2005, became the fourth nation in the world to fully The main thing that’s changed, of course, is legalize same-sex marriage. that homosexual behaviour and the people Finally, public attitudes have undergone a sea who engage in it have won — mainly through change. People have gotten used to Ellen and Glee political organizing — a substantial degree Some of and Brokeback Mountain popping up throughout the of acceptance, both legally and socially, the stories culture. Young people, in classes I teach at Capilano throughout North America. University, are in favour of same-sex marriage by The short version of the story can be traced that made margins of 75 percent and up. Even their parents in the successive slogans of the past three and grandparents, by comfortable majorities, think decades. The “closet” (or was it a coffin?) of headlines in it’s okay, too. the ’50s gave way to the tentatively assertive Xtra West’s In Canada, individuals who are GLBT (gee, I keep “Gay is good” of the late ’60s and ’70s. The getting that familiar acronym mixed up with bacon, bravely militant response to AIDS in the ’80s Pride issue, lettuce and tomato sandwiches) can now live ordinary embodied in the phrase “Silence = Death” lives without worrying too much about discrimina- has produced in the 1990s an assured “Get July 24, 2003 tion, legal barriers or even insulting antediluvian used to it.” public behaviour. It’s the offhand war cry of a populace that the supremacy of the fruitcake. “Gay marriage But in case you think I’ve gone all pollyannish in speaks with a few victories — and whatever Twice in two weeks poses exactly the same threat to family values my dotage, I should remind you about the Law of else — under its belt. Less than two weeks after police allegedly as raisin bread poses to fruitcake,” says the Uneven Development. It’s an old Marxist idea that Yet listening to a goodly portion of official mishandled a brutal gaybashing at the corner group’s spokesperson, Rowland Johnson. economies develop differently depending on their gay and lesbian rhetoric in Canada, you of Davie and Hornby, community members are particular circumstances and histories. The same wouldn’t know it. angrily demanding answers about another inci- is true for culture and sexuality. So, while Canada … dent that appears to have gone wrong. Even a Youthco burned out and parts of Europe are generally post-gay, in other This isn’t the place to draw quickie police inspector has questions. City engineers have informed Vancouver’s only countries you can find situations that are scarifyingly conclusions about how changing social youth-designated HIV/AIDS agency that it can’t pre-gay or, more likely, just plain gay. circumstances will shape our future politi- Marriage update go back to its old office building because the In some countries, such as Uganda, legislatures are cal strategies. It’s enough, for starters, to charred walls are unsound. The decision comes The federal government took a sizeable step recurringly threatening to prohibit gay behaviour and recognize the facts — and perhaps also to two weeks after a four-alarm fire ripped through closer to changing its marriage laws July 17, to punish homosexuals, in barbaric forms up to and recognize our own curious unease in the shift a downtown heritage block July 3, destroying when it released its highly anticipated draft leg- including death. In other countries, such as the United from being marginalized pariahs to nearly- Youthco’s neighbour, 339 W Pender St, home of islation extending marriage rights to same-sex States, Russia and France, homosexuals are engaged partners at the prom. the queer-friendly Ms T’s cabaret, a gay bath- couples. in various phases of gay struggle. Getting used to victory doesn’t mean fold- house and a number of artists’ studios. In 2013, the cultural situation for homosexuals is ing our tents — is that what makes some hardly uniform, but progress is undeniable. Of course, people nervous — and it doesn’t mean turn- Focus on the Fruitcake ing into pollyannas blubberingly grateful for even in post-gay spaces, vigilance is required, reflec- In related marriage news, a new organiza- Childish ways being invited to the great consumer society. Twice in the last 12 months my partner Jill and I tion matters, and we may even still need gay publica- tion has entered the marriage fray. Focus on It does mean a clearer-eyed look at what the made Manitoba history. Last fall we had the du- tions like Xtra, east, west, north and south. the Fruitcake . . . [is] calling on government to next steps might be for a proud crowd that bious honour of being the last same-sex couple But hey, maybe elderly geezers like me who are protect fruitcakes and fight the proliferation sometimes calls itself a community. in our province denied the opportunity to jointly practically “post-sexual” (and post-everything else) of raisin breads, cakes-with-candied-bright- —published in Xtra West’s preview issue, adopt. This spring, seven years after deciding to aren’t the right people to ask about all this. Check it coloured-fruit-thingies-in-them, gays and other July 30, 1993 have kids, we became the first same-sex couple out with teens, or just hit the “like” button on your fruit-based phenomena that could threaten nearest Facebook pro-gay page. in Manitoba to adopt.

MORE AT DAILYXTRA.COM XTRA! AUG 1–14, 2013 33 OUR SPACES, JULY 1993 A look back at where we The Dufferin 900 Seymour St gathered 20 years ago Upstairs, the bar and dancefl oor were home to the Miss Gay Van- made the pages of Xtra when a DJ TONY CORREIA couver Pageant and Western threw out some Queer City leaf- tea dances; downstairs in the lets so as not to off end straight saloon, hustlers worked their BARS patrons on a predominantly trade. Famous for its amateur straight night. strip night. Royal Hotel Graceland 1025 Granville St The Odyssey Everyone went to the Royal for 1250 Richards St 1251 Howe St its Legion Hall ambiance and live An industrial space converted Shower Power Thursdays were polka bands. In 1993, the police into a dance club when the only so popular they were mentioned were called to The Royal on thing going on in Yaletown was in Vanity Fair magazine. With its Pride Day for overcrowding. One prostitution. Acid-house music, outdoor patio, tan-line contests, hundred and fi fty people were hot go-go boys, with perfor- 69-cent highballs and DJ Jules asked to leave amid chants of mances by Lypsynkia and the Del spinning, The Odyssey was a homophobia; another dozen lay Rubio Triplets. guaranteed good time. on Granville Street in protest. No charges were laid. Denman Station Celebrities 860 Denman St 1022 Davie St The Shaggy Horse A basement bar at the corner of All gay, all the time. You knew you 818 Richards St Denman and Haro. Since there were having a good time when For the serious leatherman. Two was no natural light, this bar was you were dancing on the speakers. dark and narrow fl oors of cruis- akin to a military bunker with a ing and sex. In 1993, the Shaggy dancefl oor. Ms T’s Numbers 339 West Pender St 1042 Davie St Known as The Duff erin for One of the friendlier bars at the women and for its drag cabarets, time. The cockpit screened porn Ms T’s crossed all socioeconomic with the nasty bits cut out. Half lines. It was located above Club pints for less than $2. Vancouver, and gay boys often stopped there for a drink on their Chuck’s Pub way to the tubs. 455 Abbott St BATHHOUSES Watering hole for residents of the Heritage House Hotel. The carpeting and wood panelling Richard Street made it feel like you were in a Service Club basement living room. The bar- tender also worked the front 1169 Richards St desk of The Heritage This bathhouse was incorporated House Hotel. in the Societies Act in 1965. In 1993, the city refused to give the Service Club repair assistance, The Lotus which would eventually force it 455 Abbott St to close. Dykes dancing to ri- diculously loud music. Club Vancouver The big trend for women at The Lotus in the 1990s was to Health Club wear candy necklaces or dance 339 West Pender St topless in cages sucking on Your best bet for anonymous sex pacifi ers. Trigger, the bartender, and athlete’s foot. Great sauna. was a fi xture, and a popular one Burned down in 2003 along with at that. Ms T’s.

34 AUG 1–14, 2013 XTRA! VANCOUVER’S GAY & LESBIAN NEWS Rocks 1098 Davie St The new gay 24-hour restaurant on the block.

CAFÉS AND Clearwater Café RESTAURANTS 1030 Denman St Vegetarian restaurant at Denman The Elbow Room Place Mall owned by Drew Dick- 720 Jervis St inson, also known as Dede Drew. Located across the street from The Palisades Hotel, The Elbow Josephine’s Room was where you went to catch a glimpse of celebrities in Cappuccino and town shooting movies. Wimmins Crafts The Edge 1716 Charles St Pat Hogan opened this lively and Coffee Shop welcoming space for women 1148 Davie St in 1992, kissing distance from nearby Joe’s Café, after Joe ig- Coff ee shop by day, afterhours nited the community with his bar by night. contentious decision to throw Top Man Leather. In 1984, The two women out for kissing. Vancouver Hamburger Mary’s INSTITUTIONS Gay and Centre moved to 1340 Burrard St, Lesbian Centre and a year later it moved to its 1202 Davie St Heritage Little Sister’s Lesbian Centre current Bute Street location. In One of the fi rst openly gay res- 876 Commercial Dr 1170 Bute St 2009, it renamed itself Qmunity. taurants in the West End, serving House Hotel 1238 Davie St Founded by the Vancouver Discussion, support groups, re- burgers, shakes and fries 24/7. The iconic bookstore began its Lesbian Connection. Meetings, 455 Abbott St sources and services. The Centre Book Mantel fi ght with Canada Customs at its workshops, political discussion, A not-so-bad hotel. Buff et brunch fi rst opened at 1244 Seymour St fi rst location, at 1221 Thurlow St, performances, drop-in groups 1002 Commercial Dr Doll & Penny’s Café on Sundays. Every Christmas, in 1981, where it shared space where it survived countless book and social space, with a housing Run by Cynthia Brooke and Bon- 1167 Davie St Chuck, the hotel proprietor, hosted with the Society for Education, seizures and three bombings. and job board, a library and free nie Murray. With its books and a sit-down Christmas dinner for Action, Research and Counselling Drag cabaret and late-night Little Sister’s moved to its pres- HIV testing. its coff ee bar, the bookstore was hotel residents and pub regulars. on Homosexuality (SEARCH), diner. Popular with empresses, ent location on Davie Street on the unoffi cial lesbian information the Metropolitan Community club kids and bar staff . July 6, 1996. centre on the Drive. Church and, on the ground fl oor,

MORE AT DAILYXTRA.COM XTRA! AUG 1–14, 2013 35 THE D OG D UDES » Training » Behavior Modification » Walking/hiking » Daycare/Boarding The charnel house of truth » Experts in correcting anxious, aggressive, dominant, & obsessive behaviours STILL QQ In a clumsy attempt to be funny I radicalization hasn’t evolved. Dylan: 778-989-1105 | Darijan: 778-999-1102 | [email protected] KEVIN DALE titled my last column “QQ and the Some time later I ran into West End www.dogdudes.net | North Shore & Vancouver MCKEOWN Trotskyites” and the fi rst responder realtor and onetime GATE mainstay to that was David Carrell MacKay, Rob Joyce, who gently berated me We are a disputatious an early member of the Gay Alliance for “getting it wrong” and pointed bunch, we old fags. Towards Equality (GATE). out that GATE may have consisted of NO TOP or BOTTOM? EST. FLIP 1964 We often can’t seem to agree on David’s main point was that there members of many leftist leanings, but Mr. Mattress mattresses are VERSATILE!! much of anything in making our way was no such thing as a Trotskyite, any that the hard-core Marxists and many JUST SAY NO Padded on both sides. through what Gore Vidal referred to more than there would be a Marxite Trotskyists would have nothing to do This means you can FLIP your mattress. Two sides, twice the life. as “the many chambers of the charnel or a Maoite, and why couldn’t I get with the gay liberation movement house of truth.” Further evidence of my terminology right? Well, I always because, to be honest, trade union- Sensible Prices s Friendly Service s Zero Pressure this surfaced last month in the form said that my preference in those days ists and other movement members of the “Is Pride really 35 this year?” was for a good drag show followed by were stuck in the ’50s (if not the ’30s 1315 Venables St controversy. a night at the tubs, and obviously my with the Stalinists) and were pretty mrmattress.ca | 604.255.2113 uncomfortable with fags. A+ Rating Since 1975 Due to some old grievances and personal distastes of his own, Rob declines to discuss anything on the re- cord for publication in Xtra, so that’s www.westend-dentist.ca about all I’ll get out of him on this. But he did make a comment that I think refl ects a major problem as we try to collate and document the days of our youth. “You can’t really write the history of GATE unless you were a member of GATE,” he stated. I suspect that the exact opposite is closer to the truth. I suspect that you can’t really write an accurate history of any time, movement, or event un- less you weren’t there. If you were there, you are invested in putting a certain face on things. To some degree you are going to re- member and interpret things in ways that make your side appear as the good guys, and everyone else as the bad guys. And consciously or other- wise, you are going to tell a story that makes yourself look more central to the action than you may have been. I know I do it, though I try to re- strain myself and use frequent dis- claimers just in case I’m caught out. I don’t think I’m unique in this. In our early days together, I had a somewhat antagonistic relationship The smile that you send out with the lower-case gay liberation movement in Vancouver in its many returns to you. manifestations, including GATE and Indian Proverb

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36 AUG 1–14, 2013 XTRA! VANCOUVER’S GAY & LESBIAN NEWS the Gay Liberation Front (GLF). The two items below probably sum things up. From the Body Politic Spring 1973 issue: #news Insisting that one of Vancouver’s alternate newspapers, The Georgia #arts Straight, is sexist in its coverage of women and gays, particularly gay women, about fifteen members of #travel G.A.T.E. (Gay Alliance Toward Equal- ity) and straight supporters (mostly women) maintained a rotating picket #events in front of the G.S. offi ce for two days March 29 – 30. A leafl et was distrib- uted demanding that 1) the G.S. cease Everything gay, its sexist depiction of gays and women, 2) that the paper cover gay events ob- every day. jectively, and 3) that the newspaper print a retraction of its assertion that G.A.T.E. was a Trotskyist front organi- zation. According to a G.A.T.E. press DAILY release the Straight threatened to call dailyxtra.com the police as well as “laying out” the gays present when Maurice Flood (chairperson of G.A.T.E.) confronted a G.S. distributor regarding his anti-gay remarks. In the future, the Georgia Straight is to be ignored by G.A.T.E. When your marriage And my parting shot in “QQ’s Last Hurrah” in the May 2, 1974 Georgia or relationship ends . . . Straight: Under Roedy’s leadership and under the later steerage of Maurice Flood, know your RIGHTS and GATE rapidly degenerated into a tiny, ineffectual band of outraged RESPONSIBILITIES queens, squawking about society’s injustices but completely unprepared to do anything positive to change them. They struck out loudly at gov- ernment, numerous institutions and others gays and quickly alienated just about anyone who might have helped them progress. -9,, Clearly I am not one who should 0UP[PHS be attempting to write the defi nitive *VUZ\S[H[PVU history of our contentious times. But perhaps with the help of others who were there, who have clearer, better, or just diff erent memories than I do, we can at least leave the next generation as well-organized a collection of facts, fi gures and recollections as possible. So that some day a real historian, with no axes to grind or personal image to varnish, will be able to take a run at it. SCOTT & COMPANY

Kevin Dale McKeown was Vancou- DIVORCE AND FAMILY LAW ver’s first openly gay colum- nist, penning “QQ Writes … Serving the LGBTQ community in Metro Vancouver and Page 69” for the Georgia the Fraser Valley with commitment, compassion and pride Straight through the early ’70s. To add your memories to these W. LAURENCE SCOTT, B.A., M.A., LL.B. stories or correct the author’s version of things, write him at [email protected] SCOTT & COMPANY %DUULVWHUVDQG6ROLFLWRUV‡)DPLO\/DZ0HGLDWRUV Memories might be imperfect 6XLWH4XD\VLGH'ULYH but photos don’t lie. Here, four members of GATE (Keith 1HZ:HVWPLQVWHU%ULWLVK&ROXPELD Stewart, Jonas Goldstein, Don TELEPHONE: (604) 527-8845 Hann and Ray Horton) protest homophobes on the BC Human www.scottandcompany.ca Rights Commission, Dec 8, 1970. TIDES OF MEN

MORE AT DAILYXTRA.COM XTRA! AUG 1–14, 2013 37 The gift of gay blood A Canadian in Cambodia discovers progressive blood donation policies

GUEST COLUMN blood get slowly drained from my body. blood specifically to children with RAYMOND HYMA But then I found out that I literally Thalassemia, a disorder that creates had saved a young boy’s life — simply fatal iron levels in the blood and Today I saved a boy’s life. At least, that’s because I decided to donate in the causes infection, bone deformation, what I was told after I left the blood right place at the right time. enlargement of the spleen, anemia, bank’s transfusion room. I laughed, One of my colleagues had asked me and heart problems. thinking it was a nice metaphorical pat to join her at a local blood bank run In many places, a bone marrow on the back after watching 350ml of by an Australian charity that channels transplant is the most promising cure. However, in Cambodia, where the health infrastructure is ridiculously under-resourced, that option just doesn’t exist. The rich might be able to afford healthcare in Thailand, but the poor are often left to die, literally. I’m not going to lie; I didn’t re- ally intend to donate blood that day. When my colleague approached me, the first thing I asked was “what am I going to do after they interview me and reject my blood?” In my own ‘progressive’ country, I have been banned from giving blood. Earlier this year, Canada added insult to injury by lifting the ban on gay men giving blood — as long as we’ve abstained for the last five years. So we can get married and live equal lives under the law and, as long as we don’t have sex with our spouses, we can have the privilege of giving blood to save lives. So much for an evidence-based policy that doesn’t buy into simplis- tic, discriminatory stereotypes of high-risk groups. I can’t deny that I carry some baggage about blood do- nation and the organ donor industry. My goodhearted and persistent col- league took my concerns and went up the information ladder to get answers. In Cambodia, you are asked spe- cifically whether you have had a new sexual partner in the last six months and, if so, whether you have had

Raymond Hyma gives blood at a local blood bank in Cambodia. COURTESY OF RAYMOND HYMA

38 AUG 1–14, 2013 XTRA! VANCOUVER’S GAY & LESBIAN NEWS unprotected sex with that person. That’s it. No questions about your partner’s gender; no assumptions about high-risk groups or reinforced stereotypes for the sake of (ineff ec- tive) screening. As I leaned back in the donor chair and watched my blood drain slowly through the tube, I thought about how years of having my blood rejected had left me detached from the experience of potentially saving a life. When I left the donor room, a man suddenly dragged me into the kitchen. He didn’t say anything to me, just pointed and off ered me food. I assumed it was his job. I sat down to replenish myself with bananas, an egg and some water. As I ate, my colleague fi lled me in on what had transpired while I was giving blood. A man who works for the hospital running blood between facilities had arrived at the blood bank with a mother desperately seeking blood for her son. Suff ering from Thalassemia, the boy was at the stage of spleno- megaly, where the spleen literally expands like a balloon in the chest. In Cambodia, to access blood for a surgery, you must be able to replace it beforehand. The mother, who needed to provide two units, was not able to get enough blood into the bank for the required transfusion. Blood as a currency might not happen so bluntly elsewhere, but blood bank reserves certainly are an issue everywhere. The Australian charity was able to sign over my blood on the spot for the boy who needed emergency surgery immediately. As I sat in the kitchen, the mother and blood runner came in, bowing to me and thanking me profusely for giving them the unit they so desper- ately needed for her son. It took a while for the impact of my action to really sink in. I now have a big bag of instant noodles and a can of condensed milk — given to me by a visibly poor family — that speak of more gratitude than I’ve ever received. I’m so humbled by this experience. GENERAL dr. langston I have never felt so connected to a raymond donation before in my life. Please give blood. Please fi ght for DENTISTRY the opportunity for everyone to give blood. On July 18, I saved a boy’s life in Cambodia simply because I was in the right place at the right time, and Offering cosmetic because my blood was welcome. restorative dentistry. Serving the Community Raymond Hyma is a Vancouverite Botox & Invisalign since 2000 working in a Cambodian civil society Braces in a comfortable Dr. Preis will be treating dr. anna project through Cuso International, environment. new patients on Mondays. a Canadian international develop- preis ment organization. His work aims to strengthen the voices of rural and marginalized populations, to encour- age inclusive participation and infl u- suite 512-1033 davie street ence policy during current government on-site parking available 604.687.1008 reforms.

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Edie [from the fi lm Grey Gardens] on I spoke to Sharon Needles in January, DARRYL MABEY and we were talking about bucket Snatch Game. That was my whole mis- lists and the things that she had tack- RuPaul’s Drag Race season 5 winner sion for even getting on the show. led from her list during her year as the Jinkx Monsoon is ready to take Van- Were you surprised that none of your reigning queen. So I have to ask, one couver Pride by storm. She sings live, competitors knew who Little Edie year from now, what do you want to she’s a whole other kind of fi erce, and was? have achieved from your bucket list? she’s performing at two diff erent par- ties this weekend: Friday night at the Um . . . well . . . they didn’t really show I want to do an album. I am trying to put Davie Street Pride Party and Saturday this, but it was only half the room that together an album that’s more musical afternoon at Rapture’s sexiest pool didn’t know who she was. standards, show tunes and torch songs. party, Heatwave. But this year I would love, love, love Oh, okay, so a little bit Xtra spoke with the new- of editing there . . . to get the chance to play Mrs Lovett ly-crowned diva about her in Sweeney Todd up on a big stage. win, her personal struggles Yeah. Alaska, Ivy and De- That’s my absolute all-time dream role. and interpretive dancing tox — they were all familiar And then my lifelong goal is . . . I used with newborn children. with Little Edie. And actu- to say that I just wanted to be the fi rst Here is an excerpt from ally, Alaska said the funni- flamboyant homosexual man to host that interview. est thing to me. I said to her, “Alaska, how SNL [Saturday Night Live], but I realize come you and me are the only people now, more specifi cally, I want to be the XTRA: Congratulations on your win on RuPaul’s Drag Race! How did you who know who Edie is?” and she goes, fi rst drag queen to host SNL. “Cause we’re draaaaag queeeeeens.” celebrate? Do you have any words of wisdom or Now that the show is done and the encouragement for our readers? JINKX MONSOON: We had a celebra- dust has settled, who has become tion party at my hometown bar here your best squirrel friend? I said it a bit on the show, but I was in Seattle. And it was packed wall-to- representing the weird, awkward kid. wall with people. And that was the First of all, I have a wonderful relation- And I think plenty of drag queens grew fi rst moment I truly felt like I was cel- ship with everyone from the show, even up the social outcast. ebrating my win. Now I’m just ready the people I bickered with while fi lming. I think it’s a testament to the fact that to take on the world, you know? We never ended a day with a fi ght still if you have a dream, don’t let anyone tell going. We always made sure to settle you not to go for it. And even if you try at Catch Jinkx Monsoon at: Going into the competition, what our differences and put it aside and it and you fail . . . fail fabulously. Give it DAVIE STREET chock it up to the competition. Even your all. Go big or go home, because you PRIDE PARTY were your goals? What did you want Fri, Aug 2 to achieve (other than the crown)? Roxxxy and I are really close now, you owe it to yourself to go for your dreams Licensed zone opens at 7pm know — we got each other’s back; we at least once. Bute to Burrard St Tickets $20 at I went on to the show trying to be very love performing together. Any time And if you try it and it doesn’t work vancouverpride.ca calm and focused. If I spent every day you get any of the girls from Season 5 out, or you fi nd out it wasn’t what you RAPTURE’S HEATWAVE thinking about the crown and the end together, it’s instantly a party. thought, at least you gave it a shot. Life’s POOL PARTY Sat, Aug 3 result, I would’ve driven myself crazy. But the two girls I have remained the too short to spend time wondering what Noon-6pm So I set attainable goals along the way. closest with are Ivy and Alaska. And life would’ve been like if you had gone The Westin Grand, If I could just focus on one little thing I just have so much fun with them; I for your dream. 433 Robson St Tickets $50 at Priape, at a time I could climb the ladder rather can really relate to them. We text each 1148 Davie St. than try to jump it. other all the time. Alaska and I do duets facebook.com/TFDpresents Read the full interview at My fi rst goal was to make it to Snatch together now, and we have so much fun dailyxtra.com.

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42 AUG 1–14, 2013 XTRA! VANCOUVER’S GAY & LESBIAN NEWS home and sleep afterwards. It’s not about hooking up.” It’s this untethered expression of sex (at one party, bringing a sex toy got you in for free), which separates the underground scene from the Davie Vil- Forever young and free lage where there’s “too much pressure” to hook up. “I think [Davie] is kind of gross to be perfectly honest,” Audia says. “I’m not Raving in into it. I’m not into jacked up men, like, rubbing up on each other shirtless and Vancouver’s gay sweaty. But at WiG I’ll jump on a speak- er in my underwear with ‘fag’ written underground across my chest in oil. I wouldn’t do that on Davie, which is weird, because that PARTIES would be the place to do it.” RAZIEL “It’s intimidating,” Gregoire says. On Davie, guys are “snarling behind you, or “It’s about raving!” says Sydney Gre- looking for a hookup.” goire. “I want to rave for seven hours! “Or both,” Audia laughs. “I hate you “I don’t want to go to a club for just so let’s fuck!” four hours,” the promoter of after-hours When you enter a partying dimension parties JiZ and WiG explains. “I want where the night is forever young, walls to go to a party in a costume so people are taken down and there is a distinct don’t really recognize me and I can just liberation that isn’t found in the Village. rave until seven in the morning.” At the illicit dress-up party WiG, the “Yeah,” her creative partner Steven hip hopping JiZ, and fame whorish- Audia nods. “Sweat my balls off , go home ness of DUI, there’s a sense of urgency when the sun’s up.” to unleash your inner monster before It’s about “coming out of yourself,” the police show up and put it in a cage. Audia says. “Put on your alter ego. You “Just last week one of our spaces got don’t have to be yourself.” shut down,” Porter says. The cops shut It’s certainly easy to lose yourself in the party down before it even started the cloud of smoke that hovers over the because, according to Porter, there’s dance floor in these warehouses, art now a cop on Facebook joining the studios and glorifi ed drug dens, where event pages and adding people who go the drinks are strong and cheap, the In warehouses around Vancouver, DUI partiers rave all night. “We may have to to the parties to fi nd out where they are. beats are rolling, and so are the people. venture further out in the city,” Chase The location of the events spreads MDMA is taken like the body of Christ Porter says, “but we won’t stop.” mainly through word of mouth, but (“don’t swallow it, bump it, know your COURTESY OF CHASE PORTER addresses are sometimes shared day-of dealer,” pastor Gregoire advises) and on Facebook or via email. almost everyone is devoted. an ode to train wreck celebrity culture “We may have to venture further “I think it’s safe,” says Chase Porter (Lilo is a martyr) where everything is out in the city,” Porter says, “but we of DUI Events. The parties are intimate shared, shameless, and exposed. The won’t stop.” enough that “you know almost everyone wildest things happen out in the open. “There’s no choice but to do things there.” “We were at Lion’s Den and Steven illegally,” McMullin says, and although “As long as you’re not hiding in a stall,” was ripping off everyone’s shirts,” Gre- spaces get shut down, “another ware- shrugs Parker McMullin, DUI’s resident goire reminisces. “Everyone was topless house always pops up somewhere.” drag queen Jane Smoker. on this dance fl oor, and I had baby oil “We’re trying to create a club kid “Yeah,” Porter laughs, “just do it in because I was dressed as a slutty baby, culture,” Gregoire says, “so in the end, the middle of the room!” so I sprayed oil all over everyone... Our if you can’t fi nd somewhere to party, you While WiG and JiZ are about creat- parties are very sexual, but it’s the kind get a PA and a generator and go out to a ing a “freak” scene, the DUI parties are of sexual where you just want to go forest...” the The Dispensary is proud to support medicinal cannabis dispensary CannabisDispensary.ca Decriminalize cannabis for a safer province Tel 604.255.1844 | Open 11-7 (except posted holidays) SIGN UP TODAY! sensiblebc.ca 880 East Hastings St. (@ Campbell) | 1182 Thurlow (@ Davie)

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They aim to brace the rainbow flag. trait of the human condition. inspire a shift in popular thinking about environmentalism to generate Lace Bite new action and awareness, “a shift 7:00 pm | SFU’s Goldcorp Centre for away from thinking of the Earth as the Arts ‘mother,’ to the Earth as ‘lover.’” Lace Bite highlights 40 local wom- Magnificent Presence en as they play a Guinness World Who Are We, Cinema? 7:00 pm | Vancouver Playhouse Record-breaking ice hockey game in 7:00 pm | International Village An aspiring Italian actor looks for a new start by renting an apartment, which support of the fight against Cystic Our first Festival PechaKucha-pow- happens to be filled with a few supernatural surprises. While deciding to em- Fibrosis. A rousing homegrown story ered event asks, “What role has cine- brace or push them out, Pietro learns a few of life’s more subtle lessons and of the nearly unimaginable heights a ma played in reflecting and affecting subsequently, a thing or two about acting. committed group of individuals can queer lives?” Since the 1970’s a grow- reach. Bring a tissue or two, for both ing body of films have come to por- 6:00 pm | International Village tears and laughter. tray almost every aspect of queer life. Festival audience, meet Adam Gold- FRIDAY | AUG 16 Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? What do movies say about where we man, our special guest from the inter- 9:30 pm | International Village My Best Day are now? How have our lives been af- webs and Brooklyn, NY, and the writer/ Margarita In a marriage where neither party is 9:00 pm | SFU’s Goldcorp Centre for fected, reflected or even consumed? creator of the crowd-supported and be- 6:45 pm | SFU’s Goldcorp Centre for satisfied, Weichung (re)explores his the Arts loved online series, The Outs. Adam will the Arts identity as a gay man, while Feng Set in small town America, a group Last Chance present episodes 1-6 of The Outs and Margarita is the perfect nanny, but hopes for a child and to break free from of quirky individuals are brought to- 6:45 pm | SFU’s Goldcorp Centre for chat with CBC Host Lisa Christiansen. when her broke employers fire her, her stagnant office job life. Will You gether by one woman’s search for her the Arts the Mexican lesbian must fight to Still Love Me Tomorrow? brings gentle long-lost father. Director Erin Green- A documentary highlighting the Queens! Destiny of Dance stay in Canada. Along with signifi- critique to the dangerous folly of try- well (Mom, 21) delivers once again struggles of queers trying to gain 8:30 pm | Vancity Theatre cant insight into the difficulties of im- ing to live up to societal expectations. with a healthy dose of charm and an and maintain their refugee status in This big, colourful Bollywood epic takes migration, Margarita comes through endearing take on what it’s like to be Canada after fleeing imprisonment, us to the center of Guru Amma’s man- with a tender-hearted exploration of SATURDAY | AUG 17 an outsider in a small town. rape and abuse. These stories demon- sion sanctuary for transwomen. By her side is Mukta, the best dancer in the the ways people may bond, and test The Walter & Peg Show: Getting strate that gaining refugee status on each other, as family. Grants Good the grounds of sexual orientation is community and next in line to become the next Amma. But when angelic teen- 10:30 am– 4:00 pm | Emily Carr Uni- no easy feat. Beyond the Walls ager Nandini comes into their midst, versity of Art and Design 7:00 pm | International Village In-Between Days their idyllic world begins to crack. Really, if you’re an artist with a de- The story kicks off when Paulo is 9:00 pm | International Village sire to get a grant, you should come dumped by his girlfriend, and decides Two best friends, Chiranjit and Bubai, Suddenly Last Summer + Going to this workshop. Peg Campbell and to show up at the doorsteps of a man transgendered youth in Kolkata, India South Walter Quan will help debunk the he met one drunken night. This debut are profiled in this documentary explor- 9:15 pm | International Village mystery of grants and give you what feature by writer/director David Lam- ing their lives on the margins, in the These two evocative films by Korean di- you need to know in order to find suc- bert won him the 2013 Cannes Grand sex trade, and as outreach workers for a rector Leesong Hee-il complete an am- cess in your grant writing. Golden Rail Award for Best Feature. local HIV prevention organization. bitious three-part project that started R/EVOLVE 9:30 pm | International Village with White Nights (Baek Ya) (VIFF 2012), Reaching for the Moon exploring the exacting toll that secrecy 4:30 pm | International Village “Everyone is a little gay, and the 9:15 pm | SFU’s Goldcorp Centre for Off Beat and taboo takes on ordinary men. When Lincoln picks up a free-spirited money is better,” explains one of the Arts 9:15 pm | SFU’s Goldcorp Centre for genderqueer hitchhiker, the experi- the subjects of Charlie David’s latest Set in the 1950s, Reaching for the Moon the Arts TUESDAY | AUG 20 ence causes him to question every- documentary that profiles several is a rich retelling of American poet A complicated triangle between a rap Head of the Class thing in his relatively normal life. young men working in the gay porn producer and two hopeful musician Elizabeth Bishop’s travels to Brazil to 6:30 pm | International Village Filmmaker Billie Rain creates a bal- industry, in which the men are pre- brothers is the focus of this story set break free of severe writer’s block, and Our annual homage to the life-chang- anced yet satirical exploration of the dominantly straight. For vintage stag in the underground music scene of the dramatic turn her life takes once ing Out in Schools program which has conflict between easy contentment buffs, the film will delight with some Switzerland. Off Beat is a powerfully she encounters the unconventional been delivering films and anti-bullying and fearless rebellion. remarkable early footage assembling poignant tale of cycling hurt, adoles- architect, Lota de Macedo Soares. workshops (to over 40,000 students!) a brief history of the genre. cence and hope. since 2004. This year’s collection of

44 AUG 1–14, 2013 XTRA! VANCOUVER’S GAY & LESBIAN NEWS shorts shares dimpled kiddos’ wisdom, THURSDAY | AUG 22 the very real angst of adolescents—and TicketingRegular Discounted a gymnasium’s worth of understand- Centrepiece Gala ing that hate is not a family value. Membership $5 $2 Lot in Sodom + Vintage Porn Single & Gala Film Ticket $12 $8 7:00 pm | Vancity Theatre Six Pack $66 $42 These rare gems from the ‘20s and ‘30s $165 $135 get dirty real fast, offering a fascinat- Festival Super Pass ing glimpse into the impolitic raunch East Side Ticket Sales Day of the silent era. The main event, Lot Ticket Outlets queerfilmfestival.ca @ Vancouver Dyke MarchFestival in Sodom, portrays discomfiting (by VQFF tent, Grandview Park Saturday, today’s standards) depictions of an- Little Sister’s Book and Art Emporium August 3rd, 1pm cient Hebrews and Sodomites, and 1238 Davie Street Wheelchair accessible. Open daily, 10am – 11pm breakthrough representations of ho- At the Door Tickets available until 11pm the day moeroticism in popular cinema. Based on availability, tickets may be pur- before the screening. chased at the theatre where the film is My Other Me Wheelchair accessible. screening. The box office opens 30 min- 9:00 pm | International Village Questions? A telling of the fantasy world of cosplay, utes prior to the first screening of the day. Chitrangada Call the Box Office info line where individuals often find feelings of Free iPhone App 6:30 pm | The Rio Theatre 778.875.8363 powered by Caya inclusion and togetherness for the first Stay informed! The Festival iPhone app time. Cosplay conventions, and the like, Acclaimed Bengali actor/director Rituparno Ghosh illustrates a story of gender is your mobile Festival guide, schedule allow people to explore the fluidity of transition, following one character’s revival of the tale of Princess Chitrangada. share with you all she knows, offering and more. Find your way around the gender and their own identities. hard facts and inspiring (and funny) venues and to hot parties afterwards! Love Free or Die option towards inspiring peace, or is anecdotes and answering questions. Brought to you by the Festies at B’stro. Bawdy Body Shorts ongoing engagement a better path, 9:15 pm | Vancity Theatre In the Name Of 9:00 pm | Vancity Theatre Bishop Gene Robinson is the first open- despite so many roadblocks so far? 4:00 pm | International Village These hot ‘n quirky shorts deliver some ly gay bishop in the history of Chris- @queerfilmfest See August 17 for film details. Vancouver Queer of the finest delights of the Fest—from tendom. The documentary reveals the Film Festival #festies quirky examiners of lesbian identity to discrimination and adversity Robinson Bwakaw to stay in the United States to support gay “gingers” who are finding new ways has to face, as he works to bring LGBT 6:30pm | International Village his family. Their marriage plot is test- to love themselves, and a conservative acceptance to the Episcopal Church. Set in the Philippines, this film por- politician who tap tap taps his way out. ed and becomes even more complicat- THURSDAY | AUG 22 trays a retired recluse who realizes ed when he falls for a male Spaniard his sexuality late in life. The sickness in the same country. WEDNESDAY | AUG 21 Taboo… Yardies of his dog, Bwakaw, gives him that Lesbiana 4:45 pm | International Village extra push he needs to finally break Valencia 5:00 pm | International Village A hard-hitting documentary explor- out of his well-guarded shell. 9:15pm | Rio Theatre A revealing look at the radical sis- ing the realities and perceptions of In 21 short films, 21 filmmakers in- Who’s Afraid of Vagina Wolf? terpret each of Michelle Tea’s chap- terhood between lesbians from all Jamaica as an island saturated with 7:00 pm | International Village 7:00 pm | Rio Theatre ters in her semi-autobiographical over the world and an eminently homophobia. In deeply affecting in- A bold exploration of friendship, fam- It’s Anna’s fortieth birthday. The book, Valencia. The stories depict Mi- enjoyable history of lesbiana. Direc- terviews with LGBT Jamaicans, both ily and trans-identity in contempo- aspiring filmmaker is living in her chelle’s journey through sex, drugs tor Myriam Fougère takes to the road at home and in exile, Taboo… Yar- rary Iran, Facing Mirrors introduces friend’s backyard shed, without a and heartbreak on Valencia Street, with her camera, weaving together dies shares a distressingly common Edi, an affluent transgender man who girlfriend or a career possibility in San Francisco. present-day interviews with footage thread of violence and lives lived in is racing for the border in an attempt sight, her hopes diminishing. Until from the ‘70s of lesbians who made constant fear. to escape his disapproving father. she comes up with the idea of creat- Michelle Tea Book Club up that ‘parallel’ movement formed Beyond the Walls ing an all-female rendition of Who’s 6:00 pm | Pulpfiction on one innovative concept: lives cen- Youth Gala – G.B.F. Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Join Qmunity’s Women’s and Men’s 7:00 pm | International Village 6:30pm | Rio Theatre tered around women. book clubs and Gab Youth Services in See August 16 for film details. See August 21 for film details. I Do reading visiting artist Michelle Tea’s 9:00 pm | International Village The Men Next Door The Coast is Queer new young adult novel Mermaid in 9:15 pm | International Village A British photographer, Jack, marries Chelsea Creek—her first in a trilogy 9:00 pm | Rio Theatre his best lesbian friend in an attempt The Men Next Door is centered Creative, thoughtful and wacky with about a radical Polish mermaid. around a 40 year old man who is torn more than a dash of queer makes this between both an older and younger year’s collection of short films a recipe SUNDAY | AUG 25 gentleman, which are – unbeknownst for great viewing. The Coast is Queer in- Closing Gala to him – father and son. See how this vites you to celebrate homegrown tal- twisted love triangle plays out! ent and the latest in local queer shorts. She Said Boom Pariah 9:30 pm | The Rio Theatre 7:00 pm | International Village 9:30pm | International Village Kevin Hegge’s energizing portrait of A 17-year-old African American girl’s Camp Beaverton is a queer, all-women, the all-female punk band Fifth Col- trans-inclusive, sex-positive theme journey to embrace her identity as a umn is a trip to the ‘80s and back lesbian. The touching story is direct- camp at Burning Man. The participants, again, heralding the group’s wide- self-described Beavers, refer to the ed by Dee Rees and is executive pro- spread influence in music, zine and duced by Spike Lee. camp as the Home for Wayward Girls. film culture, and the near-eclipsing It serves as a place for teaching work- birth of the riot grrrl movement. SATURDAY | AUG 24 shops on safe sex, sexual techniques and good communication skills. FRIDAY | AUG 23 Book Your Own F**cking Career 1:00 pm | Tides G.B.F Why or Why Not? Cultural Boycott? In this workshop, Michelle Tea shares 7:00 pm | Vancity Theatre 12:00 pm | Simon Fraser tips from her own experience about What is the most sought after ‘ac- University Harbour Centre how to live and work as an artist from Frauensee cessory’ at North Gateway High, This event brings together four pan- the outside in. Touching on craft and 7:00 pm | Vancouver Playhouse you ask? It’s a Gay Best Friend. With elists with a range of perspectives on discipline (predominantly from a three clique leaders vying to be Prom Two lesbian couples compare their relationships on the backdrop of a serene the efficacy and intricacies of cultural writing perspective), performance and Queen, Brent decides to come out as German lake, eventually exposing one’s cracks and struggles. This unhurried boycotts, especially in relation to priorities, day jobs and tours, self-pub- the first queer in the school and rise drama explores the boundaries of love, trust and catalysts that strike new and peace and justice seeking in Israel/ lishing and finding an agent, she will to the top of the social heap. Palestine. Is a boycott an effective old sparks along the water.

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ALWAYS THE SMART CHOICE ST DAVIE and you can still see the ghosts of the Davie: the street that never sleeps. The telephones on the tables. Why the 18 Castro redux. gays have not taken over this bar is a 6 As much we might complain out mystery to me. about the Village looking a little tired, Cut the chase with a steam and you are still likely to fi nd someone on a BJ at F212 8 (1048 Davie St) or the sidewalk at any given minute of just pretend to work out. Student the day on Davie Street. Whether it’s discounts available. If you think you a drag queen on her way to a show, a might have compromised yourself at gaggle of drunken club kids on their the tubs (or in general), drop in to the way home from the bars, or the nice Health Initiative for Men’s (HIM) 9 old lady from yoga class, it’s hard to go (1033 Davie St) health centre across 19 late-night grocery shopping without the street, or sign up for one of HIM’s waving hello to someone. many other programs. THURLOW ST The main attraction is the bars. I The best reflection of the neigh- 3 never thought I would say this, but I’ve bourhood is The Fountainhead 10 been enjoying the dance fl oor at The (1025 Davie St), a great place to meet PumpJack 1 (1167 Davie St), where with friends, play some pool or throw you can move to music that you can some darts. Next door, it’s always a 13 sing along to. The Sunday Beer Bust good day when Joe’s Grill 11 (1031 20 is still the busiest evening of the week, Davie St) has crab cake benedicts on 21 but don’t drink the cheap stuff . the menu. 15 The hottest crowd goes to the tight- Hamburger Mary’s 12 (1202 Da- est bar in town, the eponymous 1181 vie St) gets the lifetime achievement 8 2 (1181 Davie St), where owner Jenn award for longest running gay restau- 5 9 Mickey personally makes sure her cus- rant on the strip, and its turkey dinner 11 tomers are having a good time. Always is perfect comfort food. a line on weekends; go early and fi nd For a cheap, wholesome meal, go to 10 SANDMAN IS PROUD TO SUPPORT yourself a cushion. The Dish 13 (1068 Davie St), where If small spaces make you claustro- you’ll also find the best breakfast 4 THE LGBT COMMUNITY phobic, check out the Oasis 3 (1240 sandwich on the street and the nic- Thurlow St). Take in a show or the est staff . So Many Reasons to Stay: Close to English Bay & Stanley Park | City, ocean & mountain views | In-suite washer/dryer units | Complimentary high-speed Internet | Outdoor pool (seasonal) | Meeting sun on the best rooftop patio in the My favourite burger on Davie is & banquet facilities | Business centre | Fitness facilities | pHresh Spa & Wellness Club | Gated, ’hood, or just stare at Mitch’s hairy still at Score 14 (1262 Davie St). The Explore your fetishes with some underground parking | Moxie’s Grill & Bar with room service chest which hasn’t seen a shirt since Caesars are a meal in themselves. Or leather at Priape 18 (1148 Davie St), the early 2000s. calm the savage beast with the smooth get your outfit for the White Party at QUOTE ‘XTRA’ WHEN MAKING YOUR RESERVATION AND RECEIVE 10% OFF OUR BEST 19 AVAILABLE RATE* Although some question whether sounds of the electric piano at Pris- State of Mind (1100 Davie St), put it’s still a gay bar or not, Vancouverites cilla’s 15 (1047 Davie Street). it neatly away in one of the handy- *Must present ad upon check-in. Valid until December 31, 2013. Subject to availability. have been dancing at Celebrities 4 Curl up with your tablet and a mean dandy space savers at Room in Order (1022 Davie St) since the 1980s, which cup of coffee at Melriches 16 (1244 20 (1055 Davie St) and then clut- is more than enough reason to go. Davie St), which has employed and ter your place up again with some One of the more interesting (and features the work of local artists. objets d’art at Homewerx 21 (1053 equally long-running) gay spaces on Then go next door to pay homage to Davie St). Davie is the recently renovated Num- the civil libertarians at Little Sister’s Vancouver may be getting gayer bers 5 (1042 Davie St) with three Book & Art Emporium 17 (1238 Davie overall but the Davie Village is still the 1 800 SANDMAN (726 3626) fl oors of fun and plenty of dark spaces St), who fought Canada Customs for place where you can be whoever you 1160 Davie St. | Vancouver BC | V6E 1N1 | Tel: 604 681 7263 to cruise and make out. the right to import and share our are and no one will bat an eye. There’s The Junction 6 (1138 Davie St) has stories. no place like home.

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48 AUG 1–14, 2013 XTRA! VANCOUVER’S GAY & LESBIAN NEWS from jail, Alig has big plans for a revival. “I wonder if [Alig] will see that [New York is different] right away, if he’ll be disappointed, or if he’ll see it as a chal- Club kid in Chanel lenge and think, ‘I have to bring back the underground’,” St James says. “But I don’t know if the underground can be for Chanel. “This is my elegant lady brought back in this day and age, be- Party monsters author look,” he says. “I’m trying to be cause you needed to be able to incubate an adult.” things for years at a time, and with the come out for The dressing room at the Rio is no internet and globalization, there’s no more than a glorified bathroom, but incubating anything anymore. The min- James St James St James feels right at home. “Sitting ute an idea happens, everyone around in bathrooms, talking to boys, it seems the world knows about it. These days, BLITZ & SHITZ like that’s my whole life,” he laughs. But all the interesting stuff is happening on RAZIEL unlike in his party past, he and the boys Tumblr as opposed to the clubs.” are no longer getting high. “It’s so cute because [Alig has] never For countless scenesters, “It was never a conscious decision to been on the internet, seen or been on a James St James’s Party stop doing drugs,” he says. “I was work- cell phone, he’s never googled... It’s go- Monster is gospel. ing at World of Wonder and one day I ing to be like a cave man coming out,” And if that makes Michael Alig Je- realized, ‘Oh my God, a year has passed St James laughs. “He has this idea that sus — resurrection pending his release and I haven’t done drugs.’ Life got in the he’s going to throw a party and he says Raziel backstage with the original club kid, James St James, on July 26. ASH MCGREGOR from prison — then St James is a mix way, and all of a sudden it’s been years. to me, ‘I’ve been collecting everybody’s between John and Judas. He’s certainly But I’m certainly not against it. God somewhere and I just sort of thought if I a “gay noire” set in a now closed hustler addresses so I can send them invitations devoted to his “best friend” Alig, but bless everyone else who’s doing them!” was ever going to do anything, I needed club he used to frequent. and I’m like, ‘Michael, no! People don’t he can’t help but stab him in the back When Alig and fellow creature of the to get out. I’ve done this, I’ve climbed “Partying has changed for me. Total- mail things anymore.’ He’s got a little every now and then (but hey, at least night Robert “Freez” Riggs killed their this mountain, and now it’s time to find ly,” he says. “I will always be interested catching up to do, but he wants that he’s not stabbing him with a syringe drug dealer Angel Melendez in 1996 it another to climb.” in who’s hot and who’s the new girl and again, to be in the thick of things. There filled with Drano). ended an era in nightlife, and St James Since moving to Los Angeles, St the ‘it’ boy and what everyone’s wearing will be a crowd for him. There’s a new St James was invited to Vancouver decided it was time to evolve from a hot James has started blogging and pub- and listening to, but I don’t feel a need generation of kids who look up to him, by Peter Breeze to host a special pre- mess trust fund baby with an insatiable lished two novels Party Monster (origi- to be in the thick of it and be the craziest thinking he’s an outlaw gangster, the sentation of the film adaptation of his appetite for the club kid mantra: money, nally published as Disco Bloodbath) and one at the craziest party.” original blah blah blah.” true-crime epic at the Rio Theatre. I got success, fame, glamour. Freak Show (the young adult story of a The club kid scene died with Melen- the chance to talk backstage with the “I moved to LA to get away from New teen drag queen’s relationship with the dez, and partying didn’t just change for Read Raziel's full interview with original club kid who, at 47, has given York,” he says, “I was lying in a pool high school quarterback). He is now cur- James — it changed for all of New York James St James on Blitz & Shitz up the outlandish costumes of his past of my own vomit in a corner of a club rently working on his third manuscript, City. But I’m told that upon his release on dailyxtra.com.

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Pride parade — West End, Sun, Aug 11 Okanagan Pride Festival runs Sun, Aug Sept Sun, Aug 4. SERGEI BACHLAKOV 11–Sat, Aug 17 in Kelowna, BC. See story on DailyXtra.com. Weekend Pass $70, individual events $30 and up. Tickets, info 19 - 22 Funktion Pride The Junction moves it Wed, July 31 and event schedule at okanaganpride.com/ Vancouver into Pride gear for the weekend starting Interior DMS Pride Show The Dogwood Monarchist with tonight’s dance party till 4am. Doors Convention Society brings you a drag show to celebrate 9pm. The Junction, 1138 Davie St. $10 cover. Mon, Aug 12 Pride. 10pm. The Junction, 1138 Davie St. junctionpub.com Queer Van Soccer Recreational league Centre West Suggested $5 donation. mothercourt.ca open to all queer women, queer-positive Design Sat, Aug 3 women and trans people. 7-9pm every Monday night at McSpadden Park, 2125 Thurs, Aug 1 Powell Street Festival Traditional How Do You Measure Up Victoria Dr at 5th Ave. $40 for 13 weeks. The annual Big and contemporary Japanese Canadian To sign up email [email protected]. Fat Cock Contest is back! Hosted by Raye performances and demonstrations, Show West facebook.com/vansoccer/info Sunshine with tunes by Adam Dreaddy and historical walking tours, tea ceremonies Jef Leppard. Don’t be shy; you get to take a and more. 11:30am–7 pm, runs till Sun, BiFocus A peer-led social and support picture of yourself in private and post it in Aug 4. Oppenheimer Park and surrounding group. Meets second and last Monday Pre-purchase your discounted the bar and get voted on. Winner gets the venues, 400 block of Powell Street. Free. of each month. 7-9 pm. Suite 610, 1033 tickets online idswest.com best bragging rights of Pride. Bar opens powellstreetfestival.com Davie St (Buzz 610 for entry). Wheelchair 6pm, contest 10pm. 1181, 1181 Davie St. No accessible. Free. Info at [email protected] Absolut Pride! Summer BBQ, huge deck, $5 cover. 1181.ca burgers, sangria and slushies all day long. Plus Disco 2000 Return to the early days of Absolut’ly Dragulous starring Carlotta Gurl. Disco at this ’70s-themed party. Dare to Patio opens at noon. The Junction, 1138 Davie dress up to match. DJ Kasey Riot pumps St. Cover $15 after 9pm. junctionpub.com out all the dirty electro, dub step and Parking Lot Pride Jam The offi cial Man disco house you can handle. 9pm–4am, Ultimate Up after-party, with a 15-foot pool, dance The Junction, 1138 Davie St. $5 cover. fl oor, beer pong. Tiki bar, kissing booth, junctionpub.com BBQ and more. DJs Lisa DeLux, Missm and Trevor Risk. 2-10pm. The Cobalt parking lot, Fri, Aug 2 917 Main St. Tickets $10 advance at Little Average Joes’ 6th Anniversary Party Sister’s, 1238 Davie St; Perch Restaurant, Average Joes’ is a casual, friendly and 337 E Hastings St or elhangover2.eventbrite. supportive social group for HIV-positive ca. Admission $15 at door. facebook.com/ gay men to hang out. Out-of-towners are manupvancouver always welcome! 3-6pm. The Junction, 1138 Monroe Pride Hosted by Raye Sunshine Davie St. No cover. and Iona Whipp with DJ Domtop and Ru Jerk It! Pride Chelsea Horrendous, Shandra Paul Drag Race contestant Shangela. Doors Leer, Airick X and Jay Douglas. Hosted by 8pm. Oasis Ultra Lounge, 1240 Thurlow St. Junita Werk and Maxine Pad. Doors 9pm. Cover $10 before 10pm, $15 after. Oasis Ultra Lounge, 1240 Thurlow St. Cover $10 before 11pm, $13 after. oasisondavie. Sun, Aug 4 guide 2013 com Pride Day Service Celebrate God’s gift Man Up: The Pride Ride Majik, Owen, Cazz, of diversity with special music at a service VANCOUVER’S GAY & LESBIAN Shameless Amus, Jack Dego, Lady Jem, Jack of Holy Communion, followed by a light NEWS The Stripper and many more. DJs Lisa DeLux breakfast. All are welcome. 8am. Christ (VAN), Sammy Royale and Nina Brown idswest.com Church Cathedral, 690 Burrard St. cathedral. For your daily Pride (TO). 9pm–3am. The Cobalt, 917 Main St. vancouver.bc.ca Free. IDS west Tickets $15 advance at Little Sister’s, 1238 listings, pick up a copy of Vancouver Pride Society After-Party This IDSwest Davie St; Perch Restaurant, 337 E Hastings Xtra Proudly supporting offi cial Pride after-party, hosted by Symone ’s Ultimate Pride Guide Produced by St; theprideride.eventbrite.ca or $20 at door. Pride with style! with DJs UK, Marty Funkhauser and Quest. 9 or download it facebook.com/manupvancouver Charlotte Sofa, Montauk pm. Ginger 62, 1219 Granville St. $10 at door. from dailyxtra.com. vancouverpride.ca

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