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JIM DEVA 1949-2014 FEEDBACK E9 VANCOUVER’S GAY & LESBIAN NEWS FRASER FREE YOUTH MARCH 20,000 AUDITED CIRCULATION E10 TWO 4 ONE E15 To the man who empowered us 2014 8, 25–OCT SEPT #550 Thank you, Jim Deva EDITORIAL When Canada Customs seized ship- I was a fl amboyantly gay 16-year-old ROBIN PERELLE ment after shipment of gay and lesbian when I first met Jim Deva at Little books at the border, Jim and Bruce Sister’s bookstore. My jaw dropped see- @dailyxtra fought back. They not only defended ing all the images of our sexuality and

our stories, but valued them and em- culture throughout the store. facebook.com/dailyxtra UNELECTABLE powered us to tell more, both to our- Jim and Little Sister’s manager Ja- The politics of being too sexy dailyxtra.com dailyxtra.com for public life E12

“I do have trouble with the word selves and to society. nine Fuller always had some helpful at More hero. I sort of view myself as a When our stories made us more vis- advice, especially when listening to any conduit, empowering people to be ible and therefore targets of anti-gay Samantha/Sex-in-the-City–like stories. might have made Vision a bit nervous active. We have so many brilliant, violence, Jim harnessed our outrage Years later, I felt honoured to work about letting Trish run. accomplished people in our to demand better police protection for Jim and witness the opening of his I still think it’s a shame that she didn’t community, and once in a while they and a reality free from homophobic second store, Sweet Adult Boutique. get in. She is clearly a very gifted, intel- just need to be empowered.” “terrorism,” as he called it. I really got to see his love for his custom- ligent, compassionate and passionate — Jim Deva, on receiving Xtra’s In the wake of Aaron Webster’s mur- ers fi rsthand, and I learned something individual whose energy would greatly Community Hero of the Year award der in 2001, Jim simultaneously sought about him that I already knew. He was enhance the whole electoral process in 2002 more gay representation on both the a soul sent here to help other souls. and add a lot of colour to city hall. Still board of the Davie Village business I will honour his memory by continu- I can’t help but think that she has also “It’s Jim from Sister’s,” he said without association and its community policing ing to support our Vancouver LGBT shot herself in the foot through her lack preamble when I picked up the phone. offi ce and, with others, met repeatedly community. of discretion and her apparent inability JANET RERECICH “We need to go to Prince George.” with the Vancouver Police Department NOEL BUTLER or unwillingness to admit that this could It was a May morning in 2002. As Jim Deva was a to push for arrests and sensitize the EMAIL be a problem. Xtra’s rookie reporter, I’d already force. “That we’d been isolated for too AARON ZACHARIAS worn a tread from our offi ce to Little mentor to so many; long was readily apparent,” he told me Trish Kelly’s clipped run EMAIL Sister’s a few blocks west on Da- he touched so many 10 years later. I have never met Trish Kelly, and I can’t vie Street, where I could often be lives. I’m just one of The fact that police sent an honour say that I knew much about her until Congratulations to HIM found interviewing the bookstore’s guard to his funeral and the mayor the hullaballoo about her being taken Congratulations to the Health Initiative co-owner Jim Deva. But it still seemed the many people delivered a eulogy praising him as a off the Vision election ticket [“Too Sexy for Men (HIM) for their groundbreak- odd that he’d suddenly call to propose lucky enough to “city builder” shows how far he got to Serve?” Xtra #550, Sept 25]. ing web series My Fucking Life [“First- a road trip. with his strategy to strengthen our I have nothing against masturbation Person Stories About Gay Sex,” Xtra Not a road trip, he explained. A have crossed and political standing as a community of or genitalia, but from my rather stodgy #549, Sept 11]. Some very important young gay man was dead. Just weeks recrossed his path. note in this city. perspective I can appreciate how her (and sexy) topics! If you haven’t seen after coming out to his family, he’d That Mayor Gregor Robertson even public past might be used to discredit the episodes, go to myfuckinglife.ca. hung himself because he couldn’t take recognized the “incredibly powerful her as a candidate for elected public MICHAEL HAACK the harassment that his school refused enough to have crossed and recrossed culture of love” that Jim built shows offi ce. EMAIL to address. He was 18. his path. that he never strayed far from the core I understand and accept that the Jim was adamant. We need to tell The trip to Prince George changed of his strategy: to foster a community LGBT community celebrates sexuality Jane Bouey for school Jamie’s story, he insisted. We need me, gave me more confi dence to tell founded on love and the freedom to and is often considered sex-positive. I board to go up north and investigate and our stories with courage, and com- openly express that love and embrace have a little bit of discomfort around challenge the school and every school passion. Twelve years later, I’m still our desire. the term sex-positive, though. I am I cannot think of any person district in BC. learning and still grateful to Jim and I stopped by the store two days after asexual, and I am a Christian, but a better qualifi ed than Jane Bouey Three hours later, we were in his old to Bruce (and their special cookies). Jim gleefully celebrated masturba- Christian who loves and accepts my [“Jane Bouey Seeks Reelection to brown van heading north. When I first met Jim shortly af- tion and urged us all to be sexually gay and trans brethren (and sistren!) Vancouver School Board,” dailyxtra. Over the next four days, Jim and ter arriving in Vancouver in 2001, I honest at Xtra’s Sept 9 town hall. He with open arms. But I sometimes think com, Sept 18]. She has been a his partner, Bruce Smyth, drove more saw only bits of the picture: the fi ght was cheerfully outfi tting a customer that when one adopts a term such as fearless spokesperson for students than 22 hours, at their own expense, to against censorship, the refusal to ac- in what seemed to be the man’s fi rst sex-positive that one is also adopting with special needs, LGBT school give voice to Prince George’s nascent cept gaybashing. Only as time went leather chaps, insisting on getting them to view things in black and white. If you community members and properly gay community, to empower its mem- on did I begin to see the bigger picture hemmed before he’d accept any money. are not “sex-positive,” then surely you funded public education, and she bers to demand accountability and to that he was trying to show me. Jim was He told me how much he’d enjoyed de- are “sex-negative”? understands that the best way to mourn a gay life lost. more than a compassionate leader who livering that speech, and I laughed and I think that things are a lot more nu- support the best education for To claim Jim Deva as my courageous, could make people feel welcome and left him to uplift yet another individual anced than that. Outside of the queer children and youth is to support principled, irreverent mentor would knit us into a community. He was also on his coming-out continuum. community one is going to encoun- teachers and other school staff who be presumptuous. He was a mentor a very intelligent man who always had a “Go do your thing,” I told him. “I’ll ter a huge variety of levels of comfort are responsible for building good to so many; he touched so many lives. strategy to strengthen us over the long see you soon.” and discomfort about sex. For me, it is education and schools. Good luck, I’m just one of the many people lucky term and ultimately change the world. If only that could be true. something private and personal, and Jane! Good schools need caring Jim Deva died Sept 21. He was I always cringe when on the receiving leaders. 63 years old. The outcome that we seek is this — gay and lesbian end of Too Much Information. There WAYNE M people daring together to set love free. are many like me, and many of us vote DAILYXTRA.COM Robin Perelle is the managing editor Xtra is published by Pink Triangle Press, at 2 Carlton St, Ste 1600, Toronto, M5B 1J3. in elections, and I think this is what of Xtra.

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6 OCT 9–22, 2014 XTRA! VANCOUVER’S GAY & LESBIAN NEWS That the benchers would disrespect the overwhelming majority vote at the Upfront largest lawyer meeting in BC history is breathtaking. barbara findlay E 9 Celebrating the life of Jim Deva He built ‘an incredibly powerful culture of love,’ mayor says

PROUD LIFE NATASHA BARSOTTI

“The only measure of your words and your deeds will be the love you leave behind when you’re done.” The lyrics of Fred Small’s “Everything Possible” reverberated through St Andrew’s-Wesley United Church Sept 27 as the Vancouver Men’s Chorus captured both the loss and gratitude of mourning community members who filled the pews to say farewell to Jim Deva, whose passion for freedom of expression and community empowerment moved a generation. Still in disbelief almost a week after Deva fell to his death at his Haro Street home, filmmaker Aerlyn Weissman said she never imagined she’d be called upon to eulogize her “dear and wise friend.” “Here we are, together, to celebrate Jim’s life, and we need to do that for him and for each other,” she told the crowd, who lined up for a block out- side the church to pay their respects. Every speaker remembered Deva as a pas- sionate leader who loved his community and was deeply committed to freedom of speech, the Davie Village and building bridges, both with city hall and the Vancouver Police Department, to foster greater respect for the LGBT community and our culture. “We honour his memory when we live out and proud and always fabulous,” said filmmaker Aerlyn Weissman, who delivered the first eulogy for Jim Deva at The presence of a police honour guard, a number St Andrew’s-Wesley United Church, Sept 27. JAMES LOEWEN of senior officers and the stirring bagpipe rendition of “Going Home” by Constable Tim Fanning that expression, Deva turned to city hall and the police focused on changing Vancouver, Stevenson noted. standing, of fighting for justice, of creating a city of opened Deva’s Celebration of Life were testimony department, where he also sought recognition for “To do that, he had to take on the powers-that-be leaders who look after each other,” Robertson said. to how far that relationship has progressed. the community’s presence and needs. at city hall. Over time, Jim went from fighting with Robertson also said he plans to introduce a mo- Police Chief Jim Chu, who was out of the coun- “Over the last few decades, Jim provided the city hall to working with city hall.” tion in council calling for Deva to be memorialized try, sent a personal tribute read out by Councillor police with ideas and advice, and at times criti- “It’s impossible to imagine what our city would in the Davie Village (see story page 8). Tim Stevenson. In his message, Chu said he last cism, to make us better,” Chu said. be like today if it had not been for Jim,” said a vis- Invoking her family’s Jewish traditions, Weiss- saw Deva at this year’s Pride parade, where Deva Every so often in the global LGBT community, ibly moved Mayor Gregor Robertson, who called man said it’s common to say “May their memory was dressed as Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz. a Harvey Milk–like leader emerges from within, Deva a trailblazer who knew how to fight and, even be a blessing” when someone has died. “I tweeted we weren’t in Kansas anymore,” Stevenson said. “Jim Deva was Vancouver’s Har- more, how to love. “All of us here and so many who “It’s hard for us to find that place right now,” she Chu wrote. But, he acknowledged, Vancouver vey Milk. At the very heart of what Harvey Milk could not be here today — countless people — are acknowledged. But someday, she said, “we will re- was closer to Kansas in the 1980s, when Canada and Jim Deva were about was community.” really a testimony to Jim’s work,” he said. member him in those moments of self-realization Customs seized shipment after shipment of gay Stevenson remembered rushing to Little Sis- Robertson remembered Deva’s “direct and as we read the stories we have imagined, as we books bound for Little Sister’s bookstore, which ter’s when it first opened. The bookstore soon forceful cross-examination” of him when he first write our histories and dream the poetry of our Deva and his partner, Bruce Smyth, opened in became a community oasis and centre and Deva a ran for mayor. Deva tested him on several levels, deepest desires, free from shame, free from hy- 1983. Little Sister’s refused to accept Customs’ much-sought-after adviser, he said. “His compas- he recalled, as he grilled him about homophobic pocrisy and free from censorship.” censorship and took the border agency all the sion, his gentleness, his warmth, his humorous attacks, how best to police the West End, and the way to the Supreme Court of Canada, where it nature allowed many people to confide in him.” need to reinvigorate its gay village. won a partial victory. While Deva always had his eye on the liberation “Jim is a city builder, someone who has built For more on Jim Deva’s Celebration of Life Having honed his activism in the fight for free of LGBT people everywhere, he was particularly an incredibly powerful culture of love and under- ceremony, go to dailyxtra.com.

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Antonuk did not present the case as Neel killed popular trans woman a hate crime and did not suggest that Lapuz’s gender had anything to do with in money dispute, court hears the argument. The RCMP told Xtra at the time of Neel’s 2012 arrest that hate CRIME Westminster. In pleading guilty to the did not appear to be a motive in the case. JEREMY HAINSWORTH less severe, included charge of man- Neel’s father, David, sent a letter slaughter, Neel accepted responsibility to the court from Thailand, where he The man who pleaded guilty to killing for causing Lapuz’s death but denied runs a business. He said that his son January Marie Lapuz two years ago any intent to kill her. was abandoned by his mother when he says he killed her in self-defence in an Before he passed sentence, Verho- was 18 months old and that members argument over the price of sex services, even asked Neel if he had anything of both sides of his family had been in the BC Supreme Court heard Oct 2. to say. “I am sorry for all the trouble residential schools. Neel is a member Charles Jameson “Jamie” Mungo and pain I have caused,” Neel said and of the Kwakiutl First Nation. Neel pleaded guilty to manslaughter expressed his “dearest condolences to David Neel said his son, who was born in June for killing Lapuz, a well-liked the victim’s family.” Verhoeven said prematurely by caesarian section, has trans woman whom friends remem- he accepted that Neel has problems had social and developmental prob- bered as a kind, generous person. The expressing himself and accepted the lems all his life. He expressed regret for 26-year-old New Westminster resident statement as sincere. what happened to Lapuz. “The family died Sept 29, 2012, as a result of stab- Antonuk told the court that the five- is shocked by what occurred and very bing injuries to her face, neck, chest foot-six, 110-pound Neel, then 20, had upset by so much grief they have caused and torso, Crown prosecutor Rusty contacted the five-foot-11, 258-pound to the other family.” Antonuk told Justice Frits Verhoeven. Lapuz for sexual services and agreed Charles Neel, who has no prior crimi- Calling the killing a “terrible crime,” to meet at her home. “Charles Neel did nal record, showed no emotion as a Verhoeven sentenced Neel to a total of know January Lapuz was a transgen- victim impact statement from Lapuz’s eight years in custody. Neel will serve five dered sex trade worker,” he added. mother Betty was read. “She made ev- years and three months because of time When he arrived at Lapuz’s home, erybody laugh. She loved helping people already spent in custody. The sentence Neel removed his shoes and pants, but regardless of race, colour or age. She is recommendation was a joint submission a dispute ensued over a price, and a sweet to everyone. Her smile is like sun- to Verhoeven from Antonuk and Neel’s struggle started, Antonuk said. Lapuz January Marie Lapuz was “sweet to everyone,” her mother wrote in a letter read to light up in the sky,” her mother wrote. defence lawyer, David Tarnower. grabbed some scissors and injured BC Supreme Court. Lapuz’s killer was sentenced to eight years in prison on Oct 2. “Her absence is breaking my heart. She Neel was initially charged with Neel’s left hand. Neel found a knife FACEBOOK.COM was everything I had.” second-degree murder in connection and defended himself, the court heard. highly violent manner,” Antonuk said. cused did not have the required intent with the fatal stabbing in Lapuz’s home “The accused in stabbing January Lapuz suffered damage to major ar- for murder but rather used excessive Read the full story on the 500 block of 3rd Avenue, New Lapuz overreacted in an explosive and teries and internal damage. “The ac- force to defend himself,” Antonuk said. on dailyxtra.com.

for a referendum, calling its result a foregone conclusion after the general meeting resolution. ‘This is not leadership’ “Those who voted in June are those who cared enough to vote,” he said, sup- BC Law Society referendum on porting the motion to rescind approval without further delay. TWU is disrespectful, findlay says Director Cameron Ward agreed. “British Columbia should not have a EDUCATION to the student handbook, could result law school that discriminates against JEREMY HAINSWORTH in discipline, dismissal or a refusal to LGBTQ people,” he said. “This debate readmit a student to the university. has nothing to do with religious free- Whether or not Trinity Western Uni- That covenant has led to a polariza- dom but is about discriminatory edu- versity’s (TWU) proposed law school is tion in the legal community as lawyers cation of future lawyers and judges.” accredited by the Law Society of British grapple with the need to protect gay Queer lawyer barbara findlay calls the Columbia will be decided by a binding, people from discrimination and the decision to hold a referendum a slap in mail-out referendum involving all the need to uphold freedom of religion and the face to the legal profession. province’s 11,000 lawyers, the society’s association. “That the benchers would disrespect directors decided Sept 26. In June, thousands of BC lawyers the overwhelming majority vote at the Society directors (also known as voted three to one at a special general largest lawyer meeting in BC history benchers) had voted in April to ap- meeting to direct the society’s board of is breathtaking,” findlay said in a press prove the school. directors to reverse its earlier decision Queer lawyer barbara findlay attended the special general meeting in June release after the meeting. “On June 10, At the heart of the debate is the Chris- and reject the proposed law school. where members directed the BC Law Society to reverse its earlier approval of the legal profession turned out en masse tian university’s community covenant. While their resolution was not bind- Trinity Western’s law school. JEREMY HAINSWORTH to demand courageous and principled For admission, students must sign the ing, the society’s directors promised to reverse its earlier approval, one sug- endum would be the most democratic leadership from their Benchers. This is covenant agreeing to uphold Christian give it serious and thoughtful consider- gesting the society wait for the courts option. But director Joe Arvay, who not leadership. This is anything but.” biblical teachings, including no premari- ation. That consideration led to three to decide, and one suggesting the board represented Little Sister’s bookstore tal sex and no homosexuality. Failure to motions voted on Sept 26: one urging hold a referendum. in its fight against Canada Customs’ Read the full story uphold these commitments, according the board to accept the resolution and Director Miriam Kresivo said a refer- book seizures, questioned the need on dailyxtra.com.

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We’re not going to ‘‘ live in shame. A TRIBUTE TO JIM DEVA 1950–2014 ’’

By Jeremy Hainsworth and Robin Perelle ›

MORE AT DAILYXTRA.COM AN XTRA SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT XTRA! OCT 9–22, 2014 13 hen Jim Deva finally came out to › Bruce Smyth, the man who would become his partner of 42 years, Smyth drove into a ditch.

“I said, ‘Oh my god, me too!’ We discovered to- him a passion for politics and the importance of y the early 1980s, Deva and Smyth were gether,” Smyth says. fighting for what you believe in. living in a communal house with four It’s unlikely that the pair knew, in that moment “My mother was very political,” he told Xtra’s Bother people, bandying about business of shared discovery, as Smyth fought to regain con- Sept 9 town hall on the politics of being too openly ideas. trol of the car, just how pivotal a role they would sexual to run for elected office. “She was an origi- “We didn’t know anything about running a play in the fight for gay liberation in Canada. nal CCF woman in the heart of rural Alberta ... She bookstore, but it drove us crazy that you couldn’t They weren’t even lovers yet. really instilled in me the importance of being an find gay or lesbian books,” Deva told Xtra 25 years Smyth and Deva had met several years earlier, underdog and fighting for what’s important. Not after he and Smyth opened the bookstore that in the grocery department of the Hudson’s Bay to win; it’s because it’s the point of the thing, it’s would embolden generations of gay, lesbian, bi- Northern Stores in Fort Simpson, NWT, where the issue of the thing. It’s because you should be sexual and transgender people to tell their stories Deva arrived for a summer job partway through strong and vote for what you totally, totally believe and to fight any attempt to silence them. his education degree at the University of Calgary in. So that sort of runs through my entire body.” Within two years of opening its doors on April in 1972. Smyth says Deva took an instant dislike Deva would bring that passion for principle, 15, 1983, Little Sister’s Book and Art Emporium to him. that determination to fight for what he believed was being targeted regularly by border officials “He got so fucking pissed off at me that he asked in, to the bookstore that he and Smyth opened in at Canada Customs, who seized shipment after for a transfer to dry goods in two days,” Smyth 1983, in an upstairs corner of Vancouver’s then- shipment of gay and lesbian books and magazines says, with a smile. emerging gay village. bound for the store, leaving its shelves increas- Despite the initial animosity, the two became The couple had moved to Vancouver five years ingly bare and jeopardizing its very ability to close friends, then roommates in Calgary, and earlier, where they settled into a Jervis Street survive as a business. finally lovers. “What drew me to him was his apartment and each worked a variety of jobs, with Deva had been warned to fly under Customs’ laugh. We made each other laugh,” Smyth says. Deva subbing as a teacher. But it was a difficult radar by porn importers whose advice he sought “It was easy.” time to be a gay teacher. When some students ran prior to opening the bookstore. If a shipment gets into him at the old Gandydancer club on Hamilton seized, just let it go, they told him; challenging Street, he quit. Customs would only bring unwanted attention im Deva was born James Eton Devaleriola “I decided I didn’t want to be a closeted teach- to the store. on Dec 10, 1950, on a farm near Morrin, er,” he told Xtra in 2002. Instead, he took a retail But Deva and Smyth couldn’t just let it go. They JAlberta. Smyth says Deva refused to go LITTLE SISTER’S ARCHIVES job at a game store in Gastown. “I knew really couldn’t afford to run a business without stock, through life spelling such a long last name. Above, a young James Eton Devaleriola deeply and intrinsically that I had to close the and, more profoundly, they couldn’t stomach “That’s how we got our Deva,” he says. “I don’t hails from a farm near Morrin, Alberta. door on the past to start a new life.” the state’s censorship of gay and lesbian books. think he even realized it was ‘diva’ at the time.” As a child growing up on a prairie surrounded by land and animals, Deva relished the open spaces. He often described his childhood, with his four “ We owe so much to Jim and the Little Sister’s family for siblings and parents Ted and Doreen, as “idyllic.” He later said his mother, an original supporter the access to queer stories, whether it be in book or on the of Alberta’s social-democratic Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF), instilled in screen, that we enjoy today.”—filmmaker Aerlyn Weissman

1985 border. Materials deemed of the Jan 3, 1987, issue of 1987 of the presence of one short to be obscene will be The Advocate. Little Sister’s story that recounts the story Censorship & bombs May 29 Canada Customs seized and destroyed by the appeals the seizures and May Little Sister’s and the of a woman who is forced seizes a shipment of the les- BC Civil Liberties Association A history of Little Sister’s determination government; items passing goes public, issuing a press to marry a bear. Customs bian magazine Bad Attitude inspection will be forwarded release entitled “Canada launch proceedings against releases the book later in the By Guy Cribdon, with files from Robin Perelle destined for Little Sister’s. to their destination. The Customs Declares War on Canada Customs for the month. Customs officials will not say guidelines include depictions Little Sister’s.” Press coverage detention of two issues of Dec 9 A bomb is thrown into why the publication has been or descriptions of anal sex as of the seizures notes the ready The Advocate. The trial date is 1983 share space, but art sales are seized but inform Little Sister’s set for May 1988. the stairwell leading up to slow and the bookstore soon grounds for prohibition. availability of many of the April 15 Jim Deva, Bruce that it can fill out the requisite Little Sister’s from its Thurlow takes over, despite the popu- detained titles through other June 3 Customs detains a Smyth and Barb Thomas open forms to appeal the decision. 1986 Street entrance. No one is in larity of the monthly gallery bookstores and the Vancouver shipment of books, including Little Sister’s Book and Art the stairwell when it explodes, openings. Since very few gay June The federal Department Dec 8 Canada Customs Public Library. By the end Anne Cameron’s book Emporium at 1221 Thurlow St but police estimate the and lesbian books are avail- of Justice releases seizes 59 titles headed for of the month, Customs has Dzelarhons, destined for Little in Vancouver and hold their of- bomb has caused $2,000 in able at this time in Canada, Memorandum D9-1-1, Little Sister’s for the busy seized more than 600 books Sister’s. The popular Canadian ficial opening two weeks later damage. Little Sister’s has to import itemizing exactly what kinds of Christmas season. Two days and magazines bound for the title, a retelling of northwest on May 3. The store’s book- about 90 percent of its stock material should be considered later, officials seize another store, at least $4,000 worth of coast First Nations legends, shelves and art gallery initially from the US. obscene and stopped at the 19 titles, including 75 copies merchandise. is deemed obscene because

14 OCT 9–22, 2014 XTRA! A TRIBUTE TO JIM DEVA VANCOUVER’S GAY & LESBIAN NEWS “ What drew me to him was his laugh. We made each other laugh. It was easy.”—Partner Bruce Smyth

Left, partners Jim Deva and Bruce Smyth.

They had a decision to make. They said, ‘We need our lives and our literature On Dec 10, 1986, after Customs seized the bulk just like the rest of you folks.’” of the store’s critical Christmas inventory, Deva The bookstore refused to back down, despite and Smyth publicly fought back. They put out a legal delays, mounting court costs, government press release: “Canada Customs Declares War on appeals and even three bombs (see timeline on Little Sister’s.” this page). More than a decade after Little Sis- Customs eventually relinquished the Christmas ter’s first filed suit against Canada Customs, the shipments, dumping the books on the store’s Thur- Supreme Court of Canada handed down a partial low Street steps, stuffed into a mailbag. (“They victory in 2000. The court upheld the govern- just threw them on the step like it was trash,” ment’s power to censor ideas it deemed obscene Deva said.) But the seizures continued unabated. but told border officials to stop unduly targeting So Little Sister’s took Big Brother to court, as gay and lesbian books. filmmaker Aerlyn Weissman put it in her 2002 Less than a year later, border guards again documentary Little Sister’s vs Big Brother. seized several books of gay erotica on bondage and fetish destined for Little Sister’s. Deva and Smyth marshalled their energy and filed suit im Deva taught us to break the silence, to again, though the case would eventually fizzle speak our truths, to challenge censorship because of lack of funds. Jand to live our lives freely, Weissman said in her eulogy to him, Sept 27. “His refusal to bow to injustice and censorship hroughout the court battles and to was fuelled not by bitterness or hatred for his this day, the bookstore remains a hub, adversaries, but for love of his community,” she Ta de facto community centre, where continued. “And by the knowledge, deep in his gut, people gather to gossip, to find out that the struggle was absolutely necessary, for his what’s going on, to support one another and to own dignity and well-being and for the dignity of build community. lesbian and gay and bisexual and transgender and From the store’s earliest days, its character was two-spirited people everywhere.” inextricably entwined with its owners, Deva and Drew Dennis, executive director of the Van- Smyth, who literally lived at work, sleeping in a couver Queer Film Festival, still remembers tiny room at the back. the standing ovation that Deva, Smyth and the With a smile on his face, Deva welcomed com- Little Sister’s team received from a sold-out audi- munity members to chat, play pinball or drink ence when Weissman’s film screened in 2002 — coffee. Off to the side was the folding door through despite attempts by BC’s Film Classification which could be seen Deva and Smyth’s rumpled Board to shut it down. “And this was before the bed, Little Sister the cat (and store namesake) film had even started! We owe so much to Jim and curled up asleep. the Little Sister’s family for the access to queer Manager Janine Fuller remembers her first stories, whether it be in book or on the screen, few days on the job in 1990. “When I first worked that we enjoy today. And when I say ‘we,’ I mean at the bookstore, there was a coffee machine all Canadians,” Dennis says. that you had to put a quarter in and press a but- “They were the forward guard, the knights of ton. It was hysterical. They sold cigarettes and our community,” Weismann says. “They took up everyone smoked,” she told Xtra on the store’s the flag and said, ‘We’re not going to live in shame.’ 25th birthday. LITTLE SISTER’S ARCHIVES

1988 and the BC Civil Liberties books as unconstitutional, stairwell walls. Remains of 1993 argue that they need more› Association learn that the violating the Canadian Charter the bomb are soon discovered time to prepare their case. The Feb 6 At 8:45pm, a bomb is federal government has of Rights and Freedoms’ embedded in the notice board Sept 12 Delegates attend- trial is rescheduled to com- thrown through the back door conceded that the LA-based guaranteed right to freedom on the stairwell turn. It’s a ing the 60th International mence on Oct 11, 1994. This of Little Sister’s downstairs biweekly newsmagazine is not of expression. The trial date Polish percussion grenade, Congress of PEN, the interna- is the third time the case has neighbour Thurlow’s obscene after all. The case is is set for September 1991 but military issue. No one claims tional writers’ union, pass a been adjourned since Little Restaurant while Jim Deva closed. Seizures of other gay will be postponed three times. responsibility and no one is resolution in Valencia, Spain, Sister’s and the BC Civil Liber- dines with co-owner Gaston and lesbian materials destined ever arrested. condemning Canada Cus- ties Association filed suit in Nadeau. Broken glass showers for Little Sister’s continue. 1992 toms’ seizure of books as a 1990. the diners, but press reports September Little Sister’s violation of the fundamental Jan 7 A smoke bomb explodes maintain that no one is 1990 Charter challenge versus right to freedom of speech. Nov 29 Canada Customs in- in the stairwell leading up to seriously hurt. Canada Customs is tercepts a shipment of copies June 7 Little Sister’s and the Little Sister’s at about 10pm, postponed for a year just one Sept 27 BC Supreme Court of Gael Baudino’s Shroud of April Just weeks before BC Civil Liberties Association while the store is still open. week before its planned start Justice R Bruce Harvey agrees Shadow, sent to Little Sister’s their case against Canada file a new statement of Smoke fills every corner of the date. It is now scheduled to to the federal government’s by Penguin Books Canada in Customs over the 1986 seizure claim in BC Supreme Court store. No one is injured, but begin on Oct 4, 1993. request to adjourn the start of Newmarket, Ontario. This is of The Advocate is set to challenging Canada Customs’ there is considerable damage the Little Sister’s trial. Lawyers the first instance of Customs get underway, Little Sister’s powers to detain and ban to the floor of the landing and representing the government detaining a domestic ship- JOHN KOZACHENKO MORE AT DAILYXTRA.COM AN XTRA SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT XTRA! OCT 9–22, 2014 15 “Entering the bookstore was like entering a carnival,” she and Stuart Blackley wrote in their 1995 book Restricted Entry: Censorship on Trial, about the store’s fight against Canada Customs. “Every aisle was a sideshow displaying the ideas and trends of the times — with moods, depend- ing on the aisle, that could be sexy, thoughtful or euphoric.” Underpinning the bookstore’s philosophy was its unapologetic exploration and celebration of sex. Deva encouraged us to talk about our desires and to enjoy our sexuality without shame, says journalist Kevin Dale McKeown, who wrote Vancouver’s first gay column in the early 1970s. Little Sister’s has always been an important bookstore and sex shop, he says. “It was where you went to get your lube and poppers and masks. We gussy it up with rhetoric, [but] the day-to-day business of Little Sister’s was about the sex, with no apologies.” Only a few weeks before his death, Deva cheer- fully praised masturbation and encouraged ev- JULIE STINES eryone to be sexually honest at Xtra’s town hall. “Masturbation is a really healthy thing to talk ack at the flagship store, Little Sister’s Above, Bruce Smyth, Janine Fuller and Jim Deva about,” he said. “Society would be a lot better and remains an integral part of the coming- gather at the store on Jan 19, 1996, to read the a lot more healthy if it actually talked about sexual out journey for countless LGBT people, BC Supreme Court’s ruling on Canada Customs. B Right, Deva encourages everyone to be sexually issues. You know, we as queer people have been many of whom consider it a rite of pas- honest at Xtra’s town hall on Sept 9, 2014. doing this for a long time. And this is one of the sage to walk through the door. things that we have to take on: we have to be sexu- Like so many others, activist Ryan Clayton set ally honest with each other and with society. It’s out to meet Deva, and to find those long-denied the rules ... so you know how to break them.’” extremely important for the sake of all society.” books. He was 18 when he first entered Little Without exception, the bookstore has “wel- Three years ago, Deva and Smyth expanded Sister’s in nervous hopes of meeting the man he comed everyone and every part of our community their sexual outreach to straight people eager to knew as a legend. “I described it as a pilgrimage and been a home to all of us,” Weissman says. embrace their own sexuality, when they launched for the gay soul,” Clayton, now 27, says. Deva had a way of making everyone feel heard, their spinoff store, Sweet Adult Boutique, on It was Deva who first encouraged Clayton to she says. “He was so full with love. How could you Broadway Avenue. Sweet’s stock is primarily sex address a crowd, at an anti-gaybashing rally in not love him? He was such a wonderful, open and toys, lubricants and massage oils, and its clientele 2008. “I don’t think anything I ever did didn’t funny person, his ears and his heart ever open is primarily straight. “I feel like an apostle, but have his influence,” Clayton says. “He’s left a to everyone. Everyone felt heard. Everyone felt to straight people,” Deva told Xtra last year. “I’m legacy all across Canada.” included.” giving workshops on how to fuck your husband, Activist Yogi Omar first met Deva when he sang He also had a gift for harnessing people’s out- “And that was it. I went home and I got to and it’s being very well received, and I think I’m with a gay and lesbian youth choir, but it wasn’t rage and empowering them to speak out and work,” says Bilida, who organized the following doing some good in the world,” he laughed. until he came out in 2011 that he was taken to lead others. day’s historic protest down Davie Street in less “Jim supported everyone who was striving to Little Sister’s. Later, he talked to Deva about When Aaron Webster was killed in Stanley Park than five hours. find their identity,” McKeown says. “Jim would wanting to become involved in activism. “He said, by a group of youth on Nov 17, 2001, it was to Deva “He drew lines and connected dots that I don’t always make sure there was room for the contrary ‘You already are. You’re thinking about it,’” Omar that Murray Bilida immediately turned. think a lot of people contemplated,” Bilida says. voice,” he adds. remembers. “He said, ‘Learn your past. Learn Bilida was eating his breakfast sandwich at Webster’s murder served as another catalyst Melriches Coffeehouse when he heard about for Deva, who, in the aftermath, pushed for better the brutal attack at the entrance to the park’s protection for the community from the Vancouver gay cruising trail. He knew instantly that it was Police Department and helped form a liaison a gaybashing and hurried next door to see Deva. committee to sensitize the force. He also pushed “ It’s impossible to imagine what our city “Can you fucking believe this?” he asked Deva. for more community representation on the gay “‘Somebody needs to do something about this,’” village’s business association on Davie Street and would be like today if it had not been Bilida says he told Deva. “And Jim, in his wise anti-homophobia programs in schools. As the and succinct way, said, ‘Well then, you better get police and city hall grew more attentive to the for Jim.”—Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson busy, mister.’ community, he later sat on the City of Vancouver’s

ment of materials destined Sept 29 Just two weeks days and feature testimony of reckoning” and warning and the BC Civil Liberties As- plus disbursements, a signifi- for Little Sister’s. Customs before Little Sister’s Charter from such literary luminaries them to stay away from work sociation vow to appeal the cant victory for the bookstore. releases the books and sends challenge against Canada as Pierre Berton, Jane Rule, the next day. decision. July 7 Little Sister’s opens at them on to Little Sister’s in Customs is finally sched- Nino Ricci and Pat Califia in March 29 Justice Kenneth its new location, 1238 Davie St, early December and claims, uled to be heard, the federal support of Little Sister’s. 1996 Smith grants an injunction having run out of space at its along with Canada Post, that government amends Memo- Jan 19 The BC Supreme Court requiring Canada Customs to old Thurlow Street location. the incident was a mistake. randum D9-1-1 to remove 1995 renders its decision in the stop its seizures of Little Sis- Federal revenue minister depictions of anal penetration Feb 24 A male caller phones Little Sister’s case. Justice ter’s material until the Crown 1998 David Anderson apologizes to from the list of obscene mate- Little Sister’s from out of town Kenneth Smith rules that can prove to the court that March 28 Little Sister’s ap- Little Sister’s. rials banned from importation and warns Janine Fuller that a Canada Customs has discrimi- Customs officers are apply- pears in the BC Court of into Canada. bomb has been planted in the nated against Little Sister’s 1994 ing “appropriate standards” Appeal to contest the BC Su- store. Police investigate but and enforced the law with Oct 11 More than four years in their examinations of Little preme Court ruling in its case Aug 25 Customs detains find no explosive device. “arbitrariness, inconsistency after filing its statement of Sister’s material. In separate against Canada Customs. 10 titles on their way to and just plain foolishness.” claim, Little Sister’s case March 1 Staff at Little Sister’s proceedings, Justice Smith Little Sister’s, including the However, the court upholds June 24 The BC Court of against Canada Customs receive a hand-written letter also awards Little Sister’s children’s book Belinda’s Customs’ power to seize and Appeal, in a 2-1 decision, finally opens in BC Supreme threatening them with “a day costs to a total of $168,740 upholds the BC Supreme Bouquet. Court. The trial will run for 40 detain material. Little Sister’s DANIEL COLLINS 16 OCT 9–22, 2014 XTRA! A TRIBUTE TO JIM DEVA VANCOUVER’S GAY & LESBIAN NEWS “ He gave hope and inspiration to so many young gay, lesbian, bi and trans kids ... and to people like me.” —Svend Robinson, Canada’s first openly gay member of Parliament

BELLE ANCELL Above, Jim Deva, Bruce Smyth and Janine Fuller pose for an Xtra photo-shoot to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Little Sister’s bookstore in 2013.

vend Robinson, Canada’s first openly instrument to help the community.” gay member of Parliament, says news of “More than anything else, Little Sister’s repre- SDeva’s death left him reeling. sents the power of community,” Deva concurred in “I remember his passion, his decency, 2013, as the store celebrated its 30th anniversary. JAMES LOEWEN his wicked laugh, his unwavering commitment to “Little Sister’s has never just been about one justice and equality, not just for our LGBT people, person, or two, or three, or four. It’s always been new LGBTQ advisory committee as well. “Jim is a city builder,” he continued. “Someone but for all,” he says, reached in Europe. about community.” “He was a champion for the West End com- who has built an incredibly powerful culture of “He gave hope and inspiration to so many young Deva was trimming bamboo in the garden of his munity, for the Davie Village,” Weissman says. love and understanding, of fighting for justice, gay, lesbian, bi and trans kids ... and to people like Haro Street home when he fell Sept 21, hitting his “He was a liaison to the Vancouver Police De- of creating a city of leaders who look after each me,” Robinson says. “He was truly a hero.” head. He died instantly, triggering a wave of grief partment, building respect and understanding other.” Hero is a word that Deva himself shied away across Canada. He was 63 years old. for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and two- Longtime friend Barb Snelgrove, who still sits from. “I do have trouble with the word hero,” he As news of his death swept across social media spirited people.” on the city’s LGBTQ advisory committee, calls said on the eve of receiving Xtra’s Community and stunned Vancouver’s queer community, Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson recognized Deva a true champion. “He was a warrior,” she Hero of the Year award in 2002. “I sort of view people piled sunflowers outside the store’s door, Deva as a “city builder” in his eulogy. “It’s impos- says. “He was fierce, he was soft, he was a pit myself as a conduit, empowering people to be while, inside, Deva’s friends and family stared at sible to imagine what our city would be like today bull, he was a saint. He was impassioned and a active. We have so many brilliant, accomplished each other in disbelief. if it had not been for Jim,” said a visibly moved true wit. He was all the best of things I love in people in our community, and once in a while they “I spent 42 fabulous years with the man. I have Robertson, who called Deva a trailblazer who a person.” just need to be empowered.” no regrets,” Smyth says. “We said everything we knew how to fight and, even more, how to love. “All any of us can do is take what he taught us Asked what drove his partner through all the needed to say.” “All of us here and so many who could not be here as we try to carry his torch forward. Work with years, all the battles and all the growth, Smyth “It’s always been an exquisite ride,” Deva told today — countless people — are really a testimony compassion, humour, commitment and a deep is succinct. “The community,” he says, stroking Xtra in 2002. “I compare it to a roller coaster, to Jim’s work,” he said. love of community,” she says. their dog Buddy’s head. “The store was only an where you hold on to the bar and go for it.”

Court decision and rules that material they deem obscene through Canada Customs.” Lovers and Of Men, Ropes and cases of public significance Liberties Association appeal 2008 Canada Customs’ power to at the Canadian border. The court orders Canada Remembrance, edited by Larry where the appellants lack the to the Supreme Court of seize and detain material its Customs to stop targeting the Townsend), prompts Little financial means to proceed. Canada. January While making plans officers deem obscene is not 2000 gay bookstore, but it does not Sister’s and the BC Civil Liber- “The issues raised are too to celebrate the 25th anniver- 2007 sary of Little Sister’s, Jim Deva unconstitutional. Janine Fuller March 16 The Supreme Court strike down Customs’ author- ties Association to launch new important to forfeit this litiga- and Bruce Smyth announce announces that Little Sister’s of Canada hears arguments in ity to seize materials deemed proceedings against Canada tion because of lack of funds,” Jan 19 The Supreme Court their plan to sell the store, but will appeal to the Supreme the Little Sister’s case. obscene at the border. Customs. Bennett rules. of Canada rules that Little they never do. Though a few Court of Canada. Sister’s case against Canada Dec 15 The Supreme Court 2001 2004 2005 offers are received, none meet Customs is not special enough 1999 of Canada upholds Justice the co-owners’ requirement July 5 Less than a year after June 18 BC Supreme Court Feb 18 The BC Court of Ap- to warrant the taxpayers’ sup- Smith’s BC Supreme Court to maintain the staff, the store Feb 18 The Supreme Court of the Supreme Court of Canada Justice Elizabeth Bennett peal reverses Justice Bennett’s port and denies the store’s decision and rules that Little and its role in the community. Canada agrees to hear Little ruling, Customs seizes two awards Little Sister’s advance ruling, which would have request for advance funding. Sister’s suffered “excessive Instead, Deva and Smyth Sister’s appeal. The bookstore issues of the gay comic book costs to pursue its Meat- granted Little Sister’s the The ruling is a blow to Little and unnecessary prejudice launch a second store in 2011, hopes the nation’s highest Meatmen. This act, followed men lawsuit against Canada advance funding necessary Sister’s ability to take Cus- in terms of delays, cost and called Sweet Adult Boutique, court will strike down the laws by the subsequent seizure of Customs. Judges have the to carry on its legal proceed- toms back to court. Without other losses in having their aimed primarily at liberating a permitting Canada Customs two more books of gay erotica discretion to award advance ings against Canada Customs. advance costs, the bookstore goods cleared (if at all) straight clientele. officers to seize and detain (Of Slaves and Ropes and costs in rare and exceptional Little Sister’s and the BC Civil can’t pursue its complaint.

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GUEST COLUMN sponse. It must not be meaningless, he insisted. It He plunged equally into other issues, especially Above, past and present staff and supporters GARETH KIRKBY was a catalyzing event that could alter the flow of those connecting directly to building a diverse raise their glasses to co-owners Bruce Smyth history in how police, the Crown and judges deal and welcoming West End for gays throughout the and Jim Deva (centre) to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Little Sister’s bookstore Jim Deva faced the world with with the local gay — and extended — community. region to build community. He helped get city hall in 2008. mischief writ large. His Yoda face It’s partially achieved. acknowledgment of our community under COPE — pointy ears, intense deep-blue eyes and tooth- He wasn’t always strategic about an issue, and now Vision. And he did more, oh so much less smile — conspired with a visitor: “I know sometimes holding his nose and plunging in. He more, than most achieve in a lifetime. that connected only tangentially to our original you’ve been up to mischief,” his face said. “I like was confident that he would somehow best any He was often passionately confrontational in topic. It was a delight to experience. Rarely, he’d mischief, too. Tell me about it.” crocodiles that might be awaiting him below. He meetings with power holders. Jim knew from concede after a big laugh and, yes, with that con- You’d share. He’d share. His eyes would get fought big crocodiles, the biggest of which was experience that progress on an issue requires spiratorial look on his face. even more intense and a tooth or two would Canada Customs and the Canadian government. beginning with visible contention. You have to Jim’s legacy is a lesson in never settling. Fight appear. Customs dared put Jim’s young bookstore push against the status quo and also the tiny steps for it all. From the right to own your own sexual- At his core, Jim was a shit-disturber, the best at risk and, more to the point, confiscated the that some are prepared to settle for. Otherwise, ity and choose your own reading, to your right kind: he always had a purpose in stirring it up. information queers need to live safe, full and the powerful serve you jujubes from a gold plate to a safe and fulfilling life, to your responsibil- In eight years at the editorial helm of Xtra Van- diverse lives and to celebrate our sexuality and while eating steak themselves. Ask for a lot, create ity — and pleasure — in building an amazing and couver, I often interviewed him. For a while, creative culture. As detailed elsewhere in this friction and discomfort, settle for more than some creative community. If we each do that, we will I frequently met for breakfast with Jim and issue, Little Sister’s won a partial court victory are prepared to accept. Throw in a huge dose of change the world. sometimes his partner, Bruce. We were conspiring over Canada Customs. And in that very public love and goodwill. Try to co-opt your adversaries. To honour this five-foot-something giant with a strategic community response to the murder journey, Jim, Bruce and store manager Janine Rinse, repeat. That was Jim’s approach, and his the conspiratorial gaze is to pick an issue you care of photographer Aaron Webster at the end of a Fuller won over the Canadian public in a way legacy shows it works. about and fight for it with love in your heart. baseball bat in a gay cruising area. still playing out through the contentious issues He loved to argue with friends, too. “Bullshit, Jim was deeply affected by Webster’s death of marijuana laws, prostitution and government Kirkby,” he’d yell in the midst of lighthearted Gareth Kirkby is a former editor and publisher for and plunged himself into a multidimensional re- surveillance of all citizens. banter at his store. And go off on a 10-minute rant Pink Triangle Press, publisher of Xtra Vancouver.

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20 OCT 9–22, 2014 XTRA! A TRIBUTE TO JIM DEVA VANCOUVER’S GAY & LESBIAN NEWS Who better to honour the spaceman himself Out in the City than the epicene Ponyboy? Raziel Reid E 24 Refreshing Oasis

What does the The biggest Davie Village need struggle is that they from the once-gay [Oasis] wouldn’t lounge? decide what they want to be. GAY SPACE RAZIEL REID PETER BREEZE, PARTY PROMOTER Under new management, Davie Street’s Oasis remains closed, biding its time before revealing bars on Davie are tired; they have nothing more its latest incarnation. that they can offer or come up with. The gay The once-gay venue has gone through several community is a little bit picky with what they incarnations in the last few years. By the begin- will and will not do, and because of that bars are ning of 2014, Oasis had given up on trying to be left with less options, and you can only go back a gay dance club and transformed into a straight and do the same theme or concept so many times sports bar and restaurant. It’s hard to say who before people find it old.” abandoned whom first — long before the bar was Breeze concurs. “Apart from 1181 and Pump- remade as a sports lounge it had difficulty amass- Jack, nothing is happening on Davie,” he says. ing a gay following despite attempts by promoters “Everyone goes to 1181, which is great at the like Peter Breeze to bring in a niche market. beginning and at the end of the night, and “The biggest struggle is that they wouldn’t de- PumpJack is an institution; it will never go cide what they want to be,” Breeze says. “When away — there are lineups on Monday morning. you walk in, you get this lounge feel, but then I think that so much is changing and there are there’s a dancefloor and a DJ playing music, so it so many options. I mean, it’s Saturday night and was conflicting. When I was working there, I was there are at least five different parties we can really pushing the dance-party direction, and I go to. That’s never happened before. They’re all thought it could be the place where alternative gay parties, some at straight venues, and they’re gays went in the West End. But it didn’t work.” spread out all over the city.” There was a time in the early to mid-2000s “There’s a lot of great spaces in the city. I don’t when Oasis did have a solid identity and loyal think it has to be generalized and stuck to one patrons. When James Steck, now manager of little area when there’s all of Vancouver,” Stiller Celebrities Nightclub, was at the helm of Oasis, adds. “You don’t have to leave [a Village bar] at it was “a hotel lounge without the hotel.” three and then wander to find an after-party. “It was a martini lounge with a great patio, so Now there’s parties that go on until six in the it was a great place for people to come after work, morning, and it gives options to stay out longer have their cocktails, have a bite to eat,” Steck says. if you want to.” “It was also a place they could come to have a full While it may no longer be necessary or even dinner, and then they could come and pre-drink desirable to host every gay party in the Village, before they went to the clubs. I think that’s still Breeze, Steck and Stiller all agree that Davie Street what the Village is missing. Now, hopefully, Jenn is still a place where they feel safe and connected Mickey [the owner of 1181 and now Heaven’s Door] to their gay roots. may pick that up.” However, as Stiller notes, for an increasing With bars like Heaven’s Door offering a place number of queer people, “partying and commu- for after-work cocktails and bars like Numbers nity are two separate things.” offering a place to dance the night away, what does Xtra reached out to the new manager of Oasis Davie Street need Oasis to represent? According for an interview but did not receive a response to Berlin Stiller, who worked the door at Oasis for by press time. According to Instagram, the venue more than a year, the Village doesn’t necessarily may be renamed Playhouse and reopen as a wine need a new venue, but new life in general. bar. No word yet on whether it will be a gay or “The whole time that I worked [at Oasis], James Steck was at the helm of Oasis from 2000 to 2006, when it was a popular gay destination. straight venue — but in this new age of nightlife, nothing worked,” Stiller says. “I feel like all the “It was a hotel lounge without the hotel,” says Steck, seen here during his Oasis tenure. MATT MILLS does it matter?

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Switzerland’s BLITZ & SHITZ Compagnie RAZIEL REID I gotta give it to the boys. Not only do they know Gilles Jobin how to party, but they’re loyal. And by boys, of course, I mean girls QUANTUM dressed as boys. Dance Collides with the Laws of Physics I’ve been reviewing nightlife for Xtra for more than three years now October 16-18, 2014 • 8pm (my poor, poor liver), and Man Up Scotiabank Dance Centre has been dominating the lesbian party scene since I started. I found out from Tickets 604.684.2787 • ticketstonight.ca event promoter Paige Frewer/Ponyboy Info 604.606.6400 • thedancecentre.ca that the party had already been around for three years prior to my arrival in

Cie. Gilles Jobin by Gregory Batardon Cie. Gilles Jobin by Vancouver. That fact alone deserves a slow clap. I’ve seen a lot of parties come and go, so to have an event achieve Man Up’s longevity in a scene where trends usually last as long as it takes to dry out ADVERTISE IN is incredibly impressive. I’m not at dyke events that often, but I’m constantly hearing horror stories from people who work in clubs who Raziel Reid poses with Man Up’s Paige Frewer, reincarnated as David Bowie. TALLULAH claim that girls are messier than boys and leave the bathrooms a wreck (gay which would probably bore the pants In/Operable screened at the Vancouver guys get messy in bathrooms, too, but off everyone, I would like to portray the International Film Festival. “Even that’s a bit diff erent) and that the bar songs. That’s really how it all started. I though older ladies sometimes mis- never makes as much money as it does wanted to give them dimension.” took me for a boy, my eyelashes would at gay events because some lesbians Other performers at Man Up includ- eventually give me away,” Worska says sneak in booze. ed Sailor Ripley, Peter Pansy, Boi Job, in the fi lm. THE BEST OF GAY After attending Man Up, I can as- Cazzwell Van Dyke, Tony McShane, Worska told me that he spent all his sure you that there were no horrors Just Call Her Heather, Will Endowed money on a plane ticket to Canada to & LESBIAN VANCOUVER — unless you count the Bowie-singing and alternative burlesque sensation attend the festival — money he earned contest during intermission. In fact, Victory Belle. selling figs in his front yard. Figs! I gay guys could learn a thing or two Almost as exciting as the perform- couldn’t make this shit up if I tried. He from the ladies. The Cobalt was more ers was getting to see The Cobalt’s was also helped fi nancially by friends, packed than I’ve ever seen it. It was new Sidebar, its recently opened ex- and even an ex-girlfriend, who believed To book, contact THE MAY—OCT 2014 GAY even busier than it is during the annual tension to the main bar. It’s sure to in him enough to donate money to help [email protected] VAN Mr/Ms Cobalt competition. quickly become East Van’s 1181, with get him across the Atlantic. He said he The Man Up Bowie edition was The a similarly narrow lounge perfect for was enjoying Vancouver but feeling Expl new Cobalt’s fi rst event since Pride, and a a social drink. It has just enough grit isolated. “Everyone is so cold,” he said. Booking: huge crowd came out. The scary mon- to differentiate itself from its West “No one shows their love.” He then tha Book sw sters and super freaks were shoulder to End counterpart, but it has an equally gave an example of how warm and tac- Oct 16 Sum shoulder in the labyrinth. Who better warm and intimate atmosphere. With tile friends in Portugal are compared to your ad in to honour the spaceman himself than original Woodward’s Building tiles what he’s observed in our city. Artwork: now! the epicene Ponyboy? She has the adorning the ceiling, it doesn’t look Over David Bowie beats, Worska and cheek bones, the androgyny and, above like an extension of The Cobalt but like I talked about the illusion of gender and Oct 22 all, the showmanship. a completely separate entity, making the theme of his beautiful fi lm, about “A lot of my songs were very illustra- everyone’s favourite Eastside hangout realizing “you can transmute the body, Street date: tive and picturesque,” David Bowie now a two-for-one. but identity is inoperable.” Nov 20 said in a 1974 interview. “I was never The best part of my night at Man Up very confi dent in my voice, you see, so was meeting Kayl Worska, a 22-year- Watch In/Operable on Raziel’s I thought rather than just sing them, old Portugese fi lmmaker whose short daily blog on dailyxtra.com.

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Teams consist of betterthansex.org. $15 advance at paypal.com. All Health Initiative for Men hosts Centre, 4500 Arbutus St. four people; cost to play is $5 per Friday Yoga Drop-In The Health proceeds go to Camp Moomba. this drop-in discussion $60 at fi llmorefamily.ca. person per night. For info, email Initiative for Men off ers yoga campmoomba.com the second Tuesday of Carole Pope Girlgig [email protected]. sessions every Friday night. Bring VML Social The Vancouver Men in each month to explore Productions presents the Queer Improv The Bobbers your own yoga mat and towel. Leather host their monthly social in thought-provoking anti-diva: up close, personal comedy troupe is now at 1181 every 7–8:15pm. Scotiabank Dance the back of the PumpJack Pub, for themes. 6:30–8:30pm. and raunchy. Doors 8pm, Monday night, 8–9:45pm. 1181, 1181 Centre, 677 Davie St. Call 604- everyone from the curious to the 310-1033 Davie St. Free. show 9pm. 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Desert oasis is more than just ‘gay and grey’ Palm Springs

JEFFREY LUSCOMBE If you head to Palm Springs dur- ing one of the non-festival weeks, you What comes to mind when you think of will still find lots to do after the sun Palm Springs? For most, it’s palm trees, goes down. After a good meal at one sun, swimming pools and mid-century of the many restaurants downtown, architecture. Then, of course, there is hit one — or more — of the gay bars the large LGBT community and the in town. The bar scene seems to start huge number of retirees — affection- earlier than other cities, but make sure ately known as the “gay and grey.” you hit Street Bar, Hunters video bar, Score: The Game Bar, and The Bar- racks and Tool Shed (for the leather and Gay Palm Springs denim crowd). All have specialty nights Palm Springs has a lot to offer the LGBT throughout the week. traveller looking for a hot time in the desert. In fact, the town’s gay roots go back almost 100 years, to 1919, when Let it all hang out Chicago heiress Lois Kellogg (eccentric One benefit of a Palm Springs holiday is bohemian and rumoured lesbian) swept that you can pack light. Very light. Back in to start construction on an enor- in the days when it was the winter play- mous (though, sadly, never completed) ground of Hollywood stars like Frank Moroccan-Persian-style home. Sinatra and Marlene Dietrich, resorts Since then, gays and lesbians have (with 20 or 25 rooms surrounding the been travelling to this desert oasis ever-present pool) were built to accom- in search of sun-drenched same-sex modate all the families that flocked to frolicking. After all, not only did Rock town. Today many of these old resorts Hudson have a house here (far from the are gay-owned and have been trans- prying eyes of his movie studio), über- formed into men-only, clothing-optional gay Liberace owned two! guesthouses. In fact, no other city in the Today, Palm Springs has one of the world has as many gay clothing-optional largest LGBT communities in the Unit- resorts as Palm Springs. ed States. And these folks love sharing So those inclined to spend their holi- hot fun with visitors. What are you days in the buff can strip down and enjoy into? Over the course of the year, Palm the sun without the fear of tan lines. Springs probably has something to suit Clothing-optional resorts are gated the taste of any LGBT traveller: a White and walled, so you won’t have to worry Party in April, the Film Noir Festival about shocking anyone who might be in May, the Cinema Diverse Gay and strolling by. And yes, local drugstores Lesbian Film Festival in September, carry 100 SPF sunscreen. Pride weekend in early November and Popular gay clothing-optional guest- Work on your tan line if you like, but no other city in the world has as many gay clothing-optional resorts as Palm Springs. Leather Pride in mid-November. houses include Escape Resort, Vista PALM SPRINGS DESERT RESORT COMMUNITIES CONVENTION AND VISITORS AUTHORITY

28 OCT 9–22, 2014 XTRA! VANCOUVER’S GAY & LESBIAN NEWS PALM SPRINGS DESERT RESORT COMMUNITIES CONVENTION AND VISITORS AUTHORITY Clockwise from left: Delos Van Earl’s Jungle Red sculpture graces the entrance to Warm Sands, the most vibrant gay neighbourhood in Palm Springs; for shopping, El Paseo is the Rodeo Drive of Palm Springs; Miller House, designed by architect Richard Neutra and built of glass and steel, is a great example of Desert Modernism; the Joshua tree is a common sight in the desert. SCOTT BRASSART

PALM SPRINGS DESERT RESORT COMMUNITIES CONVENTION AND VISITORS AUTHORITY

Grande Resort, CCBC, Bearfoot Inn Weekend (better known as The Dinah) chosen to live in Palm Springs because can always just stroll around the down- the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway. De- and La Joya Inn. Many rooms also coincides with the Ladies Professional of the year-round warm weather and town yourself to get a flavour of great scribed as the “world’s largest rotating include kitchens, private verandas, Golf Association’s Kraft Nabisco Cham- the great number of leisure activities. architecture by modernist masters such tramcar,” it will take you on a breath- continental breakfasts and WiFi. Some pionship tournament (formerly the According to the 2010 census, 26.5% of as Richard Neutra, John Lautner, Don- taking journey up the cliffs of Chino of the resorts have day passes, so decide Dinah Shore Golf Championship). residents were 65 years of age or older ald Wexler, Albert Frey and William F Canyon. The ride from Valley Station before you reserve if you want to stay Some of the events scheduled to get and the median age was 51.6 years. This Cody. Palm Springs Modernism Week (elevation 800 metres) to the Mountain in a place that allows non-guests to use the ladies’ juices flowing during The is not South Beach, folks. is held every February to celebrate the Station (elevation 2,600 metres) takes the facilities (for instance, CCBC sells Dinah are a comedy night, a film festival, Still, older people, both gay and city’s architecture. 10 minutes. 12-hour day passes). However, the prac- pool parties, celebrity poker and (just straight, are part of the charm. You For those looking to escape their tice does allow you to check out some in case you boys thought this was your will find a lot of friendly people and less resort for a few hours or days, nearby of the other clothing-optional resorts domain) a women’s White Party. And attitude here than in many other gay Joshua Tree National Park is a great Weather for a day visit. though many larger cities do not have destinations. Palm Springs welcomes place to enjoy camping, hiking and Over the course of a typical year, the even one hotel dedicated to the lesbian everyone. climbing. The forest covers a land area temperature in Palm Springs ranges traveller, Palm Springs can boast two: of 790,636 acres, or an area slightly from 7 Celsius to 41. The warm season For the ladies Casitas Laquita and Queen of Hearts larger than Rhode Island. A large part typically lasts from early June to the For the past 24 years, lesbians have de- Resort. Other attractions of the park (429,690 acres) has been end of September, with an average scended upon Palm Springs each April Palm Springs is famous for its large designated a wilderness area. daily high of 36, while the cold season for their own brand of entertainment. number of Mid-Century Modern If you find the lure of the snowcapped lasts from the end of November until Called “the biggest all-girl event in the For the greys homes, and guided tours of these build- mountains too strong to avoid, jump on the first of March and has an average world,” the Club Skirts Dinah Shore The fact is, a lot of older people have ings are available year-round. But you daily high of 24.

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