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Davie Street party A fitting first tribute one that does not focus on having the needs new plan main strip as a drinking venue — and I read with interest Xtra’s follow-up on EDITORIAL later when some of her sex-positive art The parks board pool would cer- learn from other successful street ROBIN PERELLE was splashed across a local blog, argu- tainly be richer if Kelly, an outspoken, the 2014 Davie Street party [“VPS to parties. ably with the intent to shame her. Kelly intelligent queer woman with city Consult Businesses About Davie Street PAUL RICHARDS Do I wanna go out with wasn’t ashamed, but Vision Vancouver committee experience, were still in Party,” Xtra #549, Sept 11]. The organiz- VANCOUVER BC a lion’s roar? dumped her. the running. ers are beating their heads against the Huh, yeah, I wanna go south ’n get me Don't get me wrong, I like Vision. “I believe that as a community, we are wall trying to turn Davie Street into a Queer Film Fest took some more… I'm a fan of the many gay- and trans- inherently sex-positive,” she told the beer garden. It is a failure and ruins the “cowardly” stance She bop, he bop, a-we bop friendly policies the party has imple- town hall. “I’m queer and I’m political entire eff ort. “Safe, open and respectful dialogue I bop, you bop, a-they bop mented this term, and I understand and I’m not afraid of my sexuality. That’s There are a multitude of other street for a diversity of viewpoints [“Queer Be bop, be bop, a-lu she bop… its reluctance to stake its re-election the essence of what queerness is.” events that include beer garden areas Film Festival Criticized for Pro-Israel chances on the comfort levels of a Words that would make Deva's heart and are hugely successful. Look at the Program Ad,” dailyxtra.com, Aug 14]?” hirty years after Cyndi Lauper sexually immature society. But I was soar. new Khatsahlano Festival across the Seriously? And what exactly is the publicly celebrated masturbation still disappointed with its cautious cal- Ironically, I wrote this column a bridge. Its beer gardens are on side other viewpoint regarding the Israel- T(albeit disguised under a catchy culation to cut Kelly and distance itself week before his sudden death left me streets, not attempting to dominate Palestine situation? That it’s okay to tune), Little Sister’s co-owner Jim from any discussion of sexual honesty. and countless others in our community the main street — which would require massacre innocent people? The KKK Deva took up the call at Xtra’s Sept 9 “I think it was a really gutless and reeling. I was going to scrap it to write government-mandated fencing, and standing over their lynched black vic- town hall on the politics of being too stupid decision that somebody made a "proper" tribute to the man who has, ruin the festival vibe. tim had a point of view. Hitler had a queer for public life. that somehow Trish was not going more than anyone, helped shape our The current myopic approach to point of view. Rev Scott Lively, cam- “Masturbation is a really healthy to be a viable candidate in the city community. But I could practically having a drinking-first venue domi- paigning in Africa to bring in legisla- thing to talk about,” he said. “Society of Vancouver,” Deva put it bluntly, hear him object. nating Davie Street has proven to be tion that could put gays to death, has would be a lot better and a lot more suggesting that Vision not only mis- "Miss Perelle," he'd probably say, a flop. a point of view. But when the point healthy if it actually talked about stepped but miscalculated voter com- because that's how he liked to greet me, Recall the days when we fi rst tried of view is about racism, violence, ho- sexual issues. You know, we as queer fort levels. “This is not Aldergrove; this with more than a hint of mischievous this out and had the beer garden on a mophobia, or oppression, it doesn’t people have been doing this for a long is Vancouver.” glee. "What better tribute than a fi nal side street (Bute, at Davie), with public, count. time. And this is one of the things that Aldergrove’s alleged puritanism pitch for sexual freedom?" accessible entertainment across the The Vancouver Queer Film Festival we have to take on: we have to be sexu- aside, other political observers have I know it fits, Jim, but there's so street for all to enjoy. It was hugely suc- (VQFF) took a cowardly stance on ally honest with each other, and with echoed Deva’s assessment of overly much I want to add. Your courage, your cessful in every respect. The street itself this issue, and deserved the resulting society. It’s extremely important for cautious gatekeeping. “We’ve gotten commitment, your countless contribu- felt reclaimed from its usual traffi c, as boycott by many former supporters who the sake of all society.” rid of the candidates that infuriate. tions, your cranky sense of humour. all were free to enjoy the vendors and stood by Queers Against Apartheid and Deva was responding to Trish Kelly’s We’ve also gotten rid of the candidates As we go to press tonight, I'm already entertainment, and the social aspect the courageous fi lmmakers who pulled short-lived run for the Vancouver parks who inspire,” Michael Geoghegan planning our next issue: a special, full it brought. out of the festival. board. Despite signing up lots of sup- says. “Whenever we do something that tribute to an inimitable mentor. This year’s event still had unreason- I sincerely hope that next year porters and handily winning her party’s greatly restricts our pool of available This is only the fi rst of many trib- ably long lineups to get in and a terrible the VQFF declines advertising rev- nomination in June, Kelly withdrew talent, we end up with more mediocre utes to come, fi tting though it may be. vibe of crowded separation, making the enue from pro-Israeli groups, and from the electoral race less than a month results.” Because we all have so many stories to whole event very un-festive for those in the process brings back a multi- share of a man who dedicated his life inside the “entertainment” areas and tude of supporters of the festival, who The outcome that we seek is this — gay and lesbian to our freedom to share them. for those squeezing their way along couldn’t in good conscience attend people daring together to set love free. the outside. this one. 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8 SEPT 25–OCT 8, 2014 XTRA! VANCOUVER’S GAY & LESBIAN NEWS Abbotsford youth are... beginning to discover who they are Upfront and who they could become. Mayor Bruce Banman E 10 Community mourns Jim Deva Little Sister’s hero fought for our stories and nurtured our growth

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A shell-shocked gathering of friends, co-workers and activists congregated at Little Sister’s bookstore to console each other and reminisce as they tried to make sense of the sudden death of Jim Deva whom they hailed as a hero, a mentor and a model of courage who inspired a community. Deva had been trimming tree branch- es at his Haro Street home when he fell from a ladder to his death Sept 21. He was 65 years old. Lawyer barbara findlay describes the news of Deva’s passing as akin to “having a bomb drop through a canopy of a forest.” “There’s a great big hole in the universe where Jim Deva used to be,” findlay says of the man, who, along with his partner Bruce Smyth and store manager Janine Fuller, tenaciously fought Canadian bor- der officials’ censorship of gay books for The inimitable Jim Deva (left, with city councilor Tim Stevenson) was full of life at Xtra’s town hall Sept 9, as he encouraged attendees to be sexually honest with each two decades, a fight that went all the way other and society. JAMES LOEWEN to the Supreme Court of Canada. For countless community members, advisory committee, remembers him as played an enormous role in shaping the adds. “It saddens and angers me that Walking towards the back of the store, the Davie Street store is a lightning rod a “cherished friend” who was undeni- city that Vancouver is today.” we’ve lost him so suddenly and in such she points to the shelving and other for connection and activism, a space to ably passionate about his community, Tributes continue to pour onto social an arbitrary way.” infrastructure she constructed. “I walk congregate in times of crisis or simply and someone whose opinion she could media, as many have taken to Facebook Back at Little Sister’s, a visibly dev- about this place, and Jim lives in every to seek out Deva’s support and advice. always seek — “as crusty as it always and Twitter to express their shock at astated Julie Stines walks around the book, in every leaf, in every piece of “Jim was part of building a commu- was,” she says with a chuckle. Deva’s passing, and to share their own store. “He’s family, I lost my brother,” wood, every light fixture,” she says. “I nity back in the days when the number “I can’t even fathom him not being memories of what he meant to them she says. “He was my mentor. He had can’t be here and not feel him.” of people who were willing to be out here anymore,” Snelgrove says. “A lot and to the community. his days, but I could always talk to him A celebration of Deva’s life will take could effectively be counted one hand,” of what our community is, is because of Across Canada, members of the com- about anything.” place on Sat, Sept 27 from 3:30-5:30pm findlay recalls. “Thanks to him and oth- the work Jim has done over the years; munity are also reeling from the news. She says Deva’s vision of Little Sister’s at St Andrew’s-Wesley United Church ers like him, we now have a community we are the stronger and the better for “Jim was a great leader,” says Ken Pop- mirrored the vision he had for the com- (1012 Nelson Street). The family asks which is strong and vibrant.” it, and I’m only sorry he won’t be here ert, president and executive director of munity. “He wanted people to have ac- that donations be made to the LOUD Barb Snelgrove says the community is to see its growth.” Pink Triangle Press, which publishes cess to everything — lube, books, leather. Foundation Scholarship Fund (loud- “taking a beating this year,” pointing to Within hours of Deva’s death, Vancou- Xtra. “He was one of the founders who That was what Jim Deva was about. It’s business.com) in lieu of flowers. the passing of ted northe in March, and ver mayor Gregor Robertson released created and shaped our communities, sex, everybody needs to have sex.” now Deva. “A little bit of our backbone a statement to honour him and offer positioning Little Sister’s locally as an Deva lived to celebrate difference, Watch our video of Jim Deva’s speech is a little bit weaker.” condolences. “He was an inspiration to outstanding community resource and Stines adds. “There was no discrimina- at the Xtra town hall on dailyxtra.com Snelgrove, who worked with Deva on Vancouver and all Canadians, and his nationally as a force in the fight for tion about anybody who comes in here. and pick up next issue for a full, special a number of community initiatives, in- irrepressible courage and tireless advo- freedom of expression.” It’s a safe place for anyone and everyone, tribute to the man who helped shape our cluding the City of Vancouver’s LGBTQ cacy for equal rights and free expression “He still had much to give,” Popert that’s what it is — it’s a hub, it’s a beacon.” community.

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COVER STORY upcoming election. McClelland, on the other hand, was not only talent, we end up with more mediocre results.” NIKO BELL “They are the experts in this,” she says. “I had to caught clienting an illegal business but showed And this touches on McClelland’s second believe that they were the experts and they knew himself to be an outrageous hypocrite: he had been advantage: unlike Lam and Kelly, he was a The night of February 26, 1985, British Columbia’s what they were talking about.” a dedicated, straight-laced social conservative who straight, white man. Lam and Kelly are both minister of small business development, lying dead There are two obvious diff erences between Mc- “expressed serious reservation about teaching sex members of the queer community, which tends drunk in his hotel room, wanted a callgirl. He picked Clelland’s story and those of Lam and Kelly. First, education in public schools.” to express sex and sexuality more freely. “I be- up the phone, called Top Hat escort service and McClelland received the support of his party, while What, then, was so diff erent that Lam and Kelly lieve that the spirit of queer culture is one that asked “if a girl could be made available.” One was Lam and Kelly were unceremoniously dropped. were booted for offenses so much lighter than resists shame, and therefore has to be sexually made available, and he paid $130 on a credit card This may be partly because McClelland was a sea- McClelland’s? positive and celebratory,” Kelly says. in his own name: Bob McClelland. soned incumbent politician, but even his political For one, times have changed since 1985. The Outside the queer world, however, open dis- When the RCMP discovered McClelland’s name opponents stood by him. internet spreads rumours much more quickly, and cussion of sexuality is still dangerous politics. on a bill sheet during a prostitution investigation, Second, Lam and Kelly never really did anything those rumours often come in the form of photos and “Sex is the thing that most captures peo- he kept his job. Premier Bill Bennett would not wrong. From the string of pejoratives heaped on videos, which seem to have a more visceral eff ect. ple’s attention, and seems to be the one thing fire him, and stayed mostly silent on the issue. Lam’s pictures by journalists — “racy,” “incriminat- It is easy to imagine things might have turned out people take umbrage to regardless of what His colleagues rallied around him, saying he was ing,” “skanky,” “risqué,” “ugly” — a reader might diff erently if the BC public had grappled with a Bob they do in their own lives,” a “darn good cabinet minister” and that it was think Lam had committed something horrifyingly McClelland sex tape. Geoghegan says. “It’s not right to “poke around in other people’s busi- illegal and immoral. But looking at the photos, it is These days, it has become very diffi cult to keep this strange combi- ness, particularly gossipy, junky stuff .” Even the anything hidden from the public eye. As Lam’s nation of wanting attorney-general critic for the opposition NDP told opponent McNeil said, apparently without irony, to be a voyeur, the Vancouver Sun, “I don’t think it’s appropriate “In this digital age… If you want to represent your and wanting to to make a judgment about people’s private lives In other words, community, if you want to create positive change, condemn the unless it interferes with his public life.” McClel- if you want to make a diff erence for your children fact that land stayed on in offi ce until the end of his term, and grandchildren, you better damn well have been and quietly resigned after his party was reelected. nobody under the planning since junior high.” Twenty-four years later, during the 2009 provin- In other words, nobody under the age of 30 and cial election campaign, two photographs surfaced age of 30 and even even marginally interesting who wants to get into online of NDP Vancouver-False Creek candidate politics can allow their life to leak onto the internet. Ray Lam. One of the photos showed Lam posing marginally interesting Unfortunately, says BC political media consul- with his hand on a woman’s clothed breast; the tant Michael Geoghegan, this has a particularly in- other showed two friends tugging at his underwear, sidious eff ect on the quality of political candidates. you got to see his pants around his knees. Lam’s Liberal opponent who wants to get When political parties fi lter their representatives something.” Mary McNeil called the photos, which were taken at too cautiously, he says, the ones who get through Also unlike a Pride celebration, “very off ensive,” and demanded into politics can tend to be either boring enough to avoid trouble, McClelland, Lam a public apology. NDP leader Carole James off ered or ambitious enough to control their media and Kelly are both little more support, saying Lam showed a “lack of presence from grade school. under 40 years old and judgment.” Lam, who declined to be interviewed for allow their life to leak “Essentially what we end up with is in- come from non-white this story, said he did not regret the photos but still sipid minions led by sociopaths,” he says. lineage (Kelly’s mother is quit the race, later becoming the general manager onto the internet. Geoghegan says in today’s highly vet- Métis), and Kelly is female. of the Vancouver Pride Society. ted political world, eccentric candi- None of these qualities is generally Five years later, in July 2014, a Vancouver politi- dates like Pierre Trudeau or Bill considered an advantage in the eyes cal blog posted an eight-year-old video of Vision hard to imagine what off ence Lam was accused of Bennett would struggle to get into of the gatekeepers who decide which Vancouver candidate Trish Kelly performing a committing. Sexual assault? Not only is Lam prolifi - the race. “We’ve gotten rid of the candidates will represent political parties. dramatic monologue in praise of masturbation. cally gay, but the pictures were clearly, enthusiasti- candidates that infuriate,” Jeanette Ashe, a professor of political sci- The video came as no surprise to Kelly — it was cally consensual. Sexual licentiousness? Lam had he says. “We’ve also gotten ence at Douglas College who studies how po- part of her body of work as a sex-positive artist and already been a key planner for the Pride Society for rid of the candidates who litical parties pick their candidates, says parties activist — but her party reacted diff erently. Three years. Had his accusers never joined the hundreds inspire. Whenever we tend to favour what they see as an ideally elect- days later, she stepped out of the parks board race. of thousands of people attending Vancouver’s an- do something that able politician: male, white, straight, middle- Kelly has been tight-lipped about exactly how nual celebration of uninhibited sexual expression? greatly restricts aged, successful, able-bodied and educated. much pressure Vision put on her to resign, saying Kelly, likewise, talked in her video about sexual our pool of Ashe studied candidates selected in BC’s 2005 she doesn’t want to distract from the larger debate. behavior that even most doctors now recognize as available provincial election, and found parties tend to pick What she will say is that party leadership told her ubiquitous, normal and healthy. Even if her other from inside a range of “acceptable diff erence.” Non- that her history would lead to a long, destructive work, like the anthology of lesbian erotica she co- white candidates did well as long as they were suffi - and taxing smear campaign against her and Vision, edited in 2005, had come to light, what reader of Fifty ciently “normal” in other ways, as did gay candidates and how it would hurt the party’s chances in the Shades of Grey could really throw the fi rst stone? and women. Too many deviations from the ideal,

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Moderator Robin Perelle, Trish Kelly and who is queer or a woman or is sex-positive,” Romi Chandra Herbert share a laugh at Xtra’s town hall Sept 9. JAMES LOEWEN Ashe says. “But there’s no evidence for that… It’s not the electorate that has the biases; it’s political parties.” Ashe believes that dropping Kelly was a bad move, not just ethically, but politically. “I can’t draw anything that would suggest that the electorate would have punished her,” she says. That means it isn’t voters who need to be convinced, but political parties them- selves. That’s why, says Mischa Oak, a gay Green Party candidate for the Vancouver school board, LGBT candidates need to stick together and support each other — even across party lines. “I think it’s very im- portant that we have people from all diff er- ent marginal- ized groups represent-

BC’s first openly gay MLA Tim Stevenson (right, with Jim Deva) says he was always out in politics but it wasn’t always easy. JAMES LOEWEN

ed in public offi ce, and that’s Xtra’s town hall on why I was really saddened when sex-positive politics Trish Kelly quit the “When I got elected as the fi rst MLA, I was type monologue of her praising masturbation. race,” he says. “The more considered extremely dangerous,” BC’s pio- “Being sex-positive means I’m a woman, I’m we stand up for people who neering gay MLA and now city councillor Tim queer and I talk about sex,” Kelly says. “Those are out there and clearly aren’t Stevenson told Xtra’s Sept 9 town hall on the elements alone are dangerous when you’re Trish Kelly’s short-lived run for the Vancouver doing anything harmful or incrim- politics of being too queer for public life. trying to get the approval of overall society, parks board raises questions about how much of inating, the better we are as a group.” our sexuality we can openly share while still being “I think that we’re all dangerous at a cer- or when you’re working with a political party considered viable political candidates. RANDALL COSCO As much support as she has received, tain time because of the issues that we that has to hedge their bets on whether or not Kelly says she is done with elections bring forward,” he says. you’re electable.” for the moment. “I’m still pretty bruised Inspired by Trish Kelly’s clipped Joining Kelly and Stevenson on the panel however, made a candidate unlikely to be chosen. about party politics,” she says. Instead, she electoral run in July, Xtra hosted the were Little Sister’s co-owner Jim Deva, who But at the same time, Ashe also discovered some- wants to convince political parties to see the town hall to ask how openly sex- has spent his career fi ghting the censorship of thing that offers hope for the future: political advantages of diverse candidates. ual candidates can be without our sexuality, and Romi Chandra Herbert, who parties’ assessments of what the voters want were Geoghegan agrees that a bit more diversity, compromising their elect- founded BC’s fi rst gay-straight alliance and wrong. In the 2005 election, she found, voters did especially when it comes to sexual expression, ability. Kelly withdrew from has been helping queer youth fi nd a voice ever not discriminate against non-white, gay or female would be good for everyone. “I would like the Vancouver parks since. – Robin Perelle candidates. In fact, all things being equal, they voted it if political parties in general showed more board race after a slightly more for women than men. courage when standing behind candidates,” he blog posted a Go to dailyxtra.com to watch our videos of the “The gatekeepers of the political parties are bas- says. “And instead of going to the lowest common Rick Mercer- town hall and of Jim Deva’s speech. ing their decisions on this myth that they’ll lose denominator, said, ‘Yeah, they’re real human be- votes because the electorate won’t accept a person ings. They have sex lives.’”

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Gabrielle Rose and Gavin Crawford star in Maureen Bradley’s first feature- length film, Two 4 One. VIFF

Crawford’s quiet portrayal is fully real- realized, if not always likeable, Miriam, ized, but never forced. Bradley doesn’t hesitate. “Ninety-seven “I edited the film and I’ve seen those percent. I feel so fortunate to have scenes hundreds of times and they still worked with these actors.” get me,” Bradley says. “I never tire of Canadian film and theatre royalty watching Gavin.” Gabrielle Rose plays Adam’s mother, Pregnant pause And then there’s Miriam. Miriam is Franny. A delightful amalgam of earth not an extrovert — she’s an explosion. mother and elf, she sparkles in her She seems to be in a constant state of harbour-side cabin, her serenity a hint happening at a worse time. He’s embrac- self-contradiction, swinging dramati- to her son’s inner strength. A funny thing happened on the way ing his masculinity. He’s considering cally between nurturer and narcissist. Budget limitations and a mere 15-day phalloplasty. He tells his doctor he “So many people who read the script shooting schedule ultimately led to to phalloplasty in Two 4 One wants “to be complete.” He is, as Bradley disliked her. We really love bad men Bradley’s decision to film in her home puts it, “just on his way to get a penis.” — Breaking Bad, Mad Men. But why town of Victoria. “I knew people here Beatie is the author and activist who Adam’s spoken desire “to be com- are we so hard on female would get behind me FILM TWO 4 ONE GREG ARMSTRONG-MORRIS has given birth to three children since plete” presents the film’s core conun- characters? I really like and they’ve opened their his 2002 sex reassignment surgery. As drum. What defines a woman? What flawed characters. But At the Vancouver doors,” she says. And International Film Festival In Two 4 One, filmmaker Maureen Brad- intriguing as his story may be, it’s not makes a man? And what — or who — do philosophy aside, she’s the city’s position on Wed, Oct 1, 9pm ley’s debut feature, ex-lovers Adam the story that Bradley wanted to tell. you have to sacrifice to find out? real! And there’s prob- Rio Theatre, 1660 Broadway the western edge of the and Miriam have a tequila-fuelled one “Good drama is conflict. And fac- “We all have a story and sometimes ably more of me in Mir- Fri, Oct 3, 11am country delivers the per- night stand. The last time they had sex, ing the things we don’t want. Thomas we screw ourselves up by believing that iam than anyone else.” International Village, 88 W fect backdrop. As Adam Adam identified as Melanie, a gender- Beatie’s story is fascinating, but he story is true,” Bradley says. This Bud- A lesser script — and Pender St rides his vintage Ducati conflicted lesbian trying to contend wanted to get pregnant — there’s no dhist perspective is delicately woven perhaps more impor- viff.org along coastal roads, the with Miriam’s polyamory. This time, drama in that. There’s a lot of Oprah- throughout the script as characters tantly, a lesser actor — vast sea and sky are al- with a slip of some donated sperm, they value but it’s not a movie. It’s a biopic,” wrestle with what they think their story could’ve presented Miriam as simply ways just over his shoulder, suggesting both end up pregnant. says Bradley, who directed more than has been and what it will be. inconsistent and implausible. But Nao- an oceanic expanse of prospects. My first question for Bradley is: “Is 40 short films before shooting Two 4 Actor Gavin Crawford’s unaffected mi Snieckus embraces every opposing “Probably the biggest lesson of my 40s the science accurate?” It’s clear from One. “We love to see people suffer and take on Adam is sweetly understated. In nuance of Miriam’s character so fully, was realizing you can liberate yourself if her chuckle that I’m not the first per- come through in the end. It’s that whole the opening scenes, we see a guileless, we believe her. In fact, due to the actor’s you just stop believing in the inevitabil- son to ask. Aristotelian, cathartic thing. People can underachieving mattress repair techni- commitment and charm, we couldn’t ity of your own story,” Bradley says. For “Yep, it’s very accurate, it’s very well relate to that thing happening that you cian. But as histories are revealed, we imagine her any other way. Adam and Miriam, the unexpected dis- researched. Thomas Beatie is the most don’t want to have happen.” discover the profound determination When asked how much credit she covery of the next chapter in their story famous.” That “thing” for Adam couldn’t be it’s taken to get Adam to this point. would give Snieckus for creating a fully is, well, pregnant with possibilities.

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16 SEPT 25–OCT 8, 2014 XTRA! VANCOUVER’S GAY & LESBIAN NEWS it means being able to maintain the freedom and spirit of an underground event without the worry of it being shut down — a huge victory for creativity in nightlife. Art, leisure and revolution “We used to have innovative pro- gramming at the bathhouse or at the the line between art and partying has gay club, but now we have the same A new era for always been blurred. DJ holding down every Wednesday “All my art shows have always had DJs for 10 years doing the same thing, no Vancouver’s and all my DJ’d parties have always had innovation, nothing,” Troy says. “That’s art,” he says. “Going to a club was un- why we need these alternative spaces underground thinkable, clubs were all the same old, where we can feel safe and where we same old. For people in the arts, we had can create.” scene all our own spaces — we were partying With upcoming events like Safe Fest, in dental labs, automotive repair shops, an all-ages music festival, The Art & GAY SPACE basements, warehouses, art galleries…” Leisure Society is offering program- RAZIEL REID Vancouver’s underground scene has ming beyond the nine-hour dance raves a history of queer artist developers, like people have come to expect from Troy, Partying is an art. Or at least it should visionary Paul Wong who helped lay the creator of the popular Backdoor series. be, according to Vancouver promoter foundation for a city bridge between art But dance parties and what they inspire Matt Troy. and rave. “[Wong] is a mentor to me,” remain at the Society’s core. “Providing a service, not selling a Troy says. “He has been doing uncon- “There’s a change that’s been needed product — that’s the new art model,” he ventional, transgressive events in the in this city for a long time and it’s not says. “Creating a wonderful, interactive city for decades.” about gay people,” Troy says. “It’s about mind and body experience. This type of But things in the underground are something a lot bigger. It’s about a space art doesn’t really have a name yet, but I changing. that’s not specifically for gay people think that it’s the future.” With Vision Vancouver city coun- but gay people feel like it’s their home. Troy is the director of The Vancouver “Gay people can lead our city in terms of creating a better space to party,” says cillor Heather Deal introducing The Andy Warhol’s Factory was never a gay Art & Leisure Society, a non-profit that Matt Troy, director of The Vancouver Art & Leisure Society, which now runs events Indoor Arts & Culture Pilot Event venue — full of fags, though. Gay people in a warehouse on East 3rd Street. DANNY GRAY FOX aims to “advocate, present and program Program, organizations such as The can lead our city in terms of creating a art and leisure in unconventional and formerly a doggy daycare. However, transformed into a venue for raves, art Vancouver Art & Leisure Society have better space to party,” he says. unexpected places and ways in the city.” any lingering dog smell has quickly and fashion shows, and even a pop-up a government source helping it get the The Society opened its doors Sept 12 been replaced by club kid sweat, paint, restaurant. permits and licenses needed to throw Read the full story at 35 East 3rd St, a warehouse that was couture and food as the warehouse is For Troy, a graduate of Emily Carr, legal events. For promoters like Troy, at dailyxtra.com

not actually walk or exert yourself be- yond opening a can of beer. The party featured DJs Jay Douglas and Riley AIDS Walk basks in Cox, who has been stepping out from behind the bar at 1181 lately to take to the decks. And as long as he remains shirtless, I’m all for it. summer’s last encore The night before the AIDS Walk there were at least six queer-friendly parties happening all over the city. It’s a really Fall sees new Main Street strip exciting time for gay Vancouver night- life. A new strip of sorts has developed spur gay nightlife off Davie, and runs from Main Street to Gastown. It includes venues such as BLITZ & SHITZ sun — but have chosen not to give the The Art & Leisure Society, The Fox, The RAZIEL REID cures to the masses because keeping us Cobalt, LanaLou’s, 303 and Brookyln, sick and medicated is good for business the latter being host to Adam Dreaddy’s You can keep throwing and deals with the whole overpopula- latest monthly, New York, which is in- money at AIDS, but it’s tion thing quite nicely by ridding the spired by that rapid and unapologetic not sticking. world of all its undesirables. You know, Empire State of mind. It was different back in the ’80s when fags, junkies and emaciated Africans. It wasn’t anything like the three years Madonna and Elizabeth Taylor were Who needs ’em? I lived in New York (there were no hustling to raise funds and awareness You don’t have to be a conspiracy cockroaches or mice or Hasidic Jews) for the new disease that was seriously theorist (or an “enlightened one” as I but the space is big and the atmosphere dwindling their biggest fan base. But prefer to be called) to see the big picture Raziel soaks up what may very well be the final rays of Vancouver’s summer at opulent. The club was packed full of a now when I see celebrities like Sharon and realize that for decades we’ve been Reset rooftop party at Scotiabank Dance Theatre Sept 21. JAMES LOEWEN more diverse crowd than you’ll find Stone or Elton John organizing events to going around in circles waving dollar in the village, which seems to be the bring in money for HIV/AIDS research , bills in our hands. The true cure is knowledge, which is very first Vancouver AIDS Walk in 1986. main differentiating factor between this I can’t help but feel that their continued Of course, donating to local organiza- why I attended the second annual Joe Learning from his life and legacy is the burgeoning new zone and Davie Street. efforts are a little, well, insane. tions like The Dr Peter AIDS Founda- Ford Tribute at Lux Lounge hosted by salvation money can’t buy. But if we want these venues to keep One definition of insanity is doing tion, A Loving Spoonful, and Friends Linda Eckess and Conni Smudge. You Summer gave one last encore on the catering to a gay demographic then we the same thing over and over again and for Life is a beautiful way to spend your should’ve seen how overexcited Auntie day of the AIDS Walk, and I soaked up have to show up to them! Brooklyn was expecting a different result. Money skrilla because these charities work Conni got when professional pig Brent some rays at Reset, a summer finale off the hook, but The Fox has been strug- hasn’t cured AIDS, and it’s not going to. I tirelessly to offer their love and support Ray Fraser stripped out of his police rooftop party at Scotiabank Dance The- gling to bring people in and recently believe the oligarchs who rule our world to people living with HIV/AIDS. It’s the uniform. I thought she was going to atre hosted by Nicki Ravange. Funds discontinued Rough Trade and Brain already have cures for the diseases they mentality that money is the cure that I keel over in her heels. The night was in benefited the AIDS Walk, which was Candy. Sigh. create — there is nothing new under the find antiquated and shallow. honour of Joe Ford, who organized the perfect if you wanted to donate but I’m blaming it on the oligarchs.

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