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gay community’s roots in the West CLOSES FEEDBACK E End “going back as much as 80 years.” 9 VANCOUVER’S GAY & LESBIAN NEWS ENDER’S The contrast between this plan and GAME E 13

West End recognition the last is nothing short of incredible. Youth-obsessed culture 2013 7–20, NOV HOLOCAUST

#527 EXHIBIT What a diff erence time and es- Yup, just what this community needs: E15 EDITORIAL Just six lines into its contextual pecially a strong political voice and another youth-obsessed campaign to ROBIN PERELLE introduction — after a brief descrip- a seat at the decision-making (and highlight that once you’re over 30 your tion of the area’s physical parameters advisory committee) table can make. measure of importance as a commu- What a diff erence a quar- — the plan acknowledges the Davie Having allies in government and a nity fi gure diminishes [“Top 30 Under @dailyxtra Doing it ter century can make. Village as “traditionally a hub for the supportive city staff with the political 30,” Xtra #525, Oct 10]. I wonder if Pr airie

The City of Vancouver’s last West city’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgen- will and public backing to assist gay any of these 30 Under 30 even know facebook.com/dailyxtra style Linda Fillmore’s Fowl Supper E10 End plan, completed in 1986 for its der and queer (LGBTQ) community.” people helps too. dailyxtra.com FREE what the signifi cance of Feb 5, 1981, is 20,000 AUDITED CIRCULATION commercial areas and 1987 for its res- And it doesn’t stop there. Page 7 says Strengthening and enhancing the or know when the second (Canadian) at More idential areas, never even mentioned the West End, and particularly the Da- as a gay hub and enter- Stonewall occurred? the word gay. vie Village, “has long been recognized tainment district is cited in at least Don’t get me wrong. I think we Is there any way the community The plan covered what kinds of as home to Western Canada’s largest two policy sections of the plan, as is should highlight the good works done commercial developments to encour- LGBTQ community. This makes for a the city’s intention to help BC’s queer can fi ght the Health Canada ruling? by the youth of our community. I just Considering the high demand for pop- age and how to ensure they’re compat- unique community identity, vitality, resource centre fi nd a new home. think it needs to be balanced with ible with the area’s residential needs. and vibrant social diversity.” Qmunity’s current facility is “small, pers I’m surprised that entrepreneurs the real picture of this community aren’t making them as they are quite It talked about the area’s demograph- Page 16 proudly displays photos of aging and lacks wheelchair accessible — which is more often than not ob- ics, its seniors and families with chil- the new plaza and rainbow crosswalks options,” the plan says. easy to make. sessed with being and staying at all PETER IVESON dren, and even spared some concern and page 32 off ers a rainbow-riffi c “The West End would benefi t from cost young. TORONTO, ON for its low-income households. dreamscape of Davie and Bute streets. a purpose-built facility for Qmunity,” I just hope that these Top 30 Under But it remained shockingly silent Page 30 again identifi es the Village the plan concludes, promising to ex- 30 never have to experience the scorn I think the poppers ban by Health on one of the area’s most impor- as a “hub for the LGBTQ community” plore opportunities to help create a and ridicule perpetrated by those un- Canada was only one of the reasons tant demographics: its sizeable gay and describes it as a “vibrant district new queer community centre in the der 30 towards those over 30 . . . Priape got into fi nancial diffi culty and community. catering to locals and visitors alike dur- Davie Village as part of its public ben- ERIK COLLINGS had to permanently close their stores Of course, the last plan was drafted ing the day and late into the evenings.” efi ts strategy. Unbelievable. (VIA FACEBOOK) in Toronto, and Vancouver. in the late 1980s, when politicians and The plan promises to “strengthen City planners have already followed Another reason is that there are a city planners would have been deeply and enhance” the Village as an area up on that promise with a recommen- Priape’s popper troubles number of gay websites in the US and Europe that sell the same products reluctant to acknowledge, let alone for local business and nightlife. “Its dation to city council to approve Jim When you think that every other gay that were formerly off ered by Priape address, gay issues, and the commu- distinct fl avour as the gay village will Pattison’s latest Burrard Street rezon- man uses poppers and the number but at a fraction of the cost — even nity itself was only just beginning to be recognized and celebrated through ing application, contingent on, among of poppers bought over the year, the when you add in taxes and shipping fi nd its political voice. the use of colour and lighting, and other community amenity gifts, a $7 cost is significant, but I still find it costs. These mail-order websites were The new West End draft plan, in enhanced as a space for local celebra- million contribution to Qmunity’s hard to imagine that poppers could able to do so since they don’t have all contrast, contains so much recogni- tion, events and gathering. Commu- new home. bring down an enterprise such as Pri- the costs of a storefront location, like tion of the gay community’s presence, nity events and programming will be Council is scheduled to begin con- ape [“Priape closes all four Canadian high rents in local gay ghettos, and historical and cultural connection encouraged and supported.” sidering the Pattison proposal on Nov stores,” dailyxtra.com, Oct 21]. can employ fewer people in process- to the Davie Village that it’s almost We’re even mentioned in the plan’s 19, as Xtra goes to press. The West End It sounds like the company had ing and shipping the online orders. embarrassing. heritage section, which describes the draft plan goes to council for a vote credit problems long before Health Today, you can buy lube, sex toys, the next day. So far, it seems likely to Canada banned the sale of poppers. leather fetish items, etcetera online The outcome that we seek is this — gay and lesbian pass. Fingers crossed. I hope that the employees of Priape from these websites. people daring together to set love free. were given severance pay as many of Robin Perelle is the managing editor KEVIN B Xtra is published by Pink Triangle Press, at 2 Carlton St, Ste 1600, Toronto, M5B 1J3. them will be unemployed. of Xtra Vancouver. TORONTO, ON

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8 NOV 21–DEC 4, 2013 XTRA! VANCOUVER’S GAY & LESBIAN NEWS The older men were chastising the younger men who admitted they chose not Upfront to use condoms regularly... Phillip Hammack, Gay Men’s Health Summit E 10 Shorter ban still unfair: critics Canadian Blood Services grilled at Gay Men’s Health Summit

HIV NATHANIEL CHRISTOPHER

HIV activists at Vancouver’s ninth annual Gay Men’s Health Summit challenged Canadian Blood Services’ (CBS) ongoing — albeit shortened — ban on gay men giving blood, Nov 7. Health Canada’s new blood donation policy — which replaced its lifetime ban on men who have had sex with men once since 1977 with a five-year deferral — took effect on July 22. Under the new policy, men who refrain from having sex with other men for five years are now eligible to donate blood. The gay blood ban was implemented in the 1980s after the national blood supply was contaminated with hepatitis C and HIV, infecting more than 1,200 people with HIV and more than 25,000 with hepatitis C. The ban was enacted at a time when HIV testing was less reliable, but new tests can now detect the virus seven to 15 days after infection. While the window period has shortened, it “We ask about behavioural practices which may put it brought more young people into your clinics.” still presents a risk to the blood supply, says Don folks at risk for HIV or hepatitis B. We ask whether “Advocacy and activism needs to continue, and Lapierre, CBS’s manager of stakeholder relations. I’m saying you have folks have lived for specific periods of time in the as it has been mentioned already and I’ll just re- “During that window period, if I were just in- this discriminatory United Kingdom during the variant CJD outbreak, state it: Canadian Blood Services does not dictate fected today and I went to give blood tomorrow, because that may put them at risk for variant CJD.” this policy,” said Patrick Loftus, CBS’s medical then all of the recipients of my blood would then policy against gay Jennifer Breakspear, executive director of Op- services coordinator, urging audience members also become infected with HIV. But we would tions for Sexual Health and co-chair of CBS’s work- to contact Health Minister Rona Ambrose. not know that because of the technology and the men because of this ing group on gay men giving blood, said the end However, both Lapierre and Fearon confirmed testing measures that are in place right now,” he goal is a gender-neutral, behaviour-based survey. that a directive to look at a five- to 10-year defer- told the summit. fear of them all “The threat is not who you are and who you love; ral came from the CBS board of directors; not However, Lapierre said, the five-year deferral having HIV... the threat is about how you perform an activity Health Canada. drastically reduces risk of HIV infection to the and does that activity threaten the activity of your Blain Butyniec denounced the five-year defer- blood supply. BLAIN BUTYNIEC, GAY MEN’S blood,” she said. “That is where I hope we’re getting, ral as “discrimination-light” and accused CBS of “On a purely scientific level, we know that a one- HEALTH SUMMIT PARTICIPANT though we weren’t being offered that as an option.” advocating for a fear-based policy rather than year deferral would equally protect from risk,” he Breakspear said that during the course of discus- something rooted in science. acknowledged. “But we have to move through this sions she learned that it’s Health Canada — not “I’m saying you have this discriminatory policy in sort of baby steps, if you will, in order to be able to CBS —preventing gay men from donating blood. against gay men because of this fear of them all be granted the right to be able to change the policy.” “We were told that the best they would accept having HIV, and I’m saying that in Manitoba it’s Some audience members were unconvinced. or consider is a five-year ban, so I see this as incre- actually only about 20 percent of new cases are “There’s something about protecting the rest mental progress. And in fact when Health Canada from within the MSM community, so should you of the population from gay men,” said Len Tooley, came back accepting this submission they gave a not be looking at barring heterosexuals from who asked if there were any other populations who Canadian Blood Services’ Don Lapierre number of conditions they put on Canadian Blood donating in Manitoba?” he asked the panellists. are excluded based on identity. (with left to right: Jennifer Breakspear, Services that you can do this but you need to do “We look for travel to areas where malaria may be Margaret Fearon and Patrick Loftus) admits the following things while you are doing it. You Read the full story on there isn’t much difference scientifically occurring, for example,” replied Margaret Fearon, between a five-year and one-year deferral. need to collect all this data demonstrating the dailyxtra.com CBS’s executive director of medical microbiology. NATHANIEL CHRISTOPHER blood supply is still safe. You need to show us that

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Summit looks at life through a generational lens

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In its ongoing attempt to expand the We’re with the Band conversation about gay health beyond HIV, the ninth annual BC Gay Men’s Health Summit focused on the courses gay men’s lives take overall, and how they differ by generation. Studying gay men’s actual lived ex- periences is “vital,” Phillip Hammack, an associate professor at the University of California Santa Cruz, said in his You keynote speech, Nov 8. Hammack stressed the importance of intergenerational dialogue, and recalled a particularly interesting ex- Can’t change from a community forum on HIV prevention that he attended last year in San Francisco. “The older men were chastising the Beat younger men who admitted they chose not to use condoms regularly since they perceived that condoms were a barrier to the intimacy they sought in Vera’s sex,” he said. “One of the older men said More than safer sex information, young gay men are looking for community in response to this that ‘every time you connection, Mpowerment coordinator Andrew Shopland told BC’s annual Gay do that you are asking to die.’ Men’s Health Summit, held Nov 7-8 at the SFU Harbour Centre in Vancouver. Meat! “So one of the younger men coun- NATHANIEL CHRISTOPHER tered, ‘We can’t keep being afraid of sex have more challenges to developing because you were. We can’t carry the I would say it’s and sustaining social support networks burden of everyone who died before us.’ based on chosen family.” TWO GREAT “Now, members of my generation so easy to get Ablenas says many gay men over 60 in our 30s and 40s, we were notably have “outlived many of their poten- LOCATIONS! silent during the exchange. We were communication to tially supportive peers lost during the 1030 Davie St. all sort of looking at each other say- all of us but that’s early years of AIDS, and are at risk of 604-893-8372 ing, ‘Oh wait, what are we supposed withdrawal and into social isolation.” to say here?’ We could relate to both not what guys Ablenas found that the sexual, men- 1181 Denman St. generations.” want . . . Really tal and social health of older gay men Several presenters suggested that is improved or at least maintained 604-681-5450 a gay man’s ability to connect with what we’re looking through quality support networks community and find social support is for is connection such as participation on a sports team, at least partially contingent on his age. time with friends, or help with day-to- VOTED Andrew Shopland says many of the and acceptance. day tasks. young men he works with at Mpower- “There’s greater likelihood these BEST ment long for community. “One of the things I found most sur- adults can maintain their indepen- BURGER Although the YouthCo project is prising was, I thought as a facilitator, dence and self-determination into a NOW ORDER ONLINE! geared towards gay and bisexual men I would have to, like, pull teeth to get later age,” he said. “And at the same under 30 to expand their HIV aware- guys to talk about their feelings and time you can view this as a form of com- ness through workshops and ongoing open up about stuff. But it’s actually munity capacity building if we’re look- peer support, Shopland says very few quite the opposite. As soon as there’s ing after our seniors in this regard, in FOLLOW US: people come to his groups for health any sort of space for that, it just comes that they have the potential to teach the information. pouring out. There’s such demand for it.” rest of us through what they’ve learned “I would say it’s so easy to get commu- “What about senior gay guys versus through their personal histories, what Locations throughout the Lower Mainland nication to all of us but that’s not what young gay guys?” asked researcher can be taught through that, as well the guys want ... Really what we’re looking Robert Ablenas, who interviewed older type of mentoring they can provide to for is connection and acceptance,” he gay men in Kelowna, Prince George, folks in subsequent generations who verasburgershack.com told the summit. “And at Mpowerment Vancouver and Victoria. “Compared are following in their footsteps and we can create those things. to younger gay men, 60-plus gay men tracing out amazing new paths.”

10 NOV 21–DEC 4, 2013 XTRA! VANCOUVER’S GAY & LESBIAN NEWS GAY VILLAGE City staff suggest Heaven’s Door opens in old J-Lounge A rumour that an old gay haunt off Davie $7M to Qmunity Street — which formerly housed Jupiter Café and J-Lounge — is cursed isn’t enough to spook the new owner, even though he has never run a gay establishment before. Community Kush Bhatia says the Bute Street space’s contentious history is the result of man- agement that didn’t know what it wanted amenity and that didn’t want to appeal to the gay community. contribution “What I’ve heard from people and the tied to Burrard managers was that the J-Lounge had a lit- Vice-chair Laurie Larsen (pictured at a meeting in June) says she’s proud of the tle partnership issue,” Bhatia says. “There direction taken by the Surrey school board’s new policy. DAVID P BALL were too many people making decisions, St rezoning so they couldn’t figure out ‘Should we keep EDUCATION employees regardless of their actual this as a venue place or should we keep this or perceived ,” the application as a ?’” policy says. Bhatia says Jupiter Cafe’s longevity at the Safer schools “The school district will not permit GAY SPACE site proves the curse to be nothing more or tolerate any homophobic and or SHAUNA LEWIS than a myth, but he condemns J-Lounge in Surrey transphobic behaviour such as harass- for not embracing the Davie Street culture. ment, intimidation, discrimination or Vancouver city staff is recommending “They were in the wrong place if they won’t The school district that once fought bullying, whether by commission or by that BC’s queer resource centre Qmu- support the gay community in this place.” all the way to the Supreme Court of failing to act to end such behaviour,” nity receive $7 million in Community The previous owners of Jupiter Café and Canada to avoid adding gay-friendly it continues. Amenity Contribution (CAC) funds to J-Lounge did not respond to interview books to its classrooms adopted an “It’s a very complex issue and we’ve help the organization find a new home. requests. anti-discrimination policy that specifi- taken time to ensure it’s decisive and The recommendation stems from a Bhatia has already brought back the pop- cally addresses homophobia Nov 14. it has depth and it’s workable,” says rezoning application submitted by Jim “I’m pinching myself,” says gay city ular queer improv troupe The Bobbers and “Surrey came under a lot of fire a school board vice-chair Laurie Larsen. Pattison Developments and Reliance councillor Tim Stevenson. “This is plans to feature more live entertainment. few years ago — the poster district for “I’m so proud of the direction the Properties to redevelop sites on Bur- something I’ve been working for, Bobbers co-founder David C Jones is homophobia,” says activist Ryan Clay- board has taken.” rard and Hornby streets. In exchange and have dreamt of, for many, many optimistic. “They’re not coming in full of ton. “Now, they’re ahead of half of BC.” The policy covers a range of discrim- years . . .” SHIMON KARMEL for city council’s permission to rezone hubris and piss and vinegar saying, ‘We The policy, adopted unanimously by ination but Larsen says homophobia is the sites, the developers would give to press on Nov 19. know how to make this place work.’ They Surrey trustees, says all members of “the central one and the most needed.” the city more than $15.8 million to be Dean Malone, who sits on the city’s actually went back to staff who hadn’t the school community share responsi- Surrey’s new policy means that 23 of allocated among several community LGBTQ advisory committee and co- worked there in years and said, ‘What went bility for supporting students and staff BC’s 60 school districts now have anti- amenities. Qmunity would receive wrote the “Davie Street Revitalization wrong?’” in addressing the unique challenges homophobia policies or anti-discrimi- the largest share of the contribution Report” which helped inform the West Heaven’s Door’s officially opened its faced by queer youth. nation policies that specifically address — nearly half. End draft plan, calls the community doors on Nov 8, though it’s been running “Homophobic and/or transphobic homophobia. —Jeremy Hainsworth “It’s great news!” says Qmunity vice- amenity recommendation a “great shows off and on since its soft opening for comments, discrimination, bully- chair Morgan Camley. “This is a big opportunity for Qmunity.” Pride. —Audrey McKinnon ing, and attacks are demeaning to all Read the full story amount of money that will definitely He says he didn’t expect to see com- students, parents or guardians and on dailyxtra.com move us forward.” munity amenity funds proposed so Qmunity has been searching for a quickly. new home for years, as it struggles “I really think that this [new com- to survive and continue to provide munity centre] will become a focus services in an aging building with point for our community,” Stevenson high rent. says. “It has the potential to bring “We’re very, very pleased because sense of belonging and empowerment DAHL&CONNORS the city has really been a great sup- to our community.” BARRISTERS & SOLICITORS porter of Qmunity,” Camley says. 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MORE AT DAILYXTRA.COM XTRA! NOV 21–DEC 4, 2013 13 ’s new biography mixes SVEND’Spersonal tales with principled LEGACYdrama COVER STORY thinks he eventually got access by building trust. GARETH KIRKBY “It’s such an intrusive process, digging into things from decades ago and sometimes passing Not long after Svend Robinson turned himself in judgment.” to police for uncharacteristically pocketing a ring Though Robinson skillfully brought public at a 2004 auction, Little Sister’s bookstore hung focus to his causes du jour as a politician, he a powerful painting of a raven with a gleaming usually tried to keep the focus off his personal ring in its beak. life. But Truelove manages to pump a measure “Gay men are attracted to shiny objects,” co- of blood into the political skeleton that most of owner Jim Deva told me at the time, by way of us, previously, had been limited to seeing. We explaining not only Noel Silver’s work that so learn how Robinson’s mother far too literally lovingly mocked Robinson, but also Svend’s jaw- sacrificed herself to an alcoholic husband who dropping political suicide. “We’re the ravens of clearly never understood her graces and gifts. the human world.” And we can almost feel young Svend’s pain at the Gays correctly love to poke at those among us verbal and physical assaults he took from the man who rise high, keeping egos checked and irony who repeatedly uprooted his family, consigning front and centre. Still, it’s important to note that the kids to struggle in a series of new schools. the raven painting replaced another Silver canvas Robinson could have turned out a mess and, in that celebrated some of the activists and person- fact, became an alcoholic while studying at UBC, alities of Vancouver’s lesbian and gay community. married to a woman yet feeling attracted to men. Standing tall among them in the original paint- But he got off the bottle, honourably left the mar- ing, himself the naked and shiny main object of riage, and seemed to have successfully channelled attraction, was Saint Svend. his demons until the ring incident. It’s even more important to note that the raven To Truelove, Robinson’s mastery of house pro-

painting came down soon enough, with Saint SHIMON KARMEL cedures, his strategic cunning and his capacity for Svend restored to his rightful place on the wall. absorbing detailed information allowed him to Now, nearly a decade later, Robinson’s first I WAS A CONSUMMATE achieve far more in his 25 years in Parliament than authorized biography — Svend Robinson: A Life in probably any opposition MP in Canadian history. Politics, published in October by New Star Books TEAM PLAYER. Truelove details how Robinson organized and — reveals previously unpublished personal tales manipulated his way to a series of changes and and spotlights the constant creativity he brought additions to the proposed Charter of Rights and to the too-often boring Canadian political stage. critical links between activists and the nation’s Freedoms in the early 1980s; if he’d won every- Robinson was our political drama queen, stag- political establishment. thing he wanted, this would arguably be a more ing dramatic events to bring attention to issues The author grew up in BC, now lives in Ottawa, fair and just nation. that were just becoming ripe enough for public and has not previously published a book. But Robinson also managed to focus public and consumption. Robinson gave Truelove access to his life, his political attention on a series of issues in which he Top: Svend Robinson in 1988, the year he paved the Author Graeme Truelove captures Robinson’s clippings and his friends for the project. has on the whole already been vindicated by his- way as the first MP to come . talent for rounding up both activists and average Truelove was an intern in Robinson’s par- tory: abortion, prostitution, police harassment of Above: Svend Robinson and during the people with emotional personal stories to con- liamentary office from 2002 to 2004, while gays, First Nations inequality and the right to die. 1995 NDP leadership race. Layton was a member of Robinson’s campaign team. vince members of parliamentary committees to studying political science at University of Ot- Of course, many people remember him best for Above right: As author Graeme Truelove recounts, go further than they ever intended to go — with tawa, then followed in Robinson’s footsteps as his powerful coming-out speech in 1988, which Svend Robinson’s solidarity mission to Israel and recommendations for gay rights, for example, a labourer-teacher for the respected Frontier encouraged a generation of closeted youth and Palestine in 2002 provoked a hostile reaction, both in the 1985 report from the subcommittee on College literacy organization. Still, Robinson adults, including his famous former lover, Sena- at the Israeli military checkpoint and in caucus human rights. was initially reluctant to agree to cooperate with tor Laurier LaPierre, to step more fully into their back home. As Truelove points out, Robinson often forged a biographer, Truelove recalls, adding that he own lives.

14 NOV 21–DEC 4, 2013 XTRA! VANCOUVER’S GAY & LESBIAN NEWS and gay politicians, who tend to steer clear of is- sues of sexual expression and censorship. “I found out gay politicians quite often will be lovey-dovey and say we’re like everyone else,” Robinson says. “But we aren’t like everyone else. I think we need to speak out and celebrate who we are.” To Robinson, sexual expression and exploration is core to what it is to be gay. ”It’s very important that we remember that and celebrate that,” he says. And same-sex marriage “is not the be-all and end-all of who we are.” Though media reports often framed him as a poor team player, Robinson takes the emphasis off caucus relations, when questioned. “I was a consummate team player. The teams I played with principally were the party and the con- stituency I represented for 25 years, and also the caucus. With all three teams I played fairly and honourably.” In fact, Robinson’s eagerness to prove himself a team player led to perhaps his biggest political mistake — his surprise concession at the federal leadership race in 1995. He caved after the first

DAVID MYERS DAVID ballot, thus making Alexa McDonough the early Above: Svend Robinson, as MP of in 1985, winner. That should have won him huge kudos warns BC Premier Bill Bennett that gays and other as a team player from the new leader and caucus, minorities will not give up the battle for human but, as Truelove documents, it didn’t work out rights, in spite of Bennett’s dismissal of the BC Human RIghts Commission. that way. The youthful “rainbow coalition” that Rob- stepped up policing of sexuality far beyond the inson’s leadership run attracted to the party child porn they ostensibly targeted. (“Sven-DP” was their favourite convention chant) It’s not well known how often Robinson was felt betrayed by his early exit from the fight — alone or nearly alone in caucus when standing they wanted their guy to go all the way, even to up for sex issues, particularly prostitution and defeat. Some booed him, some walked out of the the age of consent. Vancouver East MP Libby arena, and many left to join the Green Party or Davies was often the only MP to support him on left electoral politics in disgust. these issues, and later , who replaced Whether he was the best team player or not, him in Burnaby, carried the torch. Robinson was clearly on the right side of his- These issues, and other causes, upset some tory on most things — sometimes well ahead of caucus members and even resulted in provincial his time. That’s good activism, if divisive party party leaders trying to intervene. “It got pretty politics. ugly at times,” Robinson tells Xtra but refuses to After the ring incident, Robinson was diagnosed go into detail. as mentally ill and got help. His On most gay issues and his own move to a town outside Geneva, sexual orientation, though, Rob- , at first glance seems inson says he received “solid and a form of self-exile. But Truelove consistent support” from the mo- puts it in context: Robinson now ment he stepped into caucus, in- puts his considerable political cluding from leader Ed Broadbent. skills and parliamentary knowl- But when, early in his career edge to work for the Global Fund in 1982, he told the audience of to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and BC radio journalist Jack Webster Malaria. And, like a good movie that prostitution should be de- finale, he got the man — charming, criminalized and the bawdyhouse smart and politically centrist Max laws used against prostitutes and Riveron — and two fluffy white gay bathhouses repealed — the Havanese dogs. official position of the federal His enduring legacy far out- NDP — Robinson was publicly shines a single moment with a denounced by one caucus member gaudy piece of jewellery. and demoted from justice critic by SVEND ROBINSON: “For thousands of COURTESY OF GRAEME TRUELOVE OF GRAEME COURTESY Broadbent. “That was a painful PHILLIP HANNAN A LIFE IN POLITICS who struggled for representation Truelove also documents some of Robinson’s ported Little Sister’s in its fight against Canada experience,” he remembers. Graeme Truelove in mainstream politics, Robinson causes of particular interest to the gay and lesbian Customs’ book seizures and for years worked Robinson remained consis- New Star Books articulated their vision of Canada COURTESY OF GRAEME TRUELOVE OF GRAEME COURTESY communities through the years, including passage unsuccessfully to strip Customs of the power to tently unrepentant, insisting that with an unflinching precision un- of his own hate-propaganda bill; his support for judge what art, literature and erotica should be government be prevented from intruding into matched by any other political figure,” Truelove marriage equality; his opposition to police harass- allowed into Canada. people’s sexual expression. Privacy rights go writes. “For others he provoked a visceral loath- ment of gay bathhouses; his push for sex-trade He also notably opposed — and organized oppo- beyond the bedrooms of the nation that Pierre ing, not just because of the positions he took, but laws; and his facilitation of presentations by gay sition to — the Mulroney government’s proposed Trudeau wanted to protect from state policing, also because of the audacious manner in which he activists and sex workers to parliamentary com- child-pornography bill that went overboard to he says. sometimes presented his point of view.” mittee meetings. target art and other erotica; the bill was pulled. “People have a right to be fundamentally free to In any case, he was, perhaps, the longest-lasting But Truelove largely misses Robinson’s other Even after he retired, Robinson spoke out (and be who you want and to celebrate your sexuality. meteor to light up the normally dreary skies of work for gays and and others fighting to lobbied his former colleagues) to kill bills passed That’s a very precious freedom, and we have to Canadian politics, and the NDP in particular. He make their own decisions about what to read and by prime ministers Stephen Harper and Paul continually fight for this.” can take a deep bow. So can Truelove for capturing how to use their bodies. Robinson publicly sup- Martin that raised the age of sexual consent and That openness makes him unlike most lesbian the spirit, as well as the resumé, of the man.

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Nora D Randall is no stranger to the stage. She was co-artistic director of the theatre company Random Acts Productions through the late 1980s and ’90s, writing and performing plays and fringe acts all over Canada and the US. But until last year the 66-year-old hadn’t played an instrument since high school, making her upcoming performance in the Rainbow Concert Band’s holiday show all the more remarkable. Randall’s partner and Random Acts’ co-direc- tor, Jackie Crossland, was diagnosed with cancer in April 2012 and died less than two months later. After suddenly losing her partner of 24 years, Randall tried to pick up the pieces but found it exceedingly diffi cult. “It was like a bomb went off in my life,” she says. “I just watched TV. I was just stunned. I didn’t really know how to go on, and I didn’t really want School Board said he would give jazz lessons to “Just being a gay man and being able to hang out to go on. But I didn’t want to not go on. I was just anyone at any level, so she started doing that, too. with other gay people is always great for me,” says kind of stuck.” It brings an Randall says the music gave her a way to recon- 34-year-old saxophonist Michael Frolick. “Having That was when her friend Sherry McCarnan element of interest nect with others and helped her fi nd a way to move an eclectic group of people like this, and somebody decided to throw out a lifeline. McCarnan plays on and start again. like Nora who hasn’t played her the French horn in Vancouver’s Rainbow Band, to my life, being able “The whole music thing has been RAINBOW trumpet in 50 years — I think it and she knew that Randall had played the trum- surprising to me; it just happened. CONCERT BAND brings an element of interest to my CHRISTMAS CONCERT pet in high school. So she left a trumpet on her to play with people You wander around in the dark life, being able to play with people Sat, Nov 30, 7:30pm grieving friend’s porch with a note saying she’d who otherwise trying to fi nd your way, and then Vancouver Community who otherwise wouldn’t be brought pick her up for practice. you fi nd this weird little door to College auditorium together.” Randall was unsure at fi rst, but soon she was wouldn’t be brought go through. 1155 E Broadway, People like 86-year-old drum- room 2010 hooked. “Joining a band is a way of mov- mer Cornelius Popescu, who has together. $10 advance at Little “I didn’t play a note the whole fi rst time; I just ing through the grief, and my life, Sister’s, 1238 Davie St; been with the band for 14 years, and sat there with a trumpet in my lap,” she says. MICHAEL FROLICK, and not leaving Jackie, because Sophie’s Pet Palace, Ken Ariga, the seasoned trombone “I went home and I practised, and I was terrible. SAXOPHONIST we really loved music. So it’s kind 1280 Commercial Dr; or player who arrived from Japan just online at rainbowband. But the thing is, from the very fi rst moment, the of like fi nding my way but with a brownpapertickets.com four months ago. band was very kind. Nobody said anything bad to group of kind people.” $15 at the door They’ve all been integral to Ran- me; nobody off ered me tons of advice or said don’t It’s a common refrain among the rainbowband.ca dall’s journey. play. If I asked a question they would answer it, Rainbow Band members. They say “When you’re in a group, and and everyone just thought that I would get it.” Relearning to play the trumpet with Vancouver’s gay concert band is more than a place you all hit a note that vibrates together, it’s an And she did. Vancouver’s gay concert band offered to play music; it’s an important connection to amazing feeling. It’s healing on a level that’s really Nora D Randall, above, a way to live again She started taking trumpet lessons, then joined after her partner died suddenly last year. others in the LGBT community, especially from profound,” she says. “Really, they’ve been very a choir. Then a music teacher from the Vancouver ANDREW GILMORE diff erent demographics and age groups. important to me.”

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