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STEPHEN EMERY FEEDBACK (VIA DAILYXTRA.COM) It’s manifestly about freedom of ex- Heading home for Pride Court rejects pression, which trumps your claim that it’s “about hate.” Words do not comedian’s appeal beer and other libations at optimal fear of ridicule, or diminished reputa- maim or kill. EDITORIAL So it would seem that the BC Supreme NATASHA BARSOTTI temperature for consumption. tion, is still enough of a deterrent to What you’re calling a creditable Partying is serious business. Per- being unabashedly out, never mind Court agrees with the so-called Kan- “use” of “the courts” is actually law- As he hunkers down in petual Pride, Trinidad-style. the colonial-era laws that still may, on garoo Court (the term applied to the fare — now thankfully impossible at Lebanon, biding time This year I’ll be forsaking Vancouver a whim or a whiff of blackmail opportu- Human Rights Commission by “bad the federal level after the repeal of the before he and partner Aamer get the Pride to head home for my 30th high- nity, be invoked to punish the deviant guy” Ezra Levant). noxious clause of the Canadian Human official okay to come to Canada, Syrian- school reunion to soak up some of that and different. Good on Lorna [“BC Supreme Court Rights Act that permits exactly the born Danny Ramadan jokingly blames devil-may-care vibe that I left behind In August last year, there was a fleet- Rejects Zesty’s Comedian Appeal,” sort of assault on freedom perpetrated his “unholy union” for the war’s arrival almost 11 years ago when I decided to ing spark of political leadership when xtra.ca, June 19]! Now let’s see if the in British Columbia. If the comedian in Damascus. make Canada my new home. Unlike Ra- the prime minister reportedly promised recreants actually pay up. I bet they were guilty of hate speech he would He can find levity in recalling the madan, I didn’t flee a war-torn country to “put an end to all discrimination are dumb enough to try to avoid doing have been found thus in a court of backgammon and card games he and with anywhere near the level of deeply based on gender or sexual orientation.” it... I wonder how much more that law with real evidentiary rules, pre- Aamer used to play in the safety of a rooted familial and cultural strictures That lasted only until the island’s Inter- bit of novel ignorance will cost them. sumption of innocence and the ability MARK ROBERTS to cross-examine the shit out of the bathroom as sniper and rocket fire ruled on what is “acceptable,” “normal” or Religious Organization reminded politi- (VIA DAILYXTRA.COM) the Syrian capital’s streets. “right.” As I wrote in my first-ever col- cians that “the Constitution is based on complainant. Ramadan’s gallows humour reminds umn for Xtra, Trinidad is no utopia, but the supremacy of God.” “You hurt my feelings! Gimme money!” Can’t you do some research before me of home — and my fellow Trinida- I do not fear for my life as a gay person. What differed from politics-as-usual Wipe the snot off your sleeves and get a commenting, Stephen? dians’ ability to tease the ridiculous Yet the parallels are there. was the public response: at least some life. These human “rights” lynch mobs JOE CLARK out of a crisis. At the height of a coup The percentage of gay people who end people called bullshit on the politicians’ are a blight on a free society and should (VIA DAILYXTRA.COM) attempt in July 1990, Trinidadians who up in traditional marriages in Syria is “cop-out” and wondered about the shame anyone who has any self-respect found themselves stuck at friends’ or high, Ramadan observes. Anecdotally, at absence of “real consultations” on the (y’know, “pride”). Thanks, Queer Prom relatives’ homes threw spontaneous the very least, many Trinidadians do the issue with a broader spectrum of the RICK LAMBERT I’ve had a really hard time coming out curfew parties to relieve boredom, to same to keep up appearances. Trinidadi- electorate. Since I left Trinidad, such (VIA DAILYXTRA.COM) and being myself, and this was the first forget that their proudly cultivated, ans may be partial to a good fete, but they progressive reactions to homophobia This isn’t about art or freedom of expres- place where everyone accepted me carefree approach to life could actually like their sexual relationships to appear are no longer few and far between. sion [“When Courts Judge Comedy,” [“Qmunity’s Queer Prom Gives Youth be under threat, or just to prove that straight, if not monogamously narrow. The worst I can expect when my mari- Xtra #518, July 4]. This is about hate. a Chance to Celebrate and Connect,” armed insurrection was no match for As Ramadan succinctly puts it, “it’s tal status and sexuality come up once I Forty years of gains in LGBT rights dailyxtra.com, July 2]. the Trini love of a good fete. something you are trained to do.” hit home shores — and they will — are and we are still getting maimed and I was so happy to see everyone being One anecdote from that period — In Syria, anyone caught having gay one or two bemused expressions, most killed by bashers who are influenced themselves for a change, rather than probably steeped in typical hyperbole sex faces up to three years in prison and likely silence, maybe a change of subject by the public words of hateful authori- being isolated in fear of what every- by the time it was told for the ump- is subject to public shaming through the along the lines of, “I see... so... you’re ties, media and performers. Almost one else thinks. I met many amaz- teenth time — was that a police officer, publication of their photos and warn- enjoying Vancouver?” every other minority has had to use ing people when I thought I had no drawn to the uproar of coup festivities ings for people, especially children, to Plus, the requisite gossip once I’m violence to fight the hate. To our cred- friends, and I hope to attend the next at one home, was asked if he could make avoid them. out of earshot. it, the LGBT community has chosen one for sure. a run for ice — “please” — to keep the For many Trinidadians in 2013, the Thirty years after leaving high school, to use the courts. Good on those of us This event really did change a lot in that’s a walk in the park and a piece who choose the civilized path. Silence my life, and I’m so glad I got a chance The outcome that we seek is this — gay and lesbian of cake. equals death, and violence begets vio- to be a part of this. Finally a reason people daring together to set love free. lence. 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GAG To me, I would punch ORGULLO GAY ‘Vomit,’ not ‘Like’ . . . MADRIDFREE.ORG But they don’t BARD ON THE BEACH If thou didst ever hold me in thy heart give you that option To be or not to be . . . lovers with Horatio? Hamlet’s relationship with his best friend and confi dant, the only person he truly trusts in Denmark, has long raised questions about just how intimate the on Facebook. two men were in the castle of Elsinore. So to see the gayest subplot stripped out of Bard on the Beach’s otherwise tightly executed rendition of Hamlet is disheartening. Not only has director Kim Anti-gay televangelist Pat Robertson wants a Collier turned poor Rosencrantz and Guildenstern into a snivelling “vomit” button on Facebook for photos of gay straight couple, she has recast Horatio as a woman. Which doesn’t couples. Robertson made the comment on his even make sense, when you think about it. How likely is it that MADRID’S MILLION Hamlet, who is tormented by disdain for his girlfriend, his mother popular television show The 700 Club, which (“Frailty, thy name is woman”) and women in general, would put all Dubbed Europe’s biggest party, Madrid’s Pride parade drew an estimated draws about one million viewers each day. his trust in a woman and take her as his confi dante? —Robin Perelle 1.2 million people to the streets of the Spanish capital on June 7.
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licly gay, but I wanted to go to the event. Archives and I was a shadow, a ghost,” he says. “I ob- served and left. The only thing I recall witnesses say was who was out there: drag queens and the leather boys. They were at the Pride began forefront of gay pride and gay liberation, and we should honour them, for sure.” more than The August 1977 event was named Gay Unity Week and was followed by 35 years ago events in 1978, 1979 and 1980. The Aug 2, 1978, edition of The Van- PRIDE couver Sun published an article about NATHANIEL CHRISTOPHER Vancouver’s second annual Gay Unity Week, which ran from Aug 2 to 6. Ac- A former member of one of Vancou- cording to the Aug 16, 1979, edition of ver’s first gay civil rights groups says the Westender, the third annual Gay the Vancouver Pride Society’s (VPS) Unity celebration, a picnic in Mission, numbering system dishonours nearly was attended by more than 700 people. a decade of gay activism. In 1980, then-Vancouver mayor Jack Under the events section of its web- Volrich and council voted against a site, the VPS says, “2013 marks the 35th motion that would proclaim Aug 3 to anniversary of Pride in Vancouver.” 10 Gay Unity Week. But Don Hann says Pride events in “I regret that I am unable to approve Vancouver began more than 35 years ago. such a proclamation,” Volrich wrote in a Vancouver’s first gay pride celebra- letter to Gay Unity Week secretary Ste- tions took place in 1972, says Hann, phen T Mason. “This is simply because who was a member of the Gay Alliance it has been the long-standing policy of Toward Equality (GATE). the Mayor’s Office to not approve proc- Though the activism of the early lamations for events, or in situations, 1970s didn’t include a march in the which may draw public controversy.” West End, they were public events in The first Pride parade took place in public spaces, and they deserve to be 1981. The Aug 2, 1981, edition of The acknowledged, too, Hann says. Vancouver Sun estimates that 1,500
Those early events laid the ground- NATHANIEL CHRISTOPHER people attended Vancouver’s first Gay work for the marches to come, he says. Unity parade. “And if the Pride Society does not ac- “In 1973, it’s being sponsored by Discrepancies in Vancouver’s Pride knowledge that, and include those ’72 GATE, and that happened Aug 17 to 26. numbering surfaced in the 1990s. In and ’73 events as the first two years of If the Pride Society does not There’s a dance, a picnic in the park, an 1995, Xtra reported the parade as the the gay pride march/week, then they acknowledge that, and include those ’72 arts festival, a gay liberation documen- “18th annual gay pride parade”; in 1996 are dishonouring their past, their roots, tary on cable TV and a rally at the court- it was the 19th; in 1997 it went back the historical context out of which the and ’73 events as the first two years of house. It was a considerable increase in to the 16th parade; in 1998 both Xtra 1978 march evolved and dishonouring the number of events and in the number and the VPS prominently listed it as the entire decade of gay militancy in the gay pride march/week, then they are of people participating,” he says. the 20th Pride parade; and in 2008 the the 1970s, the people involved, their dishonouring their past, their roots. “And then there is a hiatus. They VPS advertised it as the 30th annual courage and the organizations of which planned and cancelled an event in ’74 Pride parade. —DON HANN they were members.” and reactivated it in ’75. The records “I talked to the Pride Society about “We have immense respect for the that I have seem to only mention that this when they were researching in the pioneers of Pride and the events they ing to feature on vancouverpride.ca confirm, that there have been annual there were a considerable number of archives about their 20th anniversary,” organized prior to 1978, as well as their this year with our interactive Pride Pride celebrations in the Vancouver events in the bars in 1975. I have no Dutton recalls. “It actually isn’t the role in shaping Vancouver Pride,” says timeline. However, prior to 1978, they area from 1975 onward. records for a 1976 event.” 20th, but it’s all about where you are VPS general manager Ray Lam. weren’t regular annual events. This Ron Dutton, curator of BC’s Gay and Richard Dopson, who was the co- starting your count event: whether it “The legacy of Pride in Vancouver year we are celebrating 35 consecutive Lesbian Archives, says Vancouver’s first chair of the 1990 Gay Games and Cul- is the first Pride event or the first Pride started long before 1978,” Lam acknowl- years of a march or parade leading our Gay Pride Week took place from June 30 tural Festival, recalls attending Pride parade that the Pride Society counted. edges. “Our community saw marches, community to a festival.” to July 2, 1972, in Ceperley Park. festivities in 1976 with a paper bag over None of them added up to 20, but they festivals, rallies and demonstrations But archival records indicate, and “That was relatively small, but his head. were adamant and they have been prior to that — something we are hop- participants in previous Pride festivals thereafter it grew very rapidly,” he says. “I didn’t feel comfortable being pub- counting ever since.”
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MORE AT DAILYXTRA.COM XTRA! JULY 18–31, 2013 13 LOCAL NEWS Rainbow crosswalks for Davie Village The City of Vancouver has announced that the heart of Davie Village will soon feature a permanently rainbow- coloured intersection. City staff are planning to paint the crosswalks at the intersection of Davie and Bute streets during the week of July 22, just in time for Pride. Mayor Gregor Robertson says the success of last Pride’s temporary rain- bow crosswalk at the intersection of Davie and Denman streets, coupled with community input gathered by the city’s LGBTQ advisory committee for the Davie Street revitalization report released last month, prompted the new crosswalks in the Village. “I think we’ve got strong support to make this permanent in Davie Vil- lage and celebrate a great legacy and a promising future,” Robertson says. “It will be just in time for our world- class Pride parade and big festival that brings hundreds of thousands of people to the streets of the West End. “The advisory committee has done great work to advance the ideas and to make sure the community had a good, strong voice,” he adds. “What’s really fabulous is that we’re seeing actions based on [the LGBTQ advisory committee’s] recommenda- tions,” says Dean Malone, who sits on the committee and co-authored the Davie Street revitalization report. “I think it says that the city recog- nizes the importance of the queer com- munity on Davie Street,” Malone says. Councillor Tim Stevenson plans to help paint the rainbow crosswalks himself, just as he did last summer. — Shauna Lewis Mayor Gregor Robertson announced the crosswalk plan at his VIVA Vancouver press conference July 3. SHAUNA LEWIS #news #arts BC advocates envy Manitoba code Manitoba’s minister of education says tells Xtra. “Everybody in the school They didn’t shy away from it.” #travel a new provincial code of conduct is will know what the consequences are.” BC Teachers’ Federation second vice- being developed that sets out disci- The code builds on Bill 18, intro- president Glen Hansman says it’s been plinary consequences all schools will duced in early 2013 and expected to 10 years since the Vancouver School #events be required to follow to address ho- pass into law later this year. The bill Board addressed homophobia in its mophobia and bullying in a clear and would amend the province’s Schools code. Since then, two dozen districts consistent way. Act to address homophobia and other throughout BC have followed suit. But Everything gay, It’s a development that’s left BC gay forms of harassment, foster a more nothing has happened at the provincial education advocates asking why the inclusive school environment, and level. every day. Prairie province has leapfrogged ahead support students who want to form “There isn’t the political will,” he says. on something they’ve been requesting gay-straight alliances and other equity- —Jeremy Hainsworth for years. encouraging groups. “What this means for gay students “It basically reads like a grocery list DAILY is when they are bullied, there will of everything I wanted to see in BC,” For more on these stories, be very clear consequences,” Mani- student Ryan Clayton says. “The ho- dailyxtra.com go to dailyxtra.com. toba Education Minister Nancy Allan mophobic aspect of it was really clear.
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AIDS HISTORY It may be a demographic desperately in need of AUDREY MCKINNON assistance, but it’s a far cry from the organization’s original mandate. “We kind of lost our way,” says AIDS Vancouver “It started in my living room, my partner’s executive director Brian Chittock. living room,” says Gordon Price, one of AIDS AIDS Vancouver’s focus has become a bit vague Vancouver’s six founders. “And it was at that since half a dozen gay men founded it in 1981, meeting we decided, at the minimum, what we he explains. “We didn’t know what direction we should do is hold a public meeting at the West were supposed to go into and how to really ac- End Community Centre.” commodate everyone.” Price, who five years later would became a While Chittock says AIDS Vancouver’s main city councillor, remembers it was one friend in clientele is still gay men, the organization now particular, Ron Alexander, who galvanized the serves all HIV-positive people who call or walk group into action. through the door at 1107 Seymour St. “Ron was really pissed. I mean, why aren’t we “The group that we’ve ended up serving the paying attention to what’s going on out there?” most of is the people who have suffered from HIV Price says. “I had no choice but to agree with him.” in the most difficult way, who are the poorest of Price had been subscribing to the New York the poor, who may be homeless, who may be us- Native, a biweekly gay magazine. The magazine ing drugs or not,” Chittock says. “It doesn’t really was the first to report on what was then rumoured matter; it’s just kind of that group that nobody to be a “gay cancer.” published on May 18, 1981. He wrote: “Last week seems to want to do anything with. And we’re the Medical writer Lawrence D Mass wrote the ar- there were rumors that an exotic new disease had last ones that are serving that group of people.” ticle titled “Disease Rumors Largely Unfounded,” hit the gay community in New York. Here are the I think we actually facts:... The organism is not exotic; in fact, it’s ubiquitous. But most of us have a natural or easily had a kind of chart. acquired immunity.” It was very sketchy; “My recollection is there was really no name for it, because sometimes it was referenced as the it was basically just indicator diseases, like pneumonia,” Price says. At the time, there were six cases of the myste- a line going up. rious disease in Vancouver. While that number seems tiny compared to today’s infection rates, GORDON PRICE, CO-FOUNDER OF AIDS VANCOUVER Price and his cohorts knew they had cause for concern. “I think we actually had a kind of chart. It was very sketchy; it was basically just a line going up. was known and what action, what degree of risk But it was almost dead on in terms of infection you could take,” Price recalls. rates,” Price says. In those early days, the mysterious disease was “It was damned scary. We’d even get into some thought to affect four groups. Those groups were rather apocalyptic scenarios, particularly around described as the “the four ‘H’s,” which stood for quarantine. I mean, you couldn’t rule that out.” Haitians, hemophiliacs, heroin users and homo- Price feared the “ill-informed hysteria” that sexuals. Price says AIDS Vancouver focused on could come out of the nameless disease. “Our the homosexual “H” because, unlike Haitians, job was really to try and get the word out about the demographic was relevant to Vancouver and, what we did know and what action or prevention unlike hemophiliacs, it had no existing support you could take.” group. And, of course, homosexuals were familiar “We didn’t want to give a blanket condemna- to the founders of AIDS Vancouver. tion — ‘Don’t have sex’ isn’t going to apply. So we So the six founding members got to work, try- Early AIDS Vancouver posters from the 1980s. COURTESY OF AIDS VANCOUVER had to give, as much as we could, advice on what ing to spread what little knowledge was available
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We didn’t know what direction we were supposed to go into and how to really accommodate everyone. BRIAN CHITTOCK, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF AIDS VANCOUVER
building was becoming a bit less gay-friendly because the organizations in there were appealing to a broader demographic now,” he says. Besides HIV, the affected groups often had little in common. The gay clientele did not get along with the intravenous drug users, for example, Chittock says. “The two did not want to be together. Which is not that unusual because it’s happened over and over again in the history of HIV with different groups. It happened the same way with the blood transfusion group. They didn’t want to be with the gay people either. Nor did they want to be with
AUDREY MCKINNON AUDREY MCKINNON the IDU people,” Chittock says. In 2002, Man2Man became Gayway and, steered within the gay community. Two years later, they But polite prevention programs that target ers to teach them about issues related to HIV/AIDS by Banks, it broke off from AIDS Vancouver. registered their organization as a non-profit so- everyone generally don’t work, Chittock warns. in a workshop that says very little about gay needs. “The organization, I think they just realized ciety to apply for government funding. Even getting polite prevention messages to No surprise that, as AIDS Vancouver broadened gay men needed more and they couldn’t do it,” The first thing they did was commission a certain cultural groups can be challenging, he its focus away from its original core constituency, Banks says. brochure. Price’s enthusiasm is still palpable as notes, pointing, for example, to Chinese men who other gay groups emerged to take its place. Gayway (now called the Health Initiative for he recalls its production. “It was hot! We used sex have sex with men. “That’s a taboo topic within the Man2Man began as a subgroup of AIDS Van- Men) was conceived to focus on gay men’s health to give people advice on sex.” Chinese community. They don’t want to talk about couver before branching out on its own. holistically, addressing HIV even as it nurtured When the health minister once pulled out a sex, they don’t want to talk about HIV, they don’t “A program like Man2Man was in the bar on general wellness, both physical and emotional. brochure and asked, “Are you responsible for want to talk about sexual transmission. All those a regular basis,” says Phillip Banks, who worked As AIDS Vancouver celebrates 30 years this this?” Price shrugged it off. “It wasn’t meant for, key areas are what we need to help break down with AIDS Vancouver from 1995 until 2003. July as a registered non-profit society, Chittock well, someone like him,” he says. in a lot of those ethnic communities,” he says. “There were guys out there handing out condoms would like to diversify its funding base to broaden Chittock misses those in-your-face brochures. “If we have people focused on going into those on a regular basis. They were in the bathhouses; its programming. “We’ve become politically correct,” he laments. specific communities and training people around they were going to house parties. They were going “Where we’re trying to go is to broaden our “You know, when we had that kind of in-your- HIV prevention in their own languages as well, wherever they could go to reach gay guys.” funding base so that we’re not reliant on one major face prevention going on and it was public, we we’ll see some breakthroughs. Banks joined AIDS Vancou- funder, which we are currently and have been for saw reductions in the number of new infections.” We know that,” he states. “We ver as its connection to the gay a long time,” he says, referring to government AIDS VANCOUVER He remembers one poster from the early just haven’t been able to get the 30TH ANNIVERSARY community was beginning to funding, both provincial and federal. 1980s that showed a man giving oral sex to an- money to do it.” CELEBRATION weaken. He attributes this in “If we broaden that base a little bit more, we can other man, explaining the different risks of oral The provincial government Tues, July 30, 6:30pm part to gay men’s condom fatigue end up doing more innovative kinds of program- The Commodore Ballroom sex compared to anal sex. Another poster shows — one of AIDS Vancouver’s two 868 Granville St — a decade worth of rubbers with ming and service delivery.” a naked man, face down, and says, “It doesn’t main funders through the Van- Entrance by donation reminders. In the meantime, Chittock says AIDS Van- RSVP required at matter if you’re fucking or getting fucked — anal couver Coastal Health Authority 3030.aidsvancouver.org At the same time, he says, couver still plays an important role in the gay sex without a condom is a very big risk, for him — recently cut funding to the some people within the organi- community. and for you.” organization’s last prevention- zation believed the gay commu- “We’re still a major first stop point of entry for The shift away from such direct messaging worker position, leaving it ill-equipped and nity was abandoning them. “It was a relationship anyone that’s diagnosed with HIV,” he says. “So, extends beyond AIDS Vancouver, Chittock says. under-resourced to do much, if any, prevention issue. But you don’t see that when you’re in it,” if they’re gay, definitely, they’re welcome to walk “The movement has become more polite, politi- work on its own. Banks says. in our doors and we’ll initiate the service-delivery cally correct. It’s changed over the years because The little prevention work it still does is now “More and more, even HIV-positive gay guys component within the whole health system, not of the change in the direction HIV has taken.” geared toward educators and community organiz- were seeing that the gay-friendly space in the just within AIDS Vancouver.”
MORE AT DAILYXTRA.COM XTRA! JULY 18–31, 2013 17 Hungry for human co In our effort to protect children from abuse, we have ENTER TO WIN overcompensated, resulting in a touch-deprived populace a pair of tickets to Running Wild in Oz ASK THE EXPERT Dear Concerned, and sexual touch can be very thin.” An Adult LGBTTIQQ2S and Allies Campout. DR PEGA REN Thank you for your letter. I do indeed How surprising to me. I know the dif- understand the spirit in which you ference. Children do, too. Aug 9–11th at the Birken Lakeside Resort write. It represents what is called sex In fact, research (Davis, Montague) panic, and well-meaning as I’m sure demonstrates that those denied physi- More info at runningwildproductions.com you are, you have missed the point. cal touch succumb to exploitation, so To enter, send your name and phone number in an email to [email protected]. Dear Dr Ren, Your caution reaps the opposite of what hungry are they for human contact. Winners will be notified via email. I’m responding to your recent column you intend. In our eff ort to protect children from Contest closes July 25. in Xtra in which you told the touch- In my answer to “X,” I made several abuse, we have overcompensated, re- hungry fellow — now that sexual touch suggestions about ways to slake his sulting in a touch-deprived populace. is pretty much past — to get into activi- hunger for touch, including dancing When we discourage teachers from ties with children. I think this advice is inappropriate. The line between physical and sexual touch can be very thin, so to suggest that someone who’s trying to transition Copious aff ection and from sexual to physical touch only play with children as part of meeting that positive, loving touch protect need just seems unwise. children from exploitation. Touching kids should arise out of mutual, equal needs, but adults always have power over children. Even if the adult’s need is not pedophilic, this in- and massage, along with playing with touching students, inhibit children’s equality still risks touch being awkward kids. In fact, the least sensual of these natural inclination to cuddle, and pre- for the child. activities would be sharing time with vent anyone but family (where most I also wonder about parents or child- children. abuse occurs) to interact with our care people learning that “X” wants This societal belief that touch may kids, those kids grow up conflicted physical satisfaction from touch be construed as dangerously sexual about their desire for touch. It is this and hearing that you advised him to prevents us from experiencing the lack of touch that causes vulnerability get it this way? Probably not good for benefi ts of touch and enjoying physi- and confusion. Copious aff ection and your professional image. cal closeness with others. We grow positive, loving touch protect children I hope you take this in the positive more comfortable with isolation than from exploitation. manner in which it is written. with intimacy. Let me address another thread in Concerned You say the “line between physical your letter. “X” wrote as a gay man dis-
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MUSIC folk music and storytelling culture. Folk festivals no longer book just folk DENISE SHEPPARD “I think that is becoming more and more a music, says hip-hop artist and former part of folk festival mandates — to serve the au- Vancouverite Kinnie Starr, above. Kaki King, left, admits she can’t stand the She may be a talented instrumental guitarist, but dience as much diversity as possible,” she says. Indigo Girls’ acoustic guitar sound. Kaki King isn’t a fan of traditional folk music, “This is an opportunity to see all the music VANCOUVER FOLK MUSIC FESTIVAL queer or otherwise. you want to see in an outdoor venue,” Starr The New Yorker seems to shudder as she points out. “You’re not stuck in a bar; you’re remembers the early days of queer folk music. outside and you can really feel like you’re a part include Perlstein and Deep South–sounding “Everyone loved the Indigo Girls, and I could of something!” vocalist Alynda Lee Segarra, who is in fact Puerto not stand the sound of acoustic guitars being Yosi Perlstein, Hurray for the Riff Raff’s Rican and originally from the Bronx. played like that,” she says, “so I sulked through charming trans guy/genderqueer fi ddle player/ Perlstein still sees the importance of being the period and listened to PJ Harvey and The drummer, prefers playing the independent folk out in public. Cure and Depeche Mode.” fest circuit for a number of reasons. “At every show we do, I always want to present King, who is scheduled to play at the Van- “They give us a lot more room to be who we myself at least obviously queer, if not trans. I couver Folk Music Festival this month, has are,” he says. wanna be as out, as obvious, as possible, because performed with everyone from Foo Fighters “It feels a lot more acceptable in the inde- I want people to see me and realize if I can do to Timbaland and scored much of Sean Penn’s pendent world to have a transgender person in it, they can do it, too. And just to bring a queer beautiful fi lm Into the Wild. a band. We play so often in dive bars and small presence to straight situations.” Recently married, she now relishes the chance venues, and I always have to think, ‘Do I look like Starr, too, hopes to empower people with her to share her queer perspective onstage. “I talk a boy or a girl right now?’ to decide presence and music. a lot about what that experience has been like, which bathroom I should go into,” VANCOUVER “I try to make music that makes people feel how it has changed my life and how important says Perlstein, whose New Orleans FOLK FESTIVAL stronger,” she says, “by being myself and being Fri, July 19–Sun, July 21 it is,” she says. band is also scheduled to perform Jericho Beach Park true to my artistic forum: I’m female, I’m not “For people who care about music, festivals at the festival. 3941 Point Grey Rd black, and I write my own hip-hop beats, and are a really good way of supporting artists and “Also, the music we play allows thefestival.bc.ca I’ve been rapping for 15 years, so that is kind of seeing diversity,” says rapper and former Van- us to be who we are and not have to outside the box. couverite Kinnie Starr. conform to be what’s going to sell on the radio.” “In a way, I think that empowers girls, straight “Folk festivals no longer just book folk,” Hurray for the Riff Raff is a four-piece band or gay. I’m hoping that. I get seriously empow- Starr notes. “That is phasing out. Hip hop is that plays old-time twang. Founding members ered when I see women excel!”
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MORE AT DAILYXTRA.COM XTRA! JULY 18–31, 2013 27 TransgressionCelebrating Queer Arts Fest’s importance confirmed by public outcry over government cuts
COVER STORY minted six-foot-tall transit-stop posters DAVID P BALL advertising transgression. The sudden funding cut taught her “We are very much, once again, in the not to rely on the “whims” of govern- pioneering years of who we could be,” ment support, she says. proclaims artist Paul Wong, as he pre- “It just shows how homophobia is pares to co-curate the Queer Arts Fes- still out there. We live in a bit of a false tival’s (QAF) three-week exhibit. paradise in Canada. We have so many Entitled TransgressionNow, both rights and so much freedom here,” the exhibit and festival are a chance to she says, “whereas in other countries rediscover the radical roots of the gay there’s the death penalty to be a homo. liberation movement and to explore But here we get these cuts that come a more subversive future, Wong says. out of nowhere.” The festival is preparing to open only A happier lesson, Holman notes, is two months after the federal govern- the level of community support QAF ment suddenly cut its annual $44,000 obviously inspires: “We saw so much grant — only to reinstate three-quarters community pressure to the government of the funding after a public outcry. to reverse its decision.” In a letter to the Pride in Art Society This year’s festival will feature more (PiA), which produces QAF, the Depart- than 20 events, including the exhibit; ment of Canadian Heritage said it re- concerts by Yamantaka/Sonic Ti- scinded the funding because the festival tan, Kinnie Starr and Cris Derksen; a no longer fit the sponsorship criteria cutting-edge dance duet; and the pre- to deliver “measurable and tangible miere of Canada’s first lesbian opera, results, to optimize available funds, and specially commissioned for QAF. to meet the needs of Canadians.” Set in the imaginary country of Fun- QAF artistic director Shaira (SD) damentalia — somewhat reminiscent of Holman was skeptical but undaunted. a Middle Eastern state, but evoking reli- “Is it Iran? The Southern US? The Bible Belt in BC? In a funny way, it’s a little of all With the sixth annual event less than gious bigotry wherever it appears — the of them,” director James Fagan Tait says a month away and enough of the fund- opera When the Sun Comes Out traces of the fictional land in which When the Sun ing restored to survive, at least for now, the difficult choices faced by two women Comes Out takes place. BELLE ANCELL Holman calmly unfurls QAF’s newly in love despite deadly consequences if they get caught. With music composed by Leslie Uyeda and the libretto by poet from faithlessness to encounter a trust “We humans like to make animals “All that stuff is not necessarily writ- Rachel Rose, the opera “is about living in the future,” Fagan Tait says. seem more human, but we’re actually ten, but it’s queer wisdom.” At the Queer Arts in a dangerous place,” says director Also set to perform at this year’s just wanting to look at ourselves.” For her, QAF represents much more Festival, I really look James Fagan Tait, “but a place of faith, festival is acclaimed Montreal chore- On the heels of publishing her mem- than simply a collection of queer artists a wobbly, destabilizing place.” ographer George Stamos, in his pig- oir, How Poetry Saved My Life: A Hus- under one roof. Had Canadian Heritage around, look at “One mustn’t pretend that’s the only mask-wearing duet Liklik Pik, in which tler’s Memoir, writer Amber Dawn is not partly restored the festival’s fund- Vancouver, and see place with oppression against same-sex animal costumes enable a playful explo- hosting a festival workshop on “Tough ing, Amber Dawn says, the community love,” he cautions. “Fundamentalia is a ration of humans’ more animal urges Language & Tender Wisdoms,” in which would have suffered a “really frighten- what a great bit Orwellian. Is it Iran? The Southern and desires. veterans and first-time writers alike can ing” loss. community we are. US? The Bible Belt in BC? In a funny “Mask work, the way I approach it, is explore their personal stories and ways “At the Queer Arts Festival, I really way, it’s a little of all of them. It’s also actually a way to bring emphasis to the to put them on paper. look around, look at Vancouver, and It’s so diverse and where oppression is within ourselves body,” Stamos tells Xtra. “In a way, even “I’m trying to contrast tenderness see what a great community we are,” dynamic now. — anywhere that can’t bear lines being though masking ourselves as pigs, we’re against toughness,” she explains. “To live she says. “It’s so diverse and dynamic AMBER DAWN, crossed.” doing so to reveal our human bodies and an out queer life requires both strength, now. Some of the greatest shows I see AUTHOR AND QAF WORKSHOP Ultimately embracing their forbidden bodily tendencies. We’re not pretending of course, but also fluidity, openness and all year are at the festival.” HOST love, the opera’s characters “emerge we are pigs! often solidarity with others. Though Canadian Heritage never
28 JULY 18–31, 2013 XTRA! VANCOUVER’S GAY & LESBIAN NEWS “We humans like to make animals seem more human, but we’re actually just wanting to look at ourselves,” says Liklik Pik choreographer George Stamos. QAF/ JOHNNY RANGER
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fully explained its funding cut or its Through Arts and Heritage program. Artistic director Shaira (SD) Holman reversal, a spokesperson now tells Xtra “This program provides Canadians would like to believe the federal there was a “review of the fi le.” with more opportunities to take part in government’s decision to cut funding to the Queer Arts Festival in May was “All applications are activities that present lo- simply an “oversight.” DAVID P BALL assessed in accordance QUEER ARTS FESTIVAL cal arts and culture, and PINK MARTINI with the Government of Wed, July 24–Fri, Aug 9 celebrate local history Roundhouse Friday, August 9th, 2013 Canada’s ongoing goal Community Centre and heritage.” ing cut was simply an “oversight.” But to fund projects that 181 Roundhouse Mews Gagnaire did not re- others do not mince words. identify and deliver queerartsfestival.com spond to questions about “Do we really need a reenactment “Pink Martini is a rollicking measurable, tangible why the queer festival of the War of 1812 that costs millions,” results that contribute to program in particular was singled out for cuts, Amber Dawn asks, “while cutting-edge, around-the-world musical adventure...” objectives, provide the best value for when other events have received diverse art is struggling?” money, and meet the needs of Ca- boosts in recent years. “I look at a fest like the Queer Arts nadians,” Catherine Gagnaire says, Asked to clarify her comment that Festival — they’re on the forefront of reiterating the mandate of the de- “homophobia is still out there,” Hol- aesthetic and cultural dialogue today. Tickets: missionhillwinery.com partment’s Building Communities man says she hopes the original fund- I’m so proud to be part of it.”
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JULY 24 – AUGUST 9 ART PARTY! JULY 24 | 7PM w/ MC Barb Snelgrove ROUNDHOUSE COMMUNITY ARTS & RECREATION CENTRE queerartsfestival.com Tickets at Little Sister’s Bookstore, online at brownpapertickets.com, or at the QAF box office 30 minutes before each show.
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30 JULY 18–31, 2013 XTRA! VANCOUVER’S GAY & LESBIAN NEWS TransgressionNow Curated Visual Art Exhibition PRIDE IN ART Community Art Show Curated by Paul Wong and Glenn Alteen. Local artists on display through- out the common areas of the Queer art has always included notions of Roundhouse. transgression, but in the media age, what was once transgressive is now commonplace. QAF WORKSHOPS So what does transgression look like now? All workshops take place at the Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre unless July 24 – August 9 otherwise noted. Registration online at www. queerartsfestival.com Gallery Hours: 11am - 10pm Mon-Fri | 11am - 4:30pm Sat-Sun
TOUGH LANGUAGE & TENDER WISDOMS LIKLIK PIK YAMANTAKA//SONIC TITAN A Memoir Writing Workshop for Transgressive Montreal choreographer George Stamos In partnership with the Powell Street Festival Voices led by Amber Dawn explores the animal urges in men. Blending Noh, Chinese Opera, Chinese, Fri Jul 26 | 6-8:30pm These guys are pigs. Japanese and First Nations Mythology, Sat Jul 27 | 2-4:30 pm Fri Jul 26 | 7:30pm and Rock Operatics into a sensory feast. Sat Aug 3 | 7:30 pm KNOWING NOT KNOWING BI, HUNG, FIT... AND MARRIED Dance Improvisation & Technique Workshop by BIG GAY SING! Liklik Pik choreographer George Stamos. A one-man show written and With the Vancouver Men’s Chorus performed by Mark Bentley Cohen. Sat Jul 27 | 12-2 pm This interactive audience sing-along Jul 25, 28 | 7:30 pm is the perfect way to keep the Jul 27 | 3:00 pm celebration going after the parade: WHEN THE SUN COMES OUT karaoke with glitter! OPERA OUTREACH Sun Aug 4 | 7:30 pm CLEAN SHEETS 2013 When the Sun Comes Out explores issues of Co-presented with the frank theatre company homophobic violence and the search for safety, community, and home. QAF’s workshops create Theatrical readings of the best new WHEN THE SUN COMES OUT opportunities for you to share your own queer queer plays in Canada. A story of forbidden love, divided migration stories. 7:00 pm - Inna di Wardrobe by Deidre loyalties, and culture clash. The world “D-Lishus” Walton premiere of Canada’s first lesbian Rainbow Refugee Discussion Forum opera, by Leslie Uyeda and Rachel 8:30 pm - All In by Jan Derbyshire Hosted by Rainbow Refugee Coalition and SFU Rose, commissioned by QAF. Woodwards Office of Community Engagement Mon Jul 29 Aug 5, 7, 9 | 7:30 pm At SFU Woodwards FRUIT FLAMBÉ Sun Jul 28 | 5-7 pm In partnership with The Cultch’s IGNITE! LITERARY SOIRÉE Youth-driven Arts Festival A Celebration of Poets & Writers Escape Artists Hosted by Rachel Rose Writing workshop with Karen X. Tulchinsky The flaming fruition of our six-week transdisciplinary youth mentoring Readings and conversation with Aug 1 | 7-9 pm program: performance art meets Rachel Rose, Billeh Nickerson, Betsy indie rock spiced with Burlesque and Warland, Gregory Scofield, and interjected with slam poetry! Rebecca Brown. VISUAL ARTS MIXED MEDIA WORK- Jul 30 & 31 | 7:30 pm Tue Aug 6 | 7:30 pm SHOPS FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES With Roxanne Gagnon Get honest, a little dirty, and gain a better REFLECTION/REFRACTION DANCE OUT LOUD understanding of your artistic expression and 5 performing artists create 5 new Co-presented by Kinesis Dance somatheatro your connection to community. in partnership with Our City of Colours works in response to 5 short films, For queer and allied youth: curated by Jen Crothers and Dancers explore the theme of identity Fri | Aug 2 | 7-9:30 pm Kristina Lemieux. and how it affects the performer’s relationship to the physical space. Sat | Aug 3 | 3-5:30 pm Thu Aug 1 | 7:30 pm Thu Aug 8 | 7:30 pm For queer families: Mon | Aug 5 | 4-6 pm KINNIE STARR WITH CRIS DERKSEN QAF CLOSING PARTY Closing another incredible QAF with Q–ACTORS CONNECTING Official launch concert for Kinnie’s nibbles, libations, queer conviviality Co-presented with the Queer Performing Arts Society new album Kiss It – ticket includes and thanks to our amazing volunteers! CD. With genre-defying cellist Seek advice and get inspired, as working Cris Derksen. Fri Aug 9 | 9:00 pm professionals and up-and-coming artists come together in 3 afternoons of dialogue and theatre. Fri Aug 2 | 7:30 pm At the PAL Studio Theatre, 581 Cardero St. Morgan Brayton - Sat Jul 27 | 1-4 pm FESTIVAL PASSES: 4 shows for $69 (some exceptions apply) Bill Marchant - Sat Aug 3 | 11 am – 2 pm $5 youth tickets to select shows available through the TD Come Out for Art Youth Shawn Macdonald - Sat Aug 10 | 1-4 pm
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Hosted does not exist. 6:30pm. Vancouver Vancouver’s neo-burlesque troupe Shifting Origins: by legendary female illusionist Public Library, 345 Robson St, Alice A Pride celebration for older and with a passion for DIY pinup-grrl Larry Edwards (aka Hot Chocolate). MacKay Room. Free. Let’s Dance! Let’s Talk! aging queers and allies, sponsored culture, and DJ Free Lee. Billed as an 19-plus. 8–11pm. TD Tower, Contemporary dance company by the 411 Seniors Centre Society. event for grown-up girls and their 700 W Georgia St. $50 at Co Erasga shines a spotlight With MC Alexandra Henriques, friends. Dress to impress. 19-plus. Sat, July 27 friendsandcompany.ca. on intercultural dance and dialogue live entertainment with The 7pm–1am. Keefer Bar, 135 Keefer Bears, the Baths with its second annual outreach Bobbers improv comedy group, St. $25 at lalasalon.eventbrite.ca; and Beyond series. Discover new contemporary sing-alongs, trivia quiz contests limited tickets at door. Fri, Aug 9 dance techniques with and a fabulous lunch. 1–3pm. The fourth Saturday of each month daily professional master classes, 411 Seniors Centre Society, 333 Pink Martini Steamworks bathhouse has music, then listen to guest artists as they Terminal Ave, #704. $5 suggested, Fri, Aug 2 Featuring 10 to 12 musicians food and hot furry men, 1–6pm. talk about how their cultural origins but not required, donation. For onstage, Pink Martini (the queer Steamworks, 123 W Pender St. Vancouver International have shaped their work. Series runs more info, call 604-684-8171 or “little orchestra”) will perform Monthly membership $6, plus locker Pride tournament to Wed, Aug 14. The Cultch Theatre, email [email protected]. its multilingual repertoire in the or room rental. steamworksonline.com Vancouver’s gay tennis association 1895 Venables St. Master dance 411seniors.bc.ca Okanagan Valley for the fi rst time, at hosts its annual tournament for a 1,000-seat outdoor amphitheatre Gear Saturday Pride weekend. Runs until Mon, Aug in a winery. Doors 6pm, concert If the Vancouver Men in Leather’s 5. Registration includes tournament The Queer Arts Festival opens 7:30pm. Mission Hill Family Estate, weekly Friday social is about play, admission to a draw party on Wed, July 24. See story page For daily Pride listings, check Xtra's 1730 Mission Hill Rd, West Kelowna. brotherhood, then Gear is all Fri, Aug 2 and a banquet on Sun, $110–245. missionhillwinery.com 28. QUEER ARTS FESTIVAL about getting dirty. Get your gear Ultimate Pride Guide in this issue. Aug 4. Part of the Gay & Lesbian
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LEANDRO_KIBISZ Beyond Buenos Aires Exploring the Tigre Delta and Mar del Plata
MICHAEL LUONGO The area has a long agricultural his- or lanchas, depart for the surrounding Homosexualidad en la Argentina. Many in the region, including Delta Eco Spa tory, reflected in its Puerto de Frutos, or islands — the more remote, the more older Argentines may also recall the and Rumbo 90. The exclusively gay fruit market, now largely a handicrafts peaceful. Many visitors come for the day 1950s movie that gay icon Tita Merello resort Favela is a small guesthouse with Watery refuge market. In the late 1800s, British mag- to the waterside restaurants or to relax, made here, called Los Isleros, about a a day rate for visitors who come for the Imagine the islands and waterways of nates who developed the railroads built swimming in the silty water or going struggling farm family. barbecue or to suntan waterside with a Venice before they became a developed summer mansions, many mock-Tudor for nature walks and horseback riding. Argentine native Carlos Melia, a mix of tourists and locals. city. That’s the feel of Argentina’s Tigre in style, with grounds full of weeping The remoteness of the Tigre Delta, luxury travel agent who manages the Daytrippers from Buenos Aires might Delta, a wild river and island system willows, giving a sense of London’s and yet its proximity to Buenos Aires, gay-travel-oriented Carlos Melia Blog, want to take the Sturla Viajes boat, less than an hour from Buenos Aires. Hampstead transplanted into the Pam- means it played an important role in the says, “El Tigre is a quick and relaxing which sails from Puerto Madero early One of the world’s largest inland deltas, pas. Modern vacation homes are often development of Argentina’s gay rights getaway from the city of Buenos Aires, in the morning and returns to the city in it is a place of remote tranquility. The built on stilts and each has a small dock. movement. Gay groups could meet in where you will be able to experience a the evening. It is a beautiful way to enjoy name Tigre comes from the Spanish There are no cars on the islands, and privacy on the islands, especially dur- completely different side of Argentina the watery side of this South American word for tiger, reflecting the jaguars even kids go to school by boat. ing dictatorships, without fear of gov- in direct contact with nature.” metropolis. that once roamed here. The delta is The town of Tigre itself is on the ernment attack. A small gay presence Melia’s favourite hotel stay in Tigre formed by the confluence of five rivers mainland, its main feature the belle developed, though never to the extent is “without a doubt La Becasina Delta that flow through the grassy, sediment- époque Museo de Arte Tigre, a former of American resort towns Fire Island Lodge,” a luxury complex with bun- Argentina’s beach resort rich Pampas, depositing their silt as casino, and is accessible by a 45-minute or Provincetown. Much of this history galows and a swimming pool in a wild, Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina, they meet with the Rio de la Plata north train trip from Buenos Aires’s Retiro is detailed in gay journalist Osvaldo overgrown wooded setting. Luxury has long been a gay vacation spot. In of the Argentine capital. Station. From the town, various boats, Bazán’s important book Historia de la accommodations have begun to sprout 2003, it became especially popular
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Clockwise from far left: Mar del Plata theatre and other entertainment, along this city by the beach has a thriving in a new location; and Clip Club is a great beaches; the Museo de Arte in Tigre; with DJs who travel the beach-scene cir- year-round gay scene, one that really place with great DJs.” Tigre’s Puerto de Frutos ("fruit port") is cuit. The city is not as chic as Uruguay’s heats up with the temperature. Duszczak adds that day and night, now a craft market; the canals of Tigre. Punta del Este, where Argentina’s jet set Marcos Duszczak lives with his part- Mar del Plata has something to offer. head. Instead, you’ll find largely middle- ner, Rodolfo Moro, in Mar del Plata. To- A trip to the city will teach you how and working-class Argentines vacation- gether, they produced the documentary the Argentines vacation, all in a gay- ing here, many spending every summer Familias por Igual, or Families Alike, friendly way. when same-sex civil unions were legal- weekend in second homes that have been about queer families in Argentina. ized and even more so with the 2010 held by their families for generations. Duszczak says, “The gay life in Mar del The province of Misiones, a passing of the country’s same-sex mar- Don’t expect the Caribbean or even Plata is very rich. It has two gay beaches, 90-minute flight from Buenos riage act. But while you’re planning your Rio de Janeiro — the Atlantic is, rela- one near downtown, called Playa Chica, Aires, is home to Iguazu Falls, Argentine getaway, have you ever won- tively speaking, on the cold side at this and the other one, Playa Escondida, in 17th-century missions and Argentina’s dered where Argentines plan theirs? latitude, but the beach is definitely the the outside of the city”; the latter serves legendary gauchos. Learn more about The answer for many is Mar del Plata, city’s social focus. The long waterfront as the city’s nude beach. He adds that it at dailyxtratravel.com. a resort on the Atlantic coast that’s a promenade is called La Rambla. Its heart for vacationers wanting to meet locals, four- to five-hour trip southeast of the is a plaza fronted by stone sea lions (real “during the day and night, one of the best capital in Buenos Aires Province. ones can sometimes be found on the ways to meet people is to walk around On the web Mar del Plata is a large city on its own, beach) and the city’s casino complex, the shore. The city is really gay-friendly, with nearly 750,000 year-round resi- which also houses an NH Hotel, an iconic and usually you see gay people in the Argentina tourism dents. This swells to millions in the South structure designed by Argentine archi- diverse variety of pubs and bars, in Alem argentina.travel American summertime, which is the tect José María Bustillo in the 1940s. Street, or in the clubs, like Sobremonte Tigre Delta tourism reverse of North America’s. You’ll find it’s You’ll often find street entertainers and in Avenida Constitución. But for those laisladelta.com.ar happening from November to March and buskers thrilling the crowds on La Ram- who prefer a strictly gay place, you can puntodelta.com.ar busiest in December and January. Much bla. Further from the heart of the city, the choose between the three gay clubs of Mar del Plata tourism of Buenos Aires’s cultural scene moves beaches are lined by rocky bluffs. the city: Extasis Disco is the oldest club mardelplata.gov.ar CHRISTIAN HAUGEN here for the season, with summer stock It should come as no surprise that in the city; Pin Up Club recently opened gaymardelplata.com.ar
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LALOGGIA.CA Exquisite gardens, ALEXANDRELOGAN.COM clothing optional Montreal bed and breakfasts offer a wide variety for weekend getaways
MATTHEW HAYS is it a stunning building; it features all Maison des Jardins, owned and run by the amenities and sits in the heart of Luc and Robert. As the name implies, As people make plans to travel to Mon- the Village. (1631 Alexandre de Sève St; these guys love their garden, and it is treal, they should keep lodging alter- alexandrelogan.com) spectacular. There’s also an outdoor natives in mind. Stereotypes do tend La Conciergerie also feels historic, jacuzzi (even in winter months) and a to be accurate for gay tourists: we love and with 19 rooms it feels more like a trained and licensed on-site massage fancy, high-end hotels. But there are small European hotel than a B&B. In therapist, so you can book a treatment some stunning, very inviting bed and the spring and summer the proprietors while booking your room. This estab- breakfasts in the city run by incredibly maintain a lush garden. The break- lishment is men-only and smoke-free. RUTABAGAGE.COM attentive hosts, offering perfect — and fast room, encased in glass, provides (1365 Logan St; maison-desjardins.ca) Clockwise from top left: La Loggia's garden is an urban oasis; the quaint oftentimes far less expensive — home a lovely view. There’s also a private On a smaller scale is Ruta Bagage, but dining room at Alexandre Logan; one of Ruta Bagage's romantic guest rooms. bases while visiting the city. And un- roof deck, whirlpool and a gym. “It’s this intimate B&B has intense charm like a large hotel chain, these smaller not mandatory to be gay to stay here,” going for it. The lovely rooftop patio is Beaudry Metro, the epicentre of the anyone visiting the city. This B&B is run establishments are often gay-owned, co-owner and manager Luc says, “but a perfect place to relax between big-city Village. (1279 Montcalm St; bbv.qc.ca) by art enthusiasts, so the entire house is so you’re putting money back into the that is mainly who we serve.” (1019 St ventures. With plenty of attention to L’Escogriffe B&B features basic filled with fascinating works. They also local queer community. Hubert St; laconciergerie.ca) detail in its decoration, Ruta Bagage is rooms, shared bathrooms and a delight- offer art workshops for those interested The Alexandre Logan was fully reno- Just up the street is NuZone, a bit dif- also adorned with fine works of art. The ful and accommodating host. There’s in honing their skills. (1637 Amherst St; vated in 2002 by its owner, Alain Pigeon. ferent in mandate, in that this is a B&B spacious rooms are bathed in natural also a balcony and a beautiful terrace for laloggia.ca) The refurbishing was so exquisite that that caters to men only. It’s also clothing light thanks to huge windows. (1345 lounging. Men only. And note: this B&B it earned the B&B a certificate of merit optional, so you can pack light — al- Ste-Rose St; rutabagage.com) has a charming dog and three cats, so it’s For more information on from the National Geographic Society. ways a bonus. There are only four guest BBV Bed and Breakfast du Village is probably not a place for those with al- gay tourism in Montreal, “I wanted to return the building to its rooms, but there’s a common room, an another highly recommended choice, lergies. (1264 Wolfe St; lescogriffe.com) visit tourisme-montreal.org. historic splendour,” Pigeon says. “I open kitchen, a sauna and an exercise with a great selection of rooms, all com- La Loggia is located on Amherst, a For information on more than wanted it to be pretty much as it was room. (1729 St Hubert St; nuzone.ca) pletely refurbished in 2011. Location is strip of antique and retro high-end junk 180 places of interest in Montreal, when it was first built in 1870.” Not only Also in the heart of the Village is also primo: it’s a two-minute walk from shops that is a mandatory stopover for visit dailyxtratravel.com.
38 JULY 18–31, 2013 XTRA! DAILY XTRA TRAVEL SECTION VANCOUVER'S GAY & LESBIAN NEWS Facelift for Black & Blue Circuit party will be refocused toward gay jet setters Bad Boy Club Montréal (BBCM) is “Our new partnerships with Priape revamping Black & Blue by moving and The Saint will help us reach our the festival to the cutting-edge Arsenal goals,” Vezina says, noting that the space, in Montreal’s historic Griffi n- event will be re-geared toward gay jet town neighbourhood, for the circuit setters from all over the world, with a Black & Blue Festival. party’s 23rd edition this October. focus on the United States. LOUIS-MARTIN LEBLANC Some 5,000 people danced the night Vezina says the Arsenal venue was away on three dancefloors in Mon- chosen to bring “freshness” to the treal’s Palais des Congrès last year. At- main Black & Blue event. During the fi rst party in 1991 — raising $3,500 for
tendance at the all-night party peaked mid-19th century, this industrial space AIDS Community Care Montreal — ALWAYS THE SMART CHOICE in 1999 when 17,000 people packed served as a shipyard, where commer- Black & Blue has become one of the B&B’s dancefloor in the outfield of cial seagoing vessels were constructed most successful all-night dance par- Olympic Stadium. and serviced. ties on the planet. Over the past two “We are excited to begin a new era of While the building’s interior and decades, Vezina says, Black & Blue events with the selection of Arsenal as exterior architectural features have has generated more than $320 million a major innovative space,” says Rob- been preserved, the 41,000-square- in local economic spinoffs and has ert Vezina, Black & Blue’s president foot venue is now home to art gal- donated $1.8 million to various AIDS and co-founder. “[It’s] a great way leries, an artist studio, a multimedia and queer organizations. for BBCM to increase the success of room and two enormous halls that This year’s edition will take place Oct the foundation and the generated can be subdivided and transformed to 9 to 15, during the Canadian Thanks- proceeds in order to help community fi t any type and size of event. Black & giving and American Columbus Day groups.” Blue organizers want to capture a cool weekends. —Richard Burnett BBCM has announced two major “warehouse” feel and plan to convert partnerships: with the Priape group, the space into a big underground club For more information, as a principal title sponsor, and New for thousands of people. visit bbcm.org. York’s Saint at Large. After drawing 800 revellers to their PIKNIC ÉLECTRONIK “A truly Montreal experience and the perfect way to end a summer weekend! Every Sunday afternoon at about 5pm, just hop on the metro, exit at Parc Jean- MY Drapeau, walk over to the huge Calder Montreal statue and start dancing to some of the best electronic DJs in the world. Or have SANDMAN IS PROUD TO SUPPORT a drink or people watch or just relax on THE LGBT COMMUNITY the grass. Piknic is an amazing outdoor party that can be as chill or as exciting as So Many Reasons to Stay: Close to English Bay & Stanley Park | City, ocean & mountain views | you choose. Gay, straight and anything In-suite washer/dryer units | Complimentary high-speed Internet | Outdoor pool (seasonal) | Meeting & banquet facilities | Business centre | Fitness facilities | pHresh Spa & Wellness Club | Gated, in between — everyone is there. I bring underground parking | Moxie’s Grill & Bar with room service all my guests visiting Montreal here.” — Tanya Churchmuch, QUOTE ‘XTRA’ WHEN MAKING YOUR RESERVATION AND RECEIVE 10% OFF OUR BEST Tourisme Montreal AVAILABLE RATE* *Must present ad upon check-in. Valid until December 31, 2013. Subject to availability. Info: piknicelectronik.com
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