Vancouver's (British Columbia, Canada) LGBT community is centered on Davie Village. Historically, LGBT people have also gathered in the Chinatown and Gastown neighborhoods. Former establishments include Dino's Turkish Baths, a gay bathhouse on Hastings, and the city's first drag bar, BJ's, on Pender Street.[1]
CBC has said Vancouver is seen as a haven for LGBT people,[2] and Condé Nast Traveler has called Vancouver the most gay-friendly city in Canada.[3]
Community centres[edit]
Qmunity, founded in 1979 as the Vancouver Gay Community Centre and formerly known as The Centre, is located on Bute Street in Davie Village.[4]
Events[edit]
LGBT events in Vancouver include:
- Pride Week 1973
- Queer Arts Festival
- Vancouver Pride Festival, annual LGBTQ+ pride event
- Vancouver Queer Film Festival
The annual Gay Men's Health Summit is hosted by Vancouver's Community-Based Research Centre for Gay Men's Health (CBRC).[5]
Media[edit]
Xtra Vancouver was a gay bi-weekly newspaper, published by Pink Triangle Press between 1993 and 2015.
Bars and nightclubs[edit]
LGBT bars and nightclubs in Vancouver include Celebrities Nightclub, Fountainhead Pub, The Junction, and Numbers, and Pumpjack Pub.
Organizations[edit]
LGBT organizations based in Vancouver include:
- AIDS Vancouver
- BC Gay and Lesbian Archives
- Dancing to Eagle Spirit Society[6]
- Gay Alliance Toward Equality
- Greater Vancouver Native Cultural Society (GVNCS Two-Spirit Society)[6]
- Kiss and Tell collective
- Our City of Colours[6]
- Pinoy Pride Vancouver[6]
- Q Hall of Fame Canada
- Rainbow Refugee[6][7]
- Salaam Vancouver[6]
- Sher Vancouver[6]
- Trikone Vancouver [6]
- Vancouver Gay Liberation Front[8]
- Vancouver Pride Society[8]
- Yad b’Yad LGBTQ[6]
References[edit]
- ^ "Gay footsteps through time". Daily Xtra. 2006-08-01. Archived from the original on 2017-06-16. Retrieved 2017-06-11.
- ^ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-safe-haven-lgbtq-1.6117787
- ^ "An LGBT Guide to Canada's Most Gay-Friendly City". Condé Nast Traveler. 2015-07-03. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
- ^ "B.C. LGBT resource centre Qmunity finally ends decades-long search for new Vancouver location". Straight.com. 2017-05-19. Archived from the original on 2017-07-01. Retrieved 2017-06-11.
- ^ "Gay Men's Health Summit 2017 to explore HIV prevention beyond just sex". Straight.com. 2017-06-06. Archived from the original on 2017-06-07. Retrieved 2017-06-11.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Takeuchi, Craig (July 28, 2016). "From South Asian to Jewish Canadians: Metro Vancouver's LGBT cultural organizations and groups". The Georgia Straight. Archived from the original on May 28, 2017. Retrieved June 10, 2017.
- ^ "Vancouver, Toronto LGBT organizations launch emergency response to Chechnya gay prison camps". Straight.com. 2017-04-19. Archived from the original on 2017-06-24. Retrieved 2017-06-11.
- ^ a b "Longtime Vancouver LGBT activists speak up for police presence at Pride parade". CBC News. 2017-02-20. Archived from the original on 2017-05-26. Retrieved 2017-06-11.
External links[edit]
- "LGBTQ community". City of Vancouver.
- Peeples, Jase (May 15, 2014). "A Definitive Gay Guide to Vancouver, B.C." Out Traveler.
- Ferber, Lawrence (July 3, 2015). "An LGBT Guide to Vancouver, Canada's Most Gay-Friendly City". Condé Nast Traveler.
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