Community Profile

Friends For Life

contactus@gayvancouver.net (Mark Robins) — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 17:58:07 +0000

The Vancouver Friends for Life Society began delivering massage and hot meals to people with HIV/AIDS during the epidemic in the 1990s. Today, Friends for Life provides some 50 different therapies for individuals in the palliative stages of illness.

QueerFM Vancouver

y1c6_contactus@gayvancouver.net (Mark Robins) — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 12:58:45 +0000

Now in its 18th year, QueerFM Vancouver broadcasts four full hours of content for the LGBTQ community each week on CiTR 101.9 FM.

Check HIM out: addressing gay men's physical, sexual, social and mental health

y1c6_contactus@gayvancouver.net (Mark Robins) — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 13:38:06 +0000

As a community-based organization dedicated to strengthening the health and well-being of gay men, Health for Men (HIM) approach includes physical, sexual, social and mental health.

Pinoy Pride Vancouver

y1c6_contactus@gayvancouver.net (Mark Robins) — Tue, 31 May 2011 13:31:30 +0000

Pinoy Pride Vancouver is the first Filipino-Canadian LGBTQ group in British Columbia.

BCPWA is now Positive Living BC

y1c6_contactus@gayvancouver.net (Mark Robins) — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 13:05:17 +0000

The BC Person’s With AIDS Society (BCPWA) is now known as Positive Living Society of British Columbia.

Positive Space Kwantlen

y1c6_contactus@gayvancouver.net (Mark Robins) — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 15:06:40 +0000

A new initiative at Kwantlen Polytechnic University is fighting back against homophobia to create a more inclusive campus for all students.

Lesbian and Gay Immigration Task Force (LEGIT)

y1c6_contactus@gayvancouver.net (Mark Robins) — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 14:04:01 +0000

For some time now Canada has been seen as a relatively safe haven for LGBTQ immigrants, but maneuvering through the government bureaucracy can be a bit daunting; the Lesbian and Gay Immigration Task Force (LEGIT) is here to help.

Lower Mainland Christmas Bureau

y1c6_contactus@gayvancouver.net (Mark Robins) — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 14:53:45 +0000

For 80 years now the Lower Mainland Christmas Bureau has been helping to spread joy for those less fortunate during the holiday season.

Not So Strictly Ballroom

y1c6_contactus@gayvancouver.net (Mark Robins) — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 15:12:50 +0000

Offering Vancouver's only same-sex ballroom classes and dances since 1995, Not So Strictly Ballroom aims to create a community of social dancers in the gay and lesbian community.

The Heart of Richmond AIDS Society

y1c6_contactus@gayvancouver.net (Mark Robins) — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 17:20:18 +0000

Founded in 1997 as a weekly support group for group of Richmond residents infected or affected by HIV, The Heart of Richmond AIDS Society has grown to provide a multitude of support services to people living with HIV/AIDS in the Richmond area.

B.C. Gay and Lesbian Archives

y1c6_contactus@gayvancouver.net (Mark Robins) — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 16:34:01 +0000

The B .C. Gay and Lesbian Archives was founded in 1976 with the task of collecting, preserving and making accessible research materials about the lives of British Columbia gay, lesbian, bisexual, trangendered and intersexual persons. Since it began, the collection has grown to over three-quarters of a million items.

Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence: Abbey of the Long Cedar Canoe

y1c6_contactus@gayvancouver.net (Mark Robins) — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:38:24 +0000

It’s Official. After a 25-year hiatus the most famous drag nuns in history have returned to Canada. With the recent unanimous endorsement of their North American Sisters, Vancouver’s homegrown Abbey of the Long Cedar Canoe now becomes the newest official Mission of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.

Vancouver LGBT Rock Climbing Group

y1c6_contactus@gayvancouver.net (Mark Robins) — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 16:15:21 +0000

New on the local scene, the Vancouver LGBT Rock Climbing Group is looking for new members to join their group of rock climbers.

Out On Screen

y1c6_contactus@gayvancouver.net (Mark Robins) — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 16:44:29 +0000

Sure they put on a fabulous Film Festival each year (the 2010 Vancouver Queer Film Festival takes place August 12-22) but did you know they are actually a year-round, multi-faceted queer arts organization that also includes Out in Schools and the Queer History Project?

Vancouver Men's Chorus

y1c6_contactus@gayvancouver.net (Mark Robins) — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 20:33:21 +0000

One of Canada's premier singing ensembles and Canada's first gay chorus, the Vancouver Men's Chorus has been delighting audiences locally and abroad for more than 25 years.

Rainbow Concert Band

y1c6_contactus@gayvancouver.net (Mark Robins) — Tue, 25 May 2010 16:51:43 +0000

Canada's only GLBT concert band, Vancouver's Rainbow Concert Band celebrates twenty years in 2010.

Pride Education Network

y1c6_contactus@gayvancouver.net (Mark Robins) — Tue, 11 May 2010 18:02:42 +0000

Formerly the Gay and Lesbian Educators (GALE), the Pride Education Network is a group of educators and advocates who are working together to make British Columbia's school system a safe, respectful and inclusive learning environment.

Sher Vancouver

y1c6_contactus@gayvancouver.net (Mark Robins) — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 17:32:42 +0000

A support group for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered and intersex South Asians and their friends, Sher Vancouver, which recently celebrated its second anniversary, offers a variety of both social and support services.

Vancouver Tennis Association: Vancouver's Gay and Lesbian Tennis Club

y1c6_contactus@gayvancouver.net (Mark Robins) — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 23:54:59 +0000

With almost 190 members, the Vancouver Tennis Association is one of the largest gay and lesbian sporting organizations in Vancouver. Registration for the group's 2010 season, which begins May 2nd, is now underway.

BentCarGuys

y1c6_contactus@gayvancouver.net (Mark Robins) — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:09:11 +0000

Want to know the difference between a manifold and a camshaft or does the sight of a Ferrari 430 Scuderia take you to your happy place? Then BentCarGuys, a car club that brings gay and lesbian "car guys" together, might just be what you are looking for.