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Are you positive you’re not positive?  According to recent statistics, there is a good chance you might not.  St Paul's Hospital is looking to change those statistics through free rapid and confidential HIV testing.

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and A Loving Spoonful is offering up the perfect gift for friends, family, lovers, and everyone in between. “CandyGrams” are a playful throwback to grade-school love notes, and include a Valentine’s Day card, a $15.00 gift card from Kiehl's and two Purdy's heart-shaped chocolates. For a cost of only $10, they can be sent anywhere in Canada.

Writer Tony Correia and illustrator Ken Boesem pay tribute to one of Vancouver’s gay institutions, Doll and Penny's, in a bi-weekly serial set during the heyday of the Davie Village.

Here is our list of ten individuals and groups that we think made a difference in Vancouver's LGBTQ community during 2010.

It definitely 'tis the season!  Vancouver's East Vancouver drag show Apocalypstick! hosts its own holiday extravaganza on Sunday, December 19, 2010 at The Cobalt to raise funds for Out In Schools.

Still searching for that perfect holiday gift?  Perhaps something a little more unique than a big-box gift card?  The Women's Winter Faire just might be what you are looking for as the annual event returns to Main Street's Heritage Hall on December 18 and 19.

Ever wanted to spend a little time during the holidays with royalty?  Now is your chance, as eight of Vancouver’s top Drag Queens presents their fundraiser Christmas with the Queens: A Holiday Spectacular at the River Rock Show Theatre on December 23, 2010.

As part of World AIDS Day and to mark the close of AIDS Vancouver’s month long public education and awareness campaign, The We Care Red Ribbon Campaign, AIDS Vancouver will blitz Davie Street on December 1st with red ribbons to honor those who have lost lives and loved ones to this growing epidemic.

Twenty years ago, the Diorama Party had its start in a cramped West End apartment.  Growing year by year, the party has evolved to the point where this 20th anniversary edition will take place at Celebrities Nightclub on Saturday, 4 December 2010.

Abra Kadabra, Undercover Brother, Jihad Jack.  Indie band names?  Nope.  Try moustaches.  These and many other moustache styles are likely to be on display as the LGBTQ community comes together to crown the second annual Man of Movember on Sunday, November 28th in a fundraiser for Prostate Cancer Canada.