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Following on the heels of the successful locally-shot series Don’t Quit Your Gay Job and Tops & Bottoms, OUTtv is returning to Vancouver with a one-night only comedy show, Out For Laughs, to be filmed on October 13th for later broadcast.

October 3rd will mark the 30th Anniversary edition of the Rhinestone Phoenix Charity Foundation's Mr and Ms Gay Vancouver pageant with their gala A Faerie Tale: The Drag Queen & I in the Crystal Ballroom at the Empire Landmark Hotel.

Submit a photo by October 10th 2009 and you can be in the 2010 Dyke Vancouver Calendar.

On September 17, 2009 the Adoptive Families Association of BC (AFABC) will hold a Gay Adoption Information Session where you can meet gay and lesbian adoptive parents and hear their stories much like that of David Kuefler and Peter ter Weeme.  We caught up with David, past president of the AFABC to learn more about the organization and their own adoption of eight-year old Chloe.

GayVancouver.Net (Gay Vancouver Online) is joining forces with the Vancouver who’s who of the Twitter world during Twestival 2009 on Saturday, September 12, 2009. This year's Vancouver Twestival participants have chosen the BC Children's Hospital Foundation's Campaign for Children campaign as the recipient of 100% of the funds raised during the event.

August may be prime beach time but, for Vancouverites, the biggest party of the summer happens after the kids go back to school. September 12 marks Davie Day 2009, the West End Business Improvement Association (WEBIA)’s sixth annual celebration of the history, culture and creativity of Vancouver’s West End.

The Shooting Stars Foundation presents its annual GAMBADO! fundraiser on September 24th with a dinner and auction on Granville Island hosted by GlobalTV celebrity Mark Madryga.

From Buffalo to British Columbia, AIDS activists will rally Sunday, August 16th to support the lifting U.S. Ban on HIV-positive immigrants and visitors.

The City of Vancouver LGBTQ Advisory Committee is seeking community input and wants to know what your priorities are for our community in Vancouver.

There is a food revolution going on folks and whether it is organics or the lofty goals of a 100-mile diet, more and more Vancouver urban dwellers are discovering the benefits of their local farmers markets.