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With apologies to the Internet Movie
Database (IMDb) the
International Gay Media Database (IGMDb) looks to bring not only
gay themed movies to one location but also music, books and games.
For those of you like us that are looking to fill the void as the latest
edition of the Vancouver Queer Film Festival closes this is a great
place to begin your search for good (and bad) queer cinema.
Montreal is Gay ... but we already knew that! One of our
all-time favourite cities in the world, this site brings your entire gay
experience in Montreal into one simple and handy online reference.
Definitely worth a visit next time you consider visiting this truly
wonderful Canadian city!
August is always a busy month in
Vancouver. First Pride and then the
Vancouver Queer Film Festival. In 2008 the Festival runs
August 14th through 24th bringing two weeks of queer cinema from around
the world to Vancouver. Here is our annual salute to the men and
women who put on the Festival each year!
Each year the
Vancouver Pride Society hosts our city's celebrations.
This is a group of men and women (largely volunteer) that work
tirelessly to put on a week long celebration for us all to enjoy.
It is largely a thankless job so we continue again this year to say a
GREAT BIG THANK YOU to all those involved in making Vancouver Pride 2008
the best Pride celebrations in history!
For the past several weeks we have been
highlighting Pride events worldwide (scroll down to see them all). This
week we recognize
Interpride, the international group that unites and promotes
Pride worldwide. As an added bonus, this year's annual
Interpride World Conference takes place in Vancouver on 23-26
October!
Here are some pride events happening in
November and December
worldwide (be sure to scroll down for other Pride dates
in June, July, August, September & October):
Hilo, HI, TX: 11 Nov,
Hawaii Island Pride Project
Adelaide, Australia: 15 Nov,
Pride March Adelaide
San Pedro, Costa Rica: Festival
de Orgullo
Here are some pride events happening in
October
worldwide (be sure to scroll down for other Pride dates
in June, July, August and September):
Forth Worth, TX: 5-11 Oct,
Tarrant County Gay
Pride Week
Gainesville, FL: 18 Oct,
Gainesville Pride Festival
Gomel, Belarus: 29 Sep-5 Oct:
Pride
2008
Las Angeles, CA: 12 Oct:
LA/Valley Pride
Philadelphia, PA: 12 Oct:
OutFest
Vancouver, BC: 23-26 Oct:
InterPride Conference
Here are some pride events happening in
September worldwide (be sure to scroll down for other pride dates
in June, July and August):
CaboFrio, Brazil: 2-10 Sep,
Cabo Free -
Encontro de Cultura GLBT
Columbia, SC: 20 Sep,
South
Carolina Pride Festival
Dallas, TX: 21 Sep,
Alan Ross
Texas Freedom Parade
Durham, NC: 27 Sep, NC
Parade & Festival
Harriman, TN: 13 Sep, Pride Festival
Iserlohn, Germany: 13 Sep,
Christopher Street
Day
Midlothian, VA: 26-28 Sep,
Virginia Pride
Adelaide, Australia: 18 Sep,
Pride March
Adelaide
Modesto, CA: 27 Sep,
Stanislaus PRIDE Day
Riverside, CA: 13 Sep, Riverside Gay and Lesbian
Pride
Roanoke, VA: 21 Sep,
Roanoke Pride in
the Park
San Francisco, CA: 28 Sep:
Folsom Street Fair
St. George, UT: 26-27 Sep:
Southern
Utah Pride @ Zion
Torrance, CA: 21 Sep: Annual Pride Picnic
Trenton, NJ: 14 Sep:
Capital Rainbowfest VI
Here are some pride events happening in August worldwide (be sure
to scroll down for other pride dates in June and July):
Mannheim, Germany: 2-3 Aug,
http://www.csd-mannheim.de
Reykjavik, Iceland: 7-10 Aug,
http://www.gaypride.is
Eugene, OR: 9 Aug,
http://www.eugenepride.org
Kingston, PA: 10 Aug,
http://www.gaynepa.com
Copenhagen, DK: Aug 11-16,
http://www.copenhagenpride.dk
Reno, NV: 16 Aug,
http://www.renogaypride.com
Montreal, PQ: 17 Aug,
http://www.celebrations-lgbta.org
Ottawa, ON: 15-24 Aug,
www.prideottawa.com
Cincinnati, OH: 29 Aug,
Pride Night at Kings Island
La Crosse, WI: 23 Aug,
http://lacrossepride.7riverslgbt.org
Bakersfield, CA: August 30,
http://www.bakersfieldpride.org
Here are some pride events happening in July worldwide (be sure
to scroll down for other pride dates in June):
Aberdeen, UK: 2-5 Jul,
http://www.rainbowfest.co.uk/
LA, California African American Pride: Jul 3-6,
www.atbla.com
Atlanta, Georgia: Jul 4-6,
www.atlantapride.org
Braunschweig, DE: 12-26 Jul,
http://www.sommerloch-bs.de/
Windsor, ON: Jul 14-20,
www.windsorpride.com
Bremerton, WA: 19 July,
http://kitsappride.org/pride/
Annapolis, MD: 19 Jul
http://www.chesapeakepridefestival.org/
San Diego, California: Jul 19-20,
www.sandiegopride.org
Halifax, NS: Jul 20-27,
www.halifaxpride.com
Montreal, PQ: Jul 22-Aug 3,
www.diverscite.org
Vancouver, BC: Jul 26-Aug 3,
www.vancouverpride.ca
Charlotte, North Carolina: Jul 26,
www.pridecharlotte.com
Babylon, NY: 27 Jul,
http://www.prideallianceofli.org/
Brighton, UK: 26 Jul - 4 Aug,
http://www.brightonpride.org/
This week we celebrate some of the
organizations around North America that are celebrating pride in June:
Santa
Cruz, California: Jun 1,
www.santacruzpride.org
Washington, DC: Jun 6-15,
www.capitalpride.org
Los Angeles, California: Jun 6-8,
www.lapride.org
Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Jun 6-8,
www.pridefest.com
Hartford, Connecticut: Jun 7,
www.connecticutpride.com
Buffalo, New York: Jun 7-8,
www.pride-buffalo.org
Calgary, AB: Jun 7-8,
www.pridecalgary.ca
Hamilton, ON: Jun 7-15,
www.hamiltonpride.com
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Jun 8,
www.phillypride.org
Edmonton, AB: Jun 13-22,
www.prideedmonton.org
Albuquerque, New Mexico: Jun 13-14,
www.abqpride.com
Austin,
Texas: Jun 14,
www.austinprideparade.org
Portland, Oregon: Jun 14-15,
www.pridenw.org
San Jose, California: Jun 14-15,
www.sjgaypride.com
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Jun 16-22,
www.glccpgh.org
Flagstaff, Arizona: Jun 20-22,
www.flagstaffpride.org
Minneapolis, Minnesota: Jun 20-29,
www.tcpride.com
Toronto, ON: Jun 20-Jun 29,
www.pridetoronto.com
Anchorage, Alaska: Jun 20-29,
www.anchoragepride.com
Rhode Island: Jun 21,
www.prideri.com
Cleveland, Ohio: Jun 21,
www.clevelandpride.org
Nanaimo, BC: Jun 21-28,
www.nanaimopride.org
Okanagan, BC: Jun 21-Jul 1,
www.gayokanagan.com/pride2008.html
Seattle, Washington: Jun 22-29,
www.seattlepride.org
New York: Jun 22-29,
www.nycpride.org
Saint Louis, Missouri: Jun 28-29,
www.pridestl.org
Houston, Texas: Jun 28,
www.pridehouston.org
Chicago, Illinois: Jun 29,
www.chicagopridecalendar.org
San Francisco, California: Jun 29,
www.sfpride.org
Victoria, BC: Jun 29-Jul 6,
www.victoriapridesociety.org
Prince George, BC: Jun 30-Jul 6,
www.pgpride.com
The pride season has already begun!
This year
Phoenix, Arizona was one of the first cities to celebrate who
we are, where we have been and where we are headed as a community.
This week we celebrate some of the organizations around the world that
are celebrating pride in April & May:
Phoenix Pride (Phoenix,
Arizona, USA), 12 & 13 April
Las Vegas Pride (Las
Vega, NV, USA) - 2-4 May
New Hope Celebrates
(New Hope, PA, USA) - 16-18 May
Belgian
Lesbian and Gay Pride, (Brussels, Belgium)
- 17 May
Long Beach Pride (Long
Beach, CA, USA) - 17 & 18 May
Paris Pride (Paris, France)
- 17 May - 5 June
Winnipeg Pride (Winnipeg, MB, Canada) - 30 May - 8 June
Kansas City Gay Pride
(Kansas City, MO, USA) - 30 May - 1 June
Verein Gay Pride (Zurich
Switzerland), 30 May - 8 June
Central Alabama Pride
(Birmingham, AB, USA), 30 May - 8 June
Tulsa Pride (Tulsa, OK, USA) 31
May, 14 June
Moscow Pride Festival (Moscow, Russia)
- 31 May
Covering the South Okanagan Valley area
of British Columbia (including Penticton, Summerland, Okanagan Falls),
the
South Okanagan Gay and Lesbian Association provides information
and organizes events for GLBT residents in and visitors to this area.
One of the closest communities across the
border into Washington State, but did you know that Bellingham has a
thriving gay community, complete with a pride festival each year?
Check out
Gay Bellingham
courtesy of resident Robert Ashworth.
Few people know that there are actually
two Vancouver's - one in British Columbia and the other in Washington
State. Just before the Portland border, Vancouver, Washington has
a lively and active queer community and
GayVancouverwa.org is the place to find out all about it!
A little further afield this week, we end
up at the
University of Calgary - GLASS - their student association for queer
students and their allies. Not only does it provide information
and support for the queer population at the U of C but also provides
details on the University's "Ally" program - something we think that
should be replicated at schools across the country.
For some, growing up gay in the Fraser
Valley "bible belt" just outside of Vancouver can be challenging to say
the least. Imagine how happy we were to find out about the
existence of
The Pride Network at the University College of the Fraser Valley
helping staff, staff and faculty that are identify as LGBT.
A little further afield, this week we
celebrate the work of the University of Victoria Pride Collective or
UVic Pride providing services, advocacy and events for the
queer community at British Columbia's third largest university.
As any of our faithful visitors know we
love themes and we're proud to show off some of the great work that our
local Universities and Colleges are doing for the queer quality of life
on campus. This week we feature
SFU Out On Campus offering support and events for the GLBT
community at Simon Fraser University.
The
Capilano College Queer Students Collective provides support for
Capilano College students who are queer, trans or allied with queer and
trans causes and goals. Providing a queer resource centre on
campus the Collective organizes such things as events and awareness
campaigns for the entire student body.
Sometimes I wonder what life would have
been like for us older folks if we had support like they do now at
universities, colleges and even high schools for queer youth. This
week we celebrate along with the University of British Columbia as they
celebrate
Out Week 2008 at UBC!
Vancouver is home to many world-class
halls of higher learning. One of those is the British Columbia
Institute of Technology which has an international reputation for
producing some of the best technical people in the world.
Technically Queer BCIT helps to connect the BCIT queer
community. Check them out!
For an island with only 10,000
inhabitants we can't help but admire
GLOSSI
- Gays & Lesbians of Salt Spring Island Society for being out
there, queer and ensuring the GLBT community of this small island are
well looked after!
Imagine how thrilled we were to receive a
nomination from the place of our ancestral roots!
Gay
Cornwall is a first class source of information for GLTB people
in and for those planning to visit the Cornwall area of United Kingdom.
Canada's largest city has a number of
websites for visitors or residents but one of the best guides to Toronto
we've found so far is
Gay Guide Toronto. Events, business listings, links are
combined with some interesting columns as well.
We were a bit surprised at how difficult
it was to find information on gay Montreal but after some searching we
did find
queermonteal.INFO. A good source for info on bars,
restaurants, hotels, etc this site is worth a visit for your next trip.
