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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.
