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Photo: Vancouver Pride Society
More than just its annual parade, celebrate Pride with eight days of vibrant programming at various summer events for the 2023 Vancouver Pride Festival starting July 28 and culminating in the famous Vancouver Pride Parade on August 6. This year’s events promise to be extraordinary experiences where guests can “Reconnect” (this year’s theme) with each other and their communities.
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Reconnect at the Vancouver Pride Festival and Parade
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By Angus Praught
Whistler Pride and Ski Festival, January 26th-February 2nd, attracts thousands of people from around the world to southern British Columbia each year, as one of the most popular LGBTQ2+ winter Pride festivals anywhere on the planet. With a full week of exciting activities that include guided ski and snowboard groups, a comedy night, a charity ski race, daily après ski events, cabaret nights, spa night, pool parties, a pride parade, the massive “Snowball” and more, people arrive continually throughout the week.
Vancouver is high on the list of many as a pre or post ski festival destination. As some are traveling long distances from as far away as Asia, Europe, the USA, Mexico and the southern hemisphere, it’s the perfect chance to take in some of the fabulous LGBTQ2+ events in the city to enhance the overall experience, and for a chance to meet some of the locals.
Here is a selection of events on various nights of the week that will be taking place in downtown Vancouver around Whistler Pride:
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What to See and Do in Vancouver on Your Way to Whistler Pride and Ski Festival 2020
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By Rachel Rosenberg
Brand new this Pride Season is The Queer Improv Festival, which is running from July 10th to August 7th. All the shows are being held at The Junction (1138 Davie Street), and have been curated by Michael Sousa, a 4-year-strong-member and the current Artistic Director of the QueerProv troupe. We spoke to Michael about QueerProv and this new festival.
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All New at Vancouver Pride: The Queer Improv Festival
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By Rachel Rosenberg
As we edge closer to Vancouver’s Pride Parade on August 4th, events are beginning to finalize, calendars are full to bursting, and we should all be trying to get some sleep in the weeks before it all starts happening. I’ve done my best to pick through the events out there and find 5 you might not have come across before — even if some of them sell out in advance, mark them down for next year!
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5 Vancouver Pride Events you May Not Know About
By Rachel Rosenberg
This year’s Pride Premiere event, hosted by the Vancouver Pride Society, will be held at Šxʷƛənəq Xwtl’e7énḵ Square (850 W Georgia Street, the North side of the Vancouver Art Gallery). Coming up on Friday, July 26th and running for seven hours from 5 PM onwards, there will be dancing, a beer garden, drag performances, food trucks, community resources and more.
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Dance, Drag and Art Outside! It’s Vancouver’s Pride Premiere
Image from The Queen In Me performance by Teiya Kasahara
It’s the 50th anniversary of Stonewall this year, and you bet we’ll be celebrating the strides the LGBTQ2IA communities have made with events across Vancouver all season. Beyond the celebrations, Pride is also very much about advocating for love and acceptance where, as a society, we can do better.
The Queer Arts Festival is one such cross-section of celebration and advocacy. It’s your chance to be a part of an arts festival that pushes boundaries, asks questions, and supports a loud and powerful community of artists.
Here are 4 events during the Queer Arts Festival you’ll want to check out:
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4 Events You Don’t Want to Miss at the Queer Arts Festival
By Angus Praught
Deputy Mayor Tim Stevenson and Very Reverend Dr. Gary Paterson are a high-profile Vancouver couple, and champions of LGBTQ2+ rights and freedoms. For decades, they have been at the forefront of life-changing legislature and religious reforms that have helped shape Vancouver into the diverse and inclusive city it is today.
In Part 3, the final part of this series, we will be speaking with Deputy Mayor Tim Stevenson and Very Reverend Dr. Gary Paterson as an openly gay married couple, how they first met (in the years before marriage equality in Canada), some of the challenges they faced, and how life has unfolded for them in the public eye over the years.
