Nathaniel Christopher / 5 April 2016

Vancouver Dyke March desperate for new board members

Vancouver’s Dyke March is once again struggling to find new board members to ensure the annual women’s Pride event survives. The president of the Vancouver Dyke March and Festival Society is calling o...

Nathaniel Christopher / 29 March 2016

Bijan Ahmadian says he chose to leave the Odyssey

The former co-owner and manager of the Odyssey nightclub says his decision to leave the club has nothing to do with the private investigation he funded into a competing queer party five months ago. “T...

Nathaniel Christopher / 21 March 2016

Rubbout celebrates 25 years of gay rubber love

“I rode the bus here like this,” Bill Houghton says, gesturing to his full rubber suit with waders. “I had a coat over me but people kept looking at the boots, then they’d look up to me and wonder wha...

Nathaniel Christopher / 17 March 2016

ED’s departure won’t delay Qmunity site search, says chair

After four years at the helm of Qmunity, Dara Parker is stepping down as executive director at the end of March, the organization announced March 16, 2016. “I’m taking a new position in a new organiza...

Nathaniel Christopher / 14 March 2016

Suspect in UBC Pride flag burning may be charged with mischief

The RCMP confirm that a suspect has been arrested and may be charged in connection with an alleged Pride flag burning discovered at the University of British Columbia (UBC) on Feb 9, 2016. The rainbow...

Nathaniel Christopher / 2 March 2016

Rejected Trinity Western University grad wins human rights complaint

A Trinity Western University graduate’s complaint against the wilderness tourism company that refused to hire her is justified, the BC Human Rights Tribunal ruled March 2, 2016. The tribunal awarded B...

Nathaniel Christopher / 1 March 2016

Would you disclose your disability in gay hookup apps?

For Andrew Gurza, a queer man who has cerebral palsy and uses a wheelchair, it’s become a mission to bring the topic of disability into popular culture.   “I want to have that conversation with differ...

Nathaniel Christopher / 29 February 2016

BC Liquor Stores blocks Daily Xtra for nudity

The BC Liquor Distribution Branch has unblocked access to dailyxtra.com on its retail stores’ wifi service, following a complaint from a gay man who was unable to access the gay news website. Jeffrey ...

Nathaniel Christopher / 25 February 2016

Qmunity releases community consultation report on new space

After “10 concentrated months” of community consultation involving more than 750 people, Qmunity executive director Dara Parker says BC’s queer resource centre is closer to finding a space for its new...

Nathaniel Christopher / 19 February 2016

Does being LGBT and senior increase your risk of elder abuse?

For some seniors, being lesbian, gay, bisexual or trans can make them more vulnerable to elder abuse — “over and above [the risk of] just being an old person,” says a leading gerontology professor. Gl...