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...

Nathaniel Christopher / 5 February 2016

Bijan Ahmadian steps back from Odyssey

Odyssey owner Bijan Ahmadian says he is stepping back and taking a “much needed vacation.” On Feb 3, 2016, Ahmadian announced that Sebastian Ankiel had been hired as general manager and Ethan Wilson h...

Nathaniel Christopher / 4 February 2016

Why BC’s new HPV coverage for gay boys isn’t enough

Spencer Chandra Herbert says the BC Liberals’ decision to offer free HPV vaccines to gay boys and young men doesn’t go far enough.  “If you are a boy in elementary school or high school and are at ris...

Nathaniel Christopher / 2 February 2016

Hotbox tease: new gay space coming in March?

Vancouverites may soon have a new gay night or space to play in, but party promoter Adam Dreaddy is being coy about the details. “It’ll be gay, gay, gay,” he promises, though who won’t reveal the club...

Nathaniel Christopher / 25 January 2016

Anglican Church of Canada to vote on same-sex marriage in 2016

Same-sex marriage could be a reality within the Anglican Church of Canada by 2019, despite a recent vote by Anglican archbishops to suspend the church’s US branch for consecrating gay weddings. Anglic...

Nathaniel Christopher / 14 January 2016

Davie Street’s new Playhouse makes gay appeal

The operators of a new nightclub in the former Oasis space say they’re willing to do whatever it takes to secure the trust of the gay community. “There’s a divide between gay spaces and straight space...

Nathaniel Christopher / 18 December 2015

Odyssey owner denies conflict of interest after email leak

Odyssey owner Bijan Ahmadian emailed the chairs of Vancouver’s LGBT advisory committee urging them to respond, the morning after The Province ran a front-page story on a private investigation into a q...

Nathaniel Christopher / 11 December 2015

Should Odyssey owner sit on city’s LGBT advisory committee?

Two queer artists want the owner of a gay nightclub to resign his seat on Vancouver’s LGBT advisory committee. Odyssey owner Bijan Ahmadian made headlines Nov 23, 2015, when he sent private investigat...

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Nathaniel Christopher / 3 December 2015

Telus came to my building tonight

Earlier this afternoon the maintenance guy in my building was putting up the Christmas decorations. “Ooh! Are you going to put up the tree today?” I asked. “No,” he replied. &#...