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Category: 2008

All news stories published in 2008.

Nathaniel Christopher / 22 May 2008

Campbell River walks away from homophobia

You don’t have leave your hometown if you’re gay. This was the resounding message at the second annual Walk Away From Homophobia in Campbell River May 15. Hundreds of people of all ages an...
Nathaniel Christopher / 27 March 2008

Rally held to protest US HIV ban

About two dozen people gathered at the Vancouver Art Gallery Mar 16 to protest the US ban on HIV-positive travellers, and to support a bill now making its way through the US Senate to repeal the ban. ...
Nathaniel Christopher / 13 March 2008

Coming out as gay and Christian

Growing up in the American South, Curt Allison never imagined it was possible to be both openly gay and a good Christian. His Pentecostal community taught him that homosexuality was a sin, incongruent...
Nathaniel Christopher / 13 March 2008

Nanaimo gay bar seized

British Columbia’s last small town gay bar is no more. On Feb 25 the staff at 70 Below in Nanaimo came to work to find the doors boarded up, and the locks changed. This comes in the midst of a l...
Nathaniel Christopher / 14 February 2008

WinterPride impresses international crowd

About 2,500 gays and lesbians from around the world converged on Whistler for a week of skiing, camaraderie and fun at the 16th annual gay ski week, Feb 3-10. Bill Sheldon, one of many international a...
Nathaniel Christopher / 31 January 2008

‘Very, very charged’ VPS bylaw debate adjourned

For two Saturdays in a row, the Vancouver Pride Society (VPS) debated proposed changes to its constitution and bylaws in an atmosphere dominated by emotional exchanges and allegations of impropriety o...
Nathaniel Christopher / 17 January 2008

Tops and Bottoms leaves Jupiter

Just over a year into its popular run, the Jupiter Café has closed the curtain on The Bob Loblaw Queer Comedy Troupe’s weekly improv show Tops and Bottoms, saying it hasn’t been good for b...
Nathaniel Christopher / 17 January 2008

Small BC town launches own gay ski week

In 1969 Beautiful British Columbia Magazine described Rossland, a small resort community in the West Kootenays, as one of the finest ski areas in Canada. “Because visitors can walk into the mountain f...
Nathaniel Christopher / 17 January 2008

Refurbishing WinterPride

With nearly 100 events and activities spanning seven days in February, organisers of Whistler’s world-famous gay ski week say this year’s gathering on and off the slopes will be better than ever. Alth...