Board members of the West End Business Improvement Association (WEBIA) say that revitalizing public space in the gay village is the first step in their long-term strategy to increase business and comm...

New research suggests that suicide has surpassed HIV as a leading cause of death among gay and bisexual men in Canada. The study, published in the current issue of Critical Public Health, examines sui...

The Vancouver Pride Society (VPS) plans to reduce fencing and increase the participation of Davie Village businesses at next year’s Davie Street party, general manager Ray Lam says. “We knew the possi...

The Health Initiative for Men (HIM) aims to foster dialogue about gay men’s health with a new web series that explores gay male sexuality in a “positive and explicit” manner. “My Fucking Life is a col...

Organizers of Salt Spring Island’s Pride festival hope that community and not vandalism is the focus of  this year’s event, which runs Sept 5 to 7. Last year’s festival was targeted by vandals wh...

Approximately 20 members and supporters of the South Okanagan Gay and Lesbian Association (SOGALA) marched in the 67th annual Penticton Peach Festival parade on Aug 9. SOGALA organizers described it a...

With his revealing shorts, bright pink hair and a shirt that read “The Flying Spaghetti Monster Is Gay,” anti-gay activist Bill Whatcott successfully slipped into Vancouver’s Pride parade on Aug 3. Wh...

Two leaders of the 2011 battle against the Burnaby school board’s anti-homophobia policy are running for office in the municipal election this November. Former Parents’ Voice president and spokesperso...

A filmmaker under investigation for possibly violating Russia’s “gay propaganda” law is in Vancouver for the Aug 21 screening of his documentary film, the centrepiece gala at the Vancouver Queer Film ...

New Westminster’s fifth annual Pride festival drew thousands, with organizers and participants describing the event as the Royal City’s biggest and best to date. “We get bigger and better,” says New W...