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Category: 2016

All news stories published in 2016.

Nathaniel Christopher / 15 April 2016

Students protest plan to cut LGBT mentor in Vancouver schools

Students are speaking out against the Vancouver School Board’s (VSB) proposal to eliminate the district’s anti-homophobia mentor as part of its planned $24 million budget cuts. 

“I think that having ...
Nathaniel Christopher / 12 April 2016

Odyssey apologizes for investigation and plans fundraiser

The new managers of the Odyssey Bar and Nightclub have an issued an apology to the gay community for its private investigation into a competing queer event. “We would like to extend an apology to all ...
Nathaniel Christopher / 11 April 2016

Vancouver Dyke March fills empty board seats

Reducing director burnout and recruiting more volunteers is the first step in the Vancouver Dyke March and Festival’s plan for sustainability, directors told the organization’s annual general meeting,...
Nathaniel Christopher / 8 April 2016

Budget cuts threaten LGBT mentor in Vancouver schools

The Vancouver School Board may eliminate its anti-homophobia position as part of district-wide cutbacks intended to make up for an anticipated $27 million shortfall in government funding. ”This is the...
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...

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