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...

Approximately 350 people took to Commercial Drive Aug 1 for the fifth annual Trans, Two-Spirit and Genderqueer Liberation and Celebration March to help kick off Pride weekend in Vancouver. The event b...

Residents of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside held their first Pride parade July 19 and plan to make it an annual celebration. “We’re bringing Pride to the people who really, really need it the most,” or...

Nanaimo City Council has rescinded a controversial decision to ban a webcast sponsored by Chick-fil-A from a city-owned facility. The original motion, passed May 5, had banned any events “associated w...

The anticipated financial benefits of hosting Pride events may not be enough to persuade some British Columbian communities to unfurl the rainbow flag anytime soon. An online poll conducted by the Pen...

The boardroom of the Vancouver School Board (VSB) erupted with deafening cheers, shouts of joy, hugs, high-fives and dancing as trustees approved revisions to the district’s anti-homophobia policy Jun...

The Non-Partisan Association (NPA) has expelled school trustees Ken Denike and Sophia Woo from caucus for their continued opposition to LGBT initiatives. “The decision to expel Denike and Woo was nece...

The Vancouver School Board’s education and student services committee approved revisions to the district’s anti-homophobia policy June 11 that will make schools more welcoming to transgender students....

Hundreds of supporters and opponents packed a Vancouver School Board meeting May 14 to discuss the board’s plan to update its anti-homophobia policy to make schools more welcoming to transgender stude...