Gay pride calgary 2022
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A big praise you to all of the Calgary Gay History Project readers who filled out our survey for queer history offerings at Calgary Pride this year (August 26 &#; September 5). Here is where you will find us:
Saturday, August 27, 2 PM
Join Shelf Life Books and Kevin Allen for a talk about his book Our Past Matters: Stories of Gay Calgary. The talk will be followed by an open mic, where audience members can share their stories of Gay Calgary or read poems or prose pieces (with a minute time slot limit). If you identify as a part of the 2SLGBTQ+ community and would like to participate, then please let us perceive at events@! You can also sign up before the event, space permitted. Registration for audience attendance is recommended and appreciated! Free event.
Saturday, August 27, 4 PM
The Calgary Queer History Project&#;s Kevin Allen will lead a same-sex attracted history walk through the Beltline. Learn about the City’s fascinating LGBTQ2 past. The walk begins at PM in Central Memorial Park (meet at the Boer War Memorial in the centre of the pa
It’s the most colourful event of the year!
Pride in Calgary dates back to a group of local gay and lesbian organizations created the Project Celebration Calgary (PPC) that would produce Calgary's first Queer and Lesbian Pride Festival in June in honor of the Stonewall riots in New York.
The first festival was very small-scale, with a music concert, workshop, community displays, a dance, and a family picnic. In , the festival grew to a weeklong celebration and attracted more participating groups and pride nights at local bars. There was an AIDS play, a murder mystery night, and more concerts. The wind-up move was held at the Hillhurst Sunnyside Community Association hall.
In , the neighboring city of Vancouver was holding the Gay Games. The Pride celebrations started with a fundraiser to help get Calgarians to the games. Some of the participants wore masks or even paper bags over their heads to avoid being identified. The rest of the week had events every sunlight, including a four-night movie festival, a Rocky Mountain Singers concert, an invitational Slow-Pitch tournament with carnival g
Calgary Pride Week Canada
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Calgary Pride takes place from the 26th August to 5th SeptemberCalgary Pride recognizes the safety and well-being of all Calgarians as essential, now more than ever. The need for community connection at this time is also essential. And this year's Calgary Pride, our 31st Anniversary, will truly be like no other.
AN IN-PERSON Lgbtq+ fest WEEK, PARADE & FESTIVAL IS IN FULL SWING FOR
Calgary Pride presents the return to in-person programming for the pride season! The Calgary Identity festival Parade and Festival, presented by TD, is an annual event where thousands gather to mark the diversity of the 2SLGBTQ+ group. A variety of events will jog throughout August, concluding with the Calgary Pride Parade & Festival on Sunday, September 4,
Parade
Sunday 4th September
The march begins in the Beltline district along 9th Ave, it will start on 6th St SW and conclude in East Village. We look forward to seeing thousands of folks celebrating the 2SLGBTQ+ community in Calgary’s streets!
Festival
Immediately following the march on September 4, join us at our n
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was a tumultuous time for the LGBTQ2 community. AIDS deaths in Calgary were exponentially rising. Its response, Queer Nation (We&#;re here, we&#;re Queer, get used to it!) was also in the ascendent. Opinion polls stated clearly that the majority of Canadians did not support our rights.
If you were an out, undergraduate student at the University of Calgary, you were posthaste conscripted into a culture war—I remember a lot of shouting on campus and gay bashing in the Beltline.
Our club at the University was called GLASS, which stood for the Lgbtq+ and Lesbian Academics Students and Staff Society. GLASS was supposed to be a social company but its very existence then was political. GLASS members—virtually all students and no staff—were foot soldiers in our human rights struggle.
On June 17, , a poster was found tacked to the GLASS office door. It was an invitation scrawled in black sharpie: “FAG & Queer woman BASHING. JUNE 30, 8 AM UNTIL MIDNIGHT. PLEASE COME, Desire VICTIMS.” The date and talk to listed were for Calgary’s Celebration Parade & Fest