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UPCOMING EVENTS
For the queer and 2SLGBTQiA+ communities, PuSh remains a space where bodies, identities, and histories can show up without translation. Jan 22-Feb 8
The Whistler Pride Festival returns this year bringing a full week of winter sports, parties, and festival events. Jan 25-Feb 1.
Back by popular demand… it’s Come 2 Brazil! With the city’s hottest DJs and gogos— we’ll keep it bouncing all night long at the Birdhouse! Jan 17.
You’ve got a date with the Gems, and we are treating you to a night you won’t forget at THE CLOSET ~ the newest queer cocktail bar. Feb 14.
Jump feet first with us into the music cuz we won’t stop the music till we’ve danced ourselves clean! Jan 16.
From the award-winning performance/comedy duo Creepy Boys comes SLUGS: a techno-punk concert, clown show and basement puppet nightmare about trying to have a good time while the world burns. Jan 29-31
Straight from its world premiere at the San Sebastian Film Festival, where it picked up the Best Actor prize, this is an exceptionally moving and superbly directed film about a belatedly “out” homosexual trying to make up for lost time. Jan 10 • 12
Maybe we don’t have our own lesbian bar here, but with this amazing community and support from welcoming businesses, we make it work. Every Thursday.
2SLGBTQiA+ MAGAZINE
Every year, as the last hours of December slip away, I find myself caught in the familiar ritual of making New Year’s resolutions. It’s almost automatic now—the quiet moment where I step away from the noise…
Early bird registration is now open for Season 38 of the Vancouver Dodgeball League Women’s/Non-Binary Division. This Tuesday night draft league runs February 3 to May 5, 2026 at Cunningham Elementary and is open to women and non-binary players of all experience levels.
inQlusive Reach is a Vancouver-based social enterprise offering inclusive care, support, and everyday services for the 2SLGBTQiA+ community.
Costa Rica is one of Central America’s most LGBTQ+ inclusive countries, with active queer communities in cities and coastal areas, offering a welcoming place to live or visit.
T’is the season and many of us are looking for places and ways to give. Here’s a list that will help you get started!
For Christmas time, you want to give something nice and thoughtful, yet also something that that person will be able to either use very often, something they might find handy, or something that will always remind them of you.
Every December, the smell of gingerbread fills my kitchen — that perfect mix of ginger, cinnamon, and cloves, wrapped in the deep sweetness of molasses. It’s a scent that feels like coming home.
It may be cold outside, but inside the radiator is nice and warm. Join QMUNITY for our annual open house event, Winter Warm Up! Two locations. Dec 18.
Family visits over the holiday can be stressful enough for our community, but top that with family members coming at you with all sorts of conspiracy theories can be upsetting.
Then when your loved ones are missing you, they can burn your candle to feel you and your well wishes for them in a way that is much more tangible than a video call.