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UPCOMING EVENTS
When you reach a milestone in your life, what’s the best way to mark it? By embracing it, glorying in it – crowning it, in fact – with an album of euphoric songs produced and polished in Nashville, of course! Dec 3.
PuSh has been the city’s midwinter anchor for more than two decades—a place where live arts are celebrated, where risk is rewarded, and where audiences engage with bold, audacious performances. Jan 22-Feb 8
Come and take a strong dose of drag. Grab your friends, dress to impress, make sure you have a trip sitter, and get ready for a night you won't soon forget. Dec 2.
The most chaotic, adults only, super naughty, drag musical parody of Stranger Things your trembling little heart has EVER witnessed! Jan 18.
The most unhinged, super naughty, adults only, drag musical parody of Spongebob Squarepants EVER unleashed upon Commercial Drive! Mar 13.
Chor Leoni invites audiences to experience the mystery, wonder, and sparkling joy of the holiday season with its annual celebration, Christmas with Chor Leoni… Dec 18-20.
HUGE NEWS, we're throwing a special edition one-off party called HEXXED to kick off the new year at SKYLIGHT… Jan 31.
An experience that shows the world why our queer scene is so vibrant, diverse, open and accepting. Come as you are.. Nov 28.
Faye’s Room by Alex K. Masse is the story of Faye Murphy, an autistic lesbian who works at a queer cafe… and happens to have the power to summon and hide in a magical sensory room at will. Nov 7-23.
Fellow Ozians Let us rejoice, let us be grateful that we get a Wicked Drag Brunch Come find out the untold story of the witches of oz told through an epic DRAG BRUNCH! Nov 30.
2SLGBTQiA+ MAGAZINE
The Dogwood Monarchist Society is a Vancouver-based non-profit that raises funds for 2SLGBTQiA+ charities through the traditions of the Imperial Court System.
Governmental and corporate organizations, as well as private individuals, offer scholarships designed for LGBTQ+ college students.
After Hurricane Melissa hit Jamaica, online conspiracies claimed the government created the storm in order to clear land for smart cities.
Do you have stories in your pocket? Have you promised yourself you’ll send them into a publisher in 2025? Here’s a grand list calls for submission and contests for the lgbtq2si+ community. Updatd monthly.
After more than 40 years at its Bute Street location, BC’s queer, trans, and Two-Spirit resource centre is building a new 13,000-square-foot home at 981 Davie Street.
Celebrating 50 years, the Rocky Horror Picture Show is messy, camp, and unapologetically strange. A film that doesn’t just include queerness but thrives on it.
The idea of ‘coming out’ in pre 1960s was one that imitated a débutant’s coming out into society. But after the Stonewall Riots, the term took on the overtones of exiting from oppression.
Two Spirit is an Indigenous term that reflects diverse roles and identities rooted in culture, land, and spirit. Its meaning continues to grow as part of both Indigenous resurgence and the 2SLGBTQiA+ community.
It’s official: this February, I’m trading Vancouver’s grey skies for Puerto Vallarta’s sunshine. My flights are booked, my accommodation is reserved, and every time I glance at my calendar, I feel a little electric buzz of excitement.
In this hopeful queer time-travelling love story by local author Sophia Kelly, protagonist Lucy is destined to save the whole world – okay, Vancouver – from the apocalypse.
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