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PRIDE GUIDE 2012: INDEX Q&A with Mayor Gregor Robertson ............5 What does Pride Week mean to you?...........6 Event Listings...............................................................9 Caryl Dolinko – Interpride message ............12 Event venue map ............................................ 16-17 Amber Dawn – Vancouver Queer Film Festival message ..........................................22 Q&A with John Boychuk – Banana Tans ..24 Q&A with Kenn Hamlin – Caya ....................25 Q&A with David King – Topdrawers ........26 Q&A with Jim Deva – Little Sister’s Bookstore........................................27 West End Festival ..................................................30 PRIDE GUIDE 2012 IS PUBLISHED BY www.WEVancouver.com

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Q&A WITH MAYOR GREGOR ROBERTSON How will you celebrate Pride?

What does Pride Week mean to the city of Vancouver? It’s a huge, joyful celebration of diversity and culture in Vancouver. It brings five or six hundred thousand people together in a legendary, peaceful celebration. Pride Week is a significant economic driver — it’s approximately $30 million in economic impact, attracting tourists and boosting our downtown business community. I think the community and cultural piece is really at the core and the economic benefit is a bonus. What does Pride mean to you? To me, Pride is the peak of summer in Vancouver. It’s such an intense expression of our city’s vibrancy and desire to embrace our diversity and to fight to keep making gains for people to be themselves.

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Well, we’ll have a big, splashy launch of Pride Week at City Hall. The city’s had a big presence at Pride since 2009 with a dedicated float. Our city staff, the Vancouver Police Department and the fire department are all in the parade together, showing the solidarity we have as a city. So we’ll have a strong presence of many people who serve Vancouver citizens. I’ve personally taken in a variety of events, during Pride Week, over the years and I love the Pride Parade. Do you have a message for those attending the celebration? Enjoy the fabulous celebration and recommit to maintaining the fight to end homophobia, hate crime and bullying in our city. I think we’ve come a long way as a city and we’ve still got work to do so this is a time to celebrate our progress and rededicate to the work ahead.

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It’s a chance for this culture, this community, to get out and show the rest of the community what they’re about — really, that’s the essence of it. It’s just like Greek Week or Italian Week; it’s people showing who they are.

It’s about having pride in who you are, no matter who you are and what you choose to live by. It’s about not having any barriers.

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To me, Pride and the Pride Parade are about the celebration of one’s sexuality and the recognition of the acceptance of that by society.

The Pride Parade is the bringing together of everybody and to recognize what the gay community has gone through and what it’s become.

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PRIDE EVENT LISTINGS, JULY 13-AUGUST 6 FRIDAY, JULY 13 VANCOUVER MEN IN LEATHER SOCIAL Leather social, leather dress code. Numbers Leather Loft (1042 Davie, upstairs), 9pm – 12am. $5 cover for non-members.

SATURDAY, JULY 14 GAY DAY @ PLAYLAND Play games, ride roller coasters and indulge in all things delicious. Experience a whole day of fun, excitement and wonder with Pride at Vancouver’s best amusement park. PNE Playland Exhibition Grounds (2901 E. Hastings), 10am – 8pm. Tickets $28.50 at Eventbrite.ca.

SATURDAY, JULY 21 PICNIC IN THE PARK Celebrate the official launch of Vancouver Pride’s very own locally brewed beer. Bring a blanket, picnic basket, family, and friends and enjoy the games, food and beverage and live musical preview from Theatre Under the Stars. Stanley Park Brockton Oval, 11am – 6pm. Free.

THURSDAY, JULY 26 BLOWING WHISTLES (OPENING NIGHT) Nigel loves his hedonistic lifestyle — he has a long-term boyfriend, goes clubbing, and has lots of sex in their open relationship. Jamie, his partner of 10 years, isn’t sure things are so great.... The night before Gay Pride Day, the couple make contact with a stranger on the internet. They make plans for a night of casual sex, but their young guest has a very different agenda ... PAL Studio Theatre (581 Cardero), 8pm. Tickets $30 at the door. Online for $25 at LPVancouver.com.

FRIDAY, JULY 27 PRIDE MOVIE NIGHT Milk is the story of Harvey Milk, and his struggles as an American gay activist who fought for gay rights and became California’s first openly gay elected official. Denman Cinema (1779 Comox), 6:30pm – 9:30pm. $10.

BLOWING WHISTLES See Thursday, July 26

SATURDAY, JULY 28 8TH ANNUAL VANCOUVER FRONTRUNNERS PRIDE RUN & WALK The 8th annual Pride Run & Walk with Running Room as this year’s sponsor. This is a 10 km run/4 km walk to raise money for charity. Prizes for the top male and female finishers. Lumberman’s Arch, 9am. $40 for individuals and $150 for a team of 5 ($30/person). Register at VancouverFrontRunners.org.

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SUNDAY, JULY 29 BLOWING WHISTLES See Thursday, July 26

MONDAY, JULY 30 BLOWING WHISTLES See Thursday, July 26

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King-hosted macho games on the hour all night! Play to win tickets to Man Up Pride weekend parties! Plus performances by Ponyboy, Bloody Betty, Peter Pansy, and guests. The Cobalt (917 Main), 9pm (doors) and 11pm (show). $5 cover. Tickets available at ManUpVancouver.com.

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TUESDAY, JULY 31 BLOWING WHISTLES (YOUTHCO CHARITY EVENT) See Thursday, July 26. 100% of proceeds from this performance will be donated to YouthCO to foster inclusive communities where youth empower youth to make informed decisions about their own wellbeing and work to put an end to the stigma surrounding HIV and Hep C.

ART PARTY! OPENING NIGHT GALA Queer Arts Festival’s (QAF) Curated Visual Arts Exhibition, the PiA Community Art Show, and the multidisciplinary arts festival. Celebrate in a gay, carnival atmosphere, featuring live performances. QAF’s 2012 theme is Random Acts of Queerness, to commemorate the centenary of the experimental multidisciplinary queer artist John Cage (1912-1992). Cage’s multi-disciplinary artistic practice, experimental approach, and openly queer life elegantly exemplify QAF’s mandate and values. Entertainment: Joel Klein, LOUD, Al Cannon, Dianna David and Chris Derksen MC: Barb Snelgrove. Roundhouse Exhibition Hall (181 Roundhouse Mews), 7pm. By donation.

TUESDAY, JULY 31 – SATURDAY, AUGUST 18 QUEER ARTS FESTIVAL 2012: RANDOM ACTS OF QUEERNESS See description above. Roundhouse Exhibition Hall (181 Roundhouse Mews), 7pm. Free (by donation) or $10 - $30 (sliding scale depending on festival event) at brownpapertickets.com

PRIDE IN ART COMMUNITY ART SHOW Queer Arts Festival presents the Pride in Art (PiA) Community Show at the Roundhouse. Visual artworks by queer artists. Works explore ideas outside the festival theme. 11am -9:30pm (Monday - Friday), 9:30am-4:30pm (Saturday and Sunday). Free (donations appreciated).

RANDOM ACTS OF QUEERNESS: CURATED BY PERSIMMON BLACKBRIDGE, JEFF GIBSON AND SD HOLMAN The 2012 Queer Arts Festival brings you “Random Acts Of Queerness”,to commemorate the centenary of John Cage (1912-1992). A pioneer of experimental music, Cage is best known for championing Indeterminacy: a philosophy that opens up artistic practice to include the random as a way of radically breaking with tradition, convention and habit. Curated by Persimmon Blackbridge; Pride in Art Society past president, painter Jeff Gibson; and QAF Artistic Director, photo-based artist SD Holman. Roundhouse Exhibition Hall (181 Roundhouse Mews), 11am – 10pm (Monday – Friday), 11am – 4:30pm (Saturday and Sunday). Free (by donation).

PRIDE TUESDAY AT CELEBRITIES PRIDE Tuesday at Celebrities is always packed with all walks of life, young, hot, sexy, alternative crowds. A musical combination of ambitious music by resident DJ Darylo & Timeline & JP Valdes. Cheap $3 Highballs. Celebrities Night Club (1022 Davie), 8pm. $10 ($5 for students before 9:30pm).

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1 BLOWING WHISTLES (VMC CHARITY EVENT) See Thursday, July 26. 100% of proceeds from this performance will be donated to the Vancouver Men’s Chorus, one of Canada’s premier singing ensembles

and Canada’s first gay chorus. Composed of gay men and their friends, the chorus promotes community spirit and a positive image of the gay community.

PRIDE MOVIE NIGHT Kinky Boots – This quirky comedy is about a drag queen who comes to rescue a man who, after inheriting his father’s shoe factory, needs to diversify his product if he wants to keep his business afloat. Denman Cinema (1779 Comox), 6:30pm – 9:30pm.

PRIDE2012:: BINGO FOR LIFE | DMS DRAG SHOW Pride BINGO for LIFE with Joan-E is by donation; 100% of the proceeds will benefit the Friends for Life Society. Music from DJs Drew and Zach Shore from 8pm – 10:30pm. The DMS Drag Show starts at 11pm. Celebrities Night Club (1022 Davie), 9pm – 4am. By donation, $5 (after 10pm) To reserve tables for BINGO please e-mail james@celebritiesnightclub.com

CLEAN SHEETS 2012: QUEER PLAY READINGS, CO-PRESENTED WITH SCREAMING WEENIE PRODUCTIONS Readings series of original queer-themed plays by both emerging and established Canadian playwrights. Playwrights are teamed up with local actors and a dramaturge behind closed doors for a couple of days before they take to the stage to share these original new Canadian works. Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre (181 Roundhouse Mews), 7:30pm. Free (by donation). Continues page 15

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CARYL DOLINKO — PRIDE LINKS US TOGETHER Every year, all over the world, the LGBTI community has what some might call a “family reunion”. We all meet up for Pride, and some time during the week leading up to the big day, we get our hair cut, go to the gym for our last set of ab crunches and make sure our outfits are fabulous so that we look our best for the “cousins” we see once a year. For that one week, we are visible and proud and we welcome everybody to celebrate our community at our reunion. No matter where you might be for Pride, you know that once you step into it, you’re a part of it. And if you’re not, you want to be. There is joy, love, laughter, acceptance and a sense of elation and wild abandon. For that one day, we don’t have to hide, we don’t have to be afraid and we don’t have to feel shame, for there are thousands and thousands of us standing together, united as one. It’s on this day that Pride links us together. There’s a familiar and welcoming feeling when you arrive at Pride. It’s not just the leather men, gyrating twinks, colourful drag queens, sporty softball jocks, or topless women. There’s something in our spirits that’s visible to those who look past the party. It doesn’t show itself by waving a rainbow flag nor does it need to march. It’s the deep sense that we’re a family. That’s what Pride does. Pride links us together as a community and says “we’re here” wherever we are. We may see a part of ourselves, even for a moment, in those who march in the parade, or in those who dance and celebrate. As they carry the rainbow flag through the crowds and 12

down the streets or wave them at picnics, or fly them as kites, we claim this day as ours and we can proudly say, “I’m here! This is my community, my family, and I’m one of them.” For that one day at Pride, we proclaim that we’re united, in our understanding of one another and in our struggle for acceptance. Next time you stand at the roadside and watch the dykes on bikes kick off the parade, the floats, the marchers, the boas, the boys and all the pageantry, be proud to know that this is our family. And, like all families, we may have our fights, our struggles, even our drunk aunts and our inappropriate uncles, but more than anything, we have each other. On this one day, we can put away our strife and join together because this is our day, our Pride, and through this, we are forever linked. Caryl Dolinko is the co-president of InterPride Inc.

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 2 HARD CANDY Featuring porn star Matthew Rush. DJs Drew & Jeffery Micheal will spin HOT Top 40 remixes and the cages are filled with non-stop go-go boys and naked male dancers! Celebrities Night Club (1022 Davie), 9pm – 4am. Advance tickets at VancouverPride2012.com, Little Sisters (1238 Davie) or Priape (1148 Davie).

BLOWING WHISTLES See Thursday, July 26

COUNTRY AND WESTERN DANCE This event is for men and women and is youth friendly – no alcohol will be served. St. Paul’s Anglican Church (1140 Jervis), 7pm – 10pm. 604-726-6258

WHEN THE SUN COMES OUT: A WORKSHOP PERFORMANCE OF CANADA’S FIRST LESBIAN OPERA Queer Arts Festival commissioned this piece from composer Uyeda and librettist Rachel Rose. Directed by Robert McQueen and starring soprano Teiya Kasahara, recent winner of the Metropolitan Opera regional auditions, mezzo-soprano Shirin Eskandani, and QAF’s favourite baritone, Joel Klein, the opera tells a tale of bravery and betrayal, truth and lies. When the Sun Comes Out is ground-breaking in its scope and ambition. Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre (181 Roundhouse Mews), 7:30pm. $20 in advance, $12-30 sliding scale at the door.

THE PRIDE BALL From the boys behind Queer Bash, Apocalypstick and the Balls of 2009/2010/2011 (Opulence, Legends, Decadence, Pride) comes the next wave of decadence n’ glamour. Walk in six legendary categories and show the city that you own everything - High Fashion Eastvan, The Morning After (Walk of Shame), Yacht Club Couture/High Tea Realness, Butch King/ Queen (First Time in Drag), Bear of the Ball (Body Hair Realness), and Vogue. With performances by Bambibot, Jaylene Tyme, and Vava Vunderbust! With DJ’s Jef Leppard and G-Luve. And the return of a sexy panel including: Isolde N. Barron, Peter Breeze, WEVancouver.com

Morgan Brayton, Lady Jem, Junita Werk, Raziel, and Kasey Riot. The Cobalt (917 Main), 8pm. $15 presale tickets, $20 at the door. Cobalt Pride Weekend Wristband available for $33 (3 parties).

CE CE PENISTON LIVE! CHOCOLATE MILK is teaming up with V-RAG to bring you dancefloor diva Ce Ce Peniston at Shine Nightclub from 9pm to 2am. She’s the voice behind the club hits “Finally”, “Hit By Love”, “We Got A Love Thang”, “Movin’ On” and “Celebrate”. Early bird tickets until July 5 for $35; $40 after July 5. Special VIP ticket ($50) includes entrance to the VIP back lounge, a drink, a CD and the chance to meet CeCe! Tickets available at Little Sisters. Eventbrite link: CeCePeniston-autohome.eventbrite.com/

AUG 2, 9, 12 PAINTING WORKSHOPS WITH JEFF GIBSON Over the course of the three sessions, students learn how to employ value, tonality, perspective and composition to their painting. Jeff Gibson is an artist painter, muralist, curator of the 2011 and 2012 Queer Arts Festival. Roundhouse Community Centre (181 Roundhouse Mews), 6:30pm – 9:30pm (August 2), 6:30pm – 9:30pm (August 9), 2pm – 4:30pm (August 12). $120 for all three or $40 per class. Bursaries available. Go to QueerArtsFestival.com to register.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 3 BLOWING WHISTLES See Thursday, July 26

MAN UP: OPEN WIDE, IT’S PRIDE! Featuring music from Ponyboy, Majik, Buttah, Bloody Betty, and guests DJ Colby B (NYC) & DJ Ana. The Cobalt (917 Main),8pm (doors) and 11pm (show). $15 (advance), $20 (door). Combo wristband for Friday and Saturday parties is $20. Tickets at Little Sisters (1238 Davie), Perch Restaurant (1701 Powell) and ManUpVancouver.com.

BAREFOOT DAVIE STREET DANCE PARTY The Davie Street Dance Party is the 19+ kick off to Pride weekend. Killer line-up of DJs to pump you up, generating excitement and anticipation for the Pride Parade and Pride Festival on Sunday. On Davie Street (from Burrard to Jervis), 7pm – 12am.

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TUBE STEAK, HOSTED BY COLBY KELLER Colby Keller is â€œa bigger, scruffier, more introverted variety of porn actorâ€Śâ€? and he is making his first Canadian appearance! DIXXâ€™s first cover and centerfold is your generous host. With DJâ€™s Colby B and Maxwell Maxwell DIXX magazine is taking over the swanky Keefer Bar . The kitchen will be serving up TUBE STEAK Hot Dogs! The Keefer Bar (135 Keefer), 6pm â€“ 2am. Tickets are $22 at Red Cat Records (4307 Main), Little Sisters (1238 Davie) or Priape (1148 Davie).

CELEBRITIES PRIDE BALL The talented and amazing DJ Pornstar of LA has been playing some of the worldâ€™s largest gay parties, including Palm Spring White Party. Opening the evening is

Vancouverâ€™s very own DJ Zach Shore. The night will also consist of the hottest go go boys and performances by the House of Celebs. Celebrities Night Club (1022 Davie), until 4am. Advance tickets are $25 at vancouverpride2012.com, Little Sisters (1238 Davie) or Priape (1148 Davie).

THE ARTIST IN YOU: MIXED MEDIA VISUAL ART YOUTH WORKSHOP WITH ROXANNE GAGNON Join rockinâ€™ instructor Roxanne Gagnon in an exploration of self-inquiry through manipulation of mixed media, including found objects and remnants of pop culture. Designed for LGBT/Queer/ Questioning youth with a keen interest in visual arts. There will be two 2.5 hours sessions on August 3 and 4. Roundhouse Community Centre (181 Roundhouse Mews), 7pm â€“ 9:30pm. $40

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a list of things that can shape, haunt and cripple a life, this piece seeks to go into the proposition that growing up can be a fabulous but painful ride. With James Fagan Tait as director and playwright, and Stefan Smulovitz as composer and sound designer. Roundhouse Community Arts Centre (181 Roundhouse Mews), 7:30pm. Tickets $20 in advance at QueerArtsFestival.com, $12 - $30 (sliding scale at the door).

VASM (VANCOUVER ACTIVISTS IN SM): PRIDE WEEKEND PLAY PARTY VASM will be taking over the Dungeon Space at M2M to host a Play Party. A dungeon Master will be on duty and the usual VASM rules and etiquette will apply. M2M Dungeon Space (1210 Granville), 8pm – 12pm. $7 (M2M members), $12 (non-members).

HOT & WET - THE ORIGINAL WOMEN’S PRIDE CRUISE The beautiful M.V. Britannia will set sail from Vancouver filled with some of the loveliest cargo ever to ply the Seven Seas! DJ Tracey D will be spinning her hot mix of classics to cutting edge. Harbour Cruises Marina (501 Denman), 6pm (boarding), 7pm – 11pm (cruise). $35 (before July 15th), $45 (after July 15th), $50 (at boarding). Tickets available at Little Sisters (1138

Davie), VCV Computers (888 Commercial) and online at CremaProductions.com

CHRISTEENE LIVE IN VANCOUVER CHRISTEENE Live CD release party featuring JJ Booya & C-Baby. A sexually infused sewer of live rap and vile shamelessness, capable of adapting amazingly well to all styles of music. The first full album from drag terrorist CHRISTEENE—WASTE UP, KNEEZ DOWN—is a stomach-turning, buttthumping dance manifesto. Waldorf Hotel (1489 E. Hastings, 8pm – 10:30pm. $10 (plus service fee) for advance tickets at Priape (1148 Davie) or Christeene.org.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 4 TERRY WALLACE MEMORIAL BREAKFAST This free event invites all to celebrate the founder of the Pride Society, Terry Wallace. Partnering with Safeway, we serve a free pancake breakfast to 200 early-birds on this lovely Saturday morning. Bute and Davie, 8:30am – 11am. Free (by donation).

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Looking for an alternative to the regular Pride events, or just want to give your liver a rest? Pride Soccer Camp is a great introduction to the sport of soccer, hosted by the boys and girls of Out for Kicks! Visit OutForKicks.ca for more information. Andy Livingston East Field (89 Expo), 11am – 2pm. $5 (includes refreshments).

With music from DJ Lisa De Lux & Kasha Kennedy. There will be beer pong, bikinis, food, drag, go-go dancers, and more! The Cobalt (917 Main), 1pm – 9pm. $10 (advance), $15 (door). Combo wristband for Friday and Saturday parties is $20. Tickets at Little Sisters (1238 Davie), Perch Restaurant (1701 Powell) and ManUpVancouver.com.

DYKE MARCH & FESTIVAL March from McSpadden Park at noon and then celebrate the festival in Grandview Park at 1pm. VancouverDykeMarch.com.

HUSTLA: PRIDE BLING Whip out those rainbow chainz, and strip on down to just a grill and some pasties, because you don’t wanna miss this. Featuring HUSTLA’s resident DJs Jef Leppard and That’s So Raven! Plus SICKNIN performances by the Baddest Peach Cobblah, Bambibot & Miss Cobalt Winner Lady Jem. The Cobalt (917 Main), 8pm – 3am. $8 presale tickets. Cobalt Pride Weekend Wristband available for $33 (3 parties).

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VANCOUVER SISTERS EXEQUATOR PARTY A global gathering of queer nuns to celebrate the first fully professed House of Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence in Canada in 25 years. Includes an elevation ceremony, a screening of Bad Habits, and saintings prominent leader’s in Vancouver’s queer communities. Davie Village (1025 Davie), 2pm – 5pm. YVRSisters.ca

B YOU SATURDAY’S: LET THEM EAT CAKE DJs Drew G & Mattilda Ho will keep the dance floor packed through out the night until 4am. Plus circus performers, go go boys, plus epic performances by the House of Celebs Dance Group. Celebrities Night

Club (1022 Davie), 9pm – 4am. Advance tickets are $35 and can be purchased at vancouverpride.com, Little Sisters (1238 Davie) or Priape (1148 Davie).

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THE ARTIST IN YOU: YOUTH ART WORKSHOP WITH ROXANNE GAGNON See Friday, August 3

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AMBER DAWN – VANCOUVER QUEER FILM FEST

What is one characteristic that makes queer and gay films unique? “I think if I were to name one thing that they all have in common, it would be that we don’t take our stories for granted,” says Amber Dawn, director of programming for the Vancouver Queer Film Festival. “Historically and in the present day, our stories, locally and in Canada, are under-told. And globally, not only are they under-told, but there might be a risk in telling them.”

side would be our philanthropic side, the part of us that’s still looking at human rights issues — anything from marriage equality to queer refugees seeking safe passage to queer-friendly countries like Canada.” The festival will showcase 75 films from 16 different countries including Singapore, Indonesia, Taiwan and Ecuador.

Thankfully, these stories will get to be told at the 24th annual Vancouver Queer Film Festival, August 16 to 26. Under the theme of “lovers and fighters,” it will showcase films that look at the two sides of the GLBT community. “There are queer relationships, sexuality and families — so that’s the lovers side of things. And then the fighters

“There are definitely more films coming out each year and more money’s being put into them,” she says. “There are countries that have a tradition of releasing queer films, such as Germany, but then you start to see films coming out of countries that don’t have that tradition — such as Ecuador and Taiwan.” As well, “We continue to be a place where Vancouver artists can show their films to an audience for the very first time – that’s something we’re deeply honoured to do.” QueerFilmFestival.ca

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from lavish floats to marching bands. The parade begins on Robson Street, travels through the West End and finishes at the Sunset Beach festival site. Downtown, 12pm – 3pm. Free.

PRIDE FESTIVAL 125,000 people celebrate the best day of the summer on the shores of Sunset Beach. Check out the live music, Pride market and beer garden. Sunset Beach (near Burrard Bridge), 11am – 6pm. Free.

CHICAS AT THE COAST A gathering of daring, delicious, delights, including two rooms of four international she.jays and live entertainment with the musical wonders of Colleen Rennison and Eric Campbell from No Sinner and a gorgeous flamenco troupe. Coast Plaza Hotel (1763 Comox Street) 3pm-9pm. $45 advance OR included in all-access weekend pass for $99 (value of $125). Tix at FlyGirlProductions.com, Little Sisters, Kokopelli SalonComox Street.

THICKSET BEAR & CUB DANCE A Hangout Night For Bears, Cubs & Friends... takes over de:Basement at Club 23 (former home of legendary disco/ leather/punk club John Barley’s)! Multigenre, all-purpose grooves from Seattle’s infamous DJ NARK (Bottom Forty @ the Cuff; Dickslap @ the Eagle; NarkMagazine. com/), plus the return of THICKSET fave, Vancouver’s RJ SOLO (Bunker, Organix, Audio Teabag)

ONE TICKET, TWO PARTIES! TRUCKERDISCO upstairs. Club 23 (23 W. Cordova), 8pm. Advance tickets at thicktruckpride2012.eventbrite.com or Little Sisters (1238 Davie). Tickets at door for $10 (between 8pm – 9pm), $12 (9pm – 10pm), and $15 (after 10pm).

MARTINI AND BIG ROGER EVENTS: 11TH ANNUAL TROUBLE PRIDE T-DANCE With DJ Joe Gathreaux (LA) and Vancouver’s DJ Quest opening. Experience a gorgeous, sexy and spacious new venue: perfect for the post-parade social where everyone gets lucky, rain or shine! Cheap drinks and complimentary tapas. Player’s Chophouse (808 Beatty), 2pm – 8pm. $15 for advance tickets, $20 at the door. WEVancouver.com

Tickets at Little Sisters (1238 Davie), Priape (1148 Davie) or ClubZone.com/ me/BigRoger.

PLAY: SATURDAY NIGHT AFTER HOURS Starring DJ Eddie Martinez (NYC), performances by XXX Entertainer Tate Ryder and an opening set by Toronto’s JOSH KARMIN. Gorgomish (695 Smithe), 12am – 7am. $25 (limited advance), $35 (advance) and $40 (at door, if available). Tickets at Little Sisters (1238 Davie), Priape (1148 Davie) or clubzone.com/me/BigRoger.

QUEER BASH: HIPSTER VANITY VS DRAG QUEEN INSANITY What to wear? PLAID PLAID PLAID, skinny jeans, beards, bring ya mirrors! or take a chance and drag queen it up with pumps and glitter! Prizes for best costumes! With Queer Bash resident DJ Jef Leppard, Colby B and Haute Toady. Also with Drag Insanity, Isolde N. Barron, Vera Way and Celestial Seasons. The Cobalt (917 Main), 8pm – 3am. $19 for presale tickets, $25 at the door. Cobalt Pride Weekend Wristband available for $33 (3 parties).

BIG GAY SING! A FESTIVE AUDIENCE SING-ALONG WITH THE VANCOUVER MEN’S CHORUS, WILLIE ZWOZDESKY, CONDUCTOR The Roundhouse will be alive with “the Sound of Music”! Don’t even think about sitting back and enjoying the show as our hosts will get you up off your feet, PRIDE GUIDE 2012

dancing and singing to your favourite gay anthems. Remember to “Dress to Impress” as prizes will be awarded for the most outrageously dressed audience members. QueerArtsFestival.com. Roundhouse Community Centre (181 Roundhouse Mews), 7:30pm. $20.

GREY AND GLAMOROUS A Pride Dance for older and aging queers and allies. Vancouver Pride Society along with QMUNITY Generations and the 411 Senior Centre present Gray & Glamorous! Location TBA, 4pm – 7pm. $5 (suggested donation at the door, but not mandatory). Email generations@qmunity.ca.

YOUTH DANCE QMUNITY Gab Youth presents a drug- and alcohol-free event for youth ages 25 and under who identify with any sexual orientation and gender. Location TBA, 8pm – 12am. $5 (suggested donation at the door, but not mandatory). Email gabyouth@qmunity.ca.

BEARRACUDA PRIDE VANCOUVER! Returning for a second helping is DJ Ted Eiel from Chicago and live at 11pm is the BC debut of Debby Holiday, direct from Los Angeles! You’ve heard her hits “Heaven”, “Catch a Fire” or most recently “Never Give Up”. Main Room: DJ Ted Eiel (Chicago), Debby Holiday. Upstairs: Tasty snacks, massages by James and chill lounge. Fivesixty (560 Seymour), 8pm – 3am. $15 for advance tickets at Bearracuda.ca or Priape (1148 Davie). Continues page 28 23

BUSINESS PROFILE: BANANA TANS

What is your business and how long have you had it? Banana Tans was the concept developed by my husband Paul Allen and, as all projects in life, we built it from the ground up with our combined experiences of over 20 years in the indoor tanning business. Over the last five years we’ve seen our business grow into a true neighbourhood success story in Mount Pleasant. We have been able to expand the Banana Tans brand into the Davie Village. What will you be doing during Pride? As this will be the first in many years where I am not either volunteering for a community project, representing a GLBT organization or marching for one of the many associations I support, I think this year I will celebrate Pride with my husband, my friends and partake in the festivities that our community continues so very hard to make as world-class events. What is your favourite thing to do during Pride Week? For sure, the Cruisey-T, Picnic in the Park, Gayday at Playland, the TWMB & Parade are all on this year’s must-do list. What does Pride mean to you? Every time we step out our front door we change the way the world looks at the GLBT community through our 24

John Boychuk, co-owner day-to-day actions. When we march as friends and allies, we show that we are part of a large community with just as much screwed up and colourful diversity as their own family. When I see a corporate float with people who are wanting to be out, loud and proud for the day, it makes me smile as they become acceptable role models, if only for a moment, to the straight youth and their friends and families how much fun and how acceptable it is to be part of this incredible all welcoming lifestyle – even if it’s just for that moment. Although the hatred will never go away, the abandonment and alienation all goes away and we’re all just one of the many colors in the rainbow showing and educating the world that we’re out to celebrate our individuality.

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BUSINESS PROFILE: CAYA - TELUS

Kenn Hamlin, director of special projects for Caya - TELUS What is your business and how long have you had it? Caya is a sophisticated brand of award-winning boutiques powered by TELUS. We offer wireless, Optik TV, audio, cameras, imaging and a curated selection of stylish accessories. The stores are a gathering place as well as a retail space, hosting customer and community events. We launched in late 2010 and now have four stores: South Granville, Gastown, downtown and West End. What will you be doing during Pride Week? Celebrating of course! Attending WEVancouver.com

events and revelling in the Pride Parade with our enthusiastic Caya/ TELUS team. It will be a festive week. What is your favourite thing to do during Pride Week? Socialize. Pride is a great opportunity to catch up with friends â€” old and new in a variety of settings. What does Pride mean to you? For me, Pride is a celebration of diversity and a reminder of just how fortunate we are to call Canada home. Many people in the world still struggle with cultures that are not so open, accepting and proud.

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What is your business and how long have you had it? Topdrawers has been bringing men’s underwear, swimwear and activewear from around the world to Vancouver for 20 years. We thought we were trail-blazers back then, opening a “gay” business on Denman Street, but I can honestly say we have not experienced a single homophobic incident in all that time. Vancouver’s a pretty amazing place. We’re celebrating our anniversary with a party and sale in mid-September. What will you be doing during Pride Week? I’ll be working in the store mainly — Pride is a crazy time for us! We’re doing a parade float this year in conjunction with the Naked Underwear brand and Denman Mall’s popular “Fans of Pride” giveaway. We’re looking for underwear models for the parade, so anyone interested — see me! What is your favourite thing to do during Pride Week? The parade is great, so is the event at Sunset, and the cruises. Pride happens to my partner’s and my anniversary so we try to do something special just the two of us, too. We’re both in the service industry so once 26

David King, owner, Topdrawers Pride’s over we usually decompress for a few days out of town! What does Pride mean to you? It’s changed. It’s not a fight for basic rights and AIDS-funding anymore, which has been the focus from the beginning, though there’s still lots to do including watching that we don’t lose anything that’s been hard won. Today, I think Pride is about celebrating our wide diversity and remembering that together we are much more powerful than we are apart.

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BUSINESS PROFILE: LITTLE SISTER’S BOOKSTORE

Jim Deva, co-owner, Little Sister’s Bookstore What is your business and how long have you had it? I co-own Little Sister’s Bookstore, (a GBLT bookstore), and we have been open since 1983. What will you be doing Pride Week? I’ll be working hard as it is one of the busiest times of the year.

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What is your favourite thing to do during Pride Week? It’s marching in the parade and to feel part of such a great celebration. What does Pride mean to you? It’s a special time of the year when being gay is part of the majority, rather than the minority.

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TRUCKERDISCO 2012 A zero-attitude, inclusive, affordable, and unforgettable Pride Sunday event! It’s a night of disco, but probably not as you know it: Italo-Disco, Nu-Disco, Dark Disco, Crisco Disco, Space-Disco, Discopunk, past to present, anthems & oddities, Giorgio Moroder to James Murphy. DJs Taffi Louis & guests spinning the good stuff, more cowbell and more four-to-the-floor stompers and sleaze from the backroom and the underground. Club 23 (23 W. Cordova), 8pm – 1am. Tickets at the door for $10 (9pm-10pm) and $15 (after 10pm).

RAPTURE: VICTORY :: GOTHAM CITY :: DANNY VERDE | RAFAEL CALVENTE | DJ GRIND | SHOKRA Also with performances by Shokra (LA), Peter Breeze (YVR), Cassandra (TO) :: Lena Love (TO). Commodore Ballroom (868 Granville), 9pm. $50, $64.25 and $81 at Ticketmaster.ca, Priape (1148 Davie) or Little Sisters (1238 Davie).

Enjoy Pride on the MV Princess with the breath-taking views on the Vancouver Harbour, English Bay and Deep Cove. DJs Adam Dreaddy and Quest will keep you entertained, as well as performers Raye Sunshine and Iona Whipp. Enjoy a roast beef buffet dinner and dance. Boarding starts at 4pm (sailing is from 5pm – 9pm). Advance tickets are $50 (includes your meal) and can be purchased at Little Sisters Bookstore (1238 Davie), Priape (1148 Davie) or online at CruiseyT.com

PRIDE GO GO CRUISE DJs Zach Shore and Brett T from Seattle will keep you entertained on MV Britannia with performers Joan-E & Carlotta Gurl. Enjoy a roast beef buffet dinner and dance. Boarding starts at 5pm (sailing is from 6pm – 10pm). Advance Tickets are $60 (includes your meal) and can be purchased at Little Sisters Bookstore (1238 Davie), Priape (1148 Davie) or online at CruiseyT.com

PRIDE SUNDAY EDITION JetGirl and Lipstick Jungle team up again for Pride at Ginger Sixty Two. DJ Beau (L.A. - Girlbar), L.A.’s top female house DJ, will be

tearing it up with our very own rising star, DJ Kasha Kennedy (Vancouver). Ginger Sixty Two (1219 Granville), 9pm – 2am. $15 (advance) at Little Sisters (1138 Davie) and cremaproductions.com

HISTORY IX After the parade head to Celebrities and help make history at the 8th annual Gay Pride Party Marathon. Celebrities presents a 13-hour non-stop party marathon beginning with DJ DarylO & Johnny Jover (@ T-Dance), Bertossi & Zach Shore join forces to close Vancouver Pride 2012 with a big bang! Best Butt Contest at 4:30pm and you can register from 3-4pm at Celebrities coat check. Winner will walk away with over $500 in prizes! Celebrities Night Club (1022 Davie), 3pm – 4am. Free (3pm – 9pm) and $15 (after 9pm).

HERSHE BAR 2 clubs. 5 international she.jays with international Playboy playmate DJ Rhiannon, Riki Rocket, Saratonin, Kasey Riot and Miss M. One ticket lets you play in both neighbouring venues: Gossip & Blvd 22 (750 Pacific). 9pm-3am. $25 advance OR included in all-access

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weekend pass for $99 (value of $125). Tix at FlyGirlProductions.com, Little Sisters, Kokopelli Salon.

MONDAY, AUGUST 6 PRIDE RECOVERY CRUISE Still have energy or worked during Pride and need to party? Join the Pride Board and congratulate them on a great job on the Pride Recovery Cruise on the MV Britannia. DJs Drew and Del Stamp will keep you entertained with performers Joan-E & Summer Clearance. Enjoy a buffet chicken dinner and dance until you can’t dance anymore. Boarding starts at 3pm (sailing is from 4pm – 8pm). Advance Tickets are $60 (includes your meal) and can be purchased at Little Sisters Bookstore (1238 Davie), Priape (1148 Davie) or online at Cruiseyt.com.

TOPS & BOTTOMS MUSICAL IMPROV! Shake off those Pride hangover blues with some musical improv games with The Bobbers. Oasis Ultra Lounge (1240 Thurlow). Free.

HELLO, CRUEL WORLD: QUEER YOUTH SURVIVAL WORKSHOP WITH KATE BORNSTEIN Kate’s book, Hello, Cruel World: 101 Alternatives to Suicide for Teens, Freaks, and other Outlaws, is an underground seller, and the basis of this workshop. Kate will talk about doing anything it takes to make your life more worth living. With the single rule: Don’t be mean. A group discussion will follow the lecture. Roundhouse Community Centre (181 Roundhouse Mews), 3pm – 5pm. Free.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 16 – SUNDAY, AUGUST 26 24TH ANNUAL VANCOUVER QUEER FILM FESTIVAL Are you a lover or a fighter? With 75 films from 16 countries, Vancouver’s second largest film festival has something for everyone. Empire Granville 7 theatre (855 Granville) and other participating venues. Tickets go on sale July 19. For tickets, parties, previews and more, visit QueerFilmFestival.ca.

UNITED: PRIDE 2012 – VANCOUVER PRIDE’S CLOSING PARTY (SUNDAY NIGHT AFTERHOURS) Starring DJ Paulo with an opening set by Vancouver’s own DJ Adam Dreaddy. The United parties are Vancouver’s sweatiest, sexiest, and wildest re-occurring afterhours parties. This massive event sells out in advance every year with line-ups down the block to get in. Gorgomish (695 Smithe), 2am – 8am. $60 (advance), $70 (door). Tickets at Little Sisters (1238 Davie), Priape (1148 Davie) or ClubZone. com/me/BigRoger.

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WEST END FESTIVAL While Davie Street is the centre of attention during Pride Week, that is not the only time that the street hosts a party and invites the entire city. The West End Business Improvement Associate is excited to announce it’s rebranding of Davie Day into the bigger and better West End Festival. On Saturday, September 8 from noon to 7pm, this community-wide event will celebrate the friendly, diverse and beautiful West End community while bringing together people of all ages. With street closures in effect, visitors will be able to stroll from Burrard and Davie down to Denman Street while enjoying three music stages, street food, games and activities for kids, local vendors or just chill out on a patio extension and enjoy the view. There will be have fresh and new entertainment plus a few favourites from past years.

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