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According to the Sher Vancouver LGBTQ Friends Society, the free Destination YVR guide is designed to be a go-to resource for members of the LGBTQ community who have just arrived to the area and need help getting settled in.

Many LGBT communities arose out of adversity while overcoming challenges, and that fluidity is proving resourceful during the pandemic.

August 29th marked the launch of Vancouver’s newest arts and culture venue, Central Studios. Located in the downtown core at 856 Seymour Street, this queer owned and operated business is both a production space and performance venue. The multi-level building includes a 3000sq ft. cabaret, a photography studio, a gallery and spaces for office use and art production.

Andrea "Dre" Barone has loved playing hockey since he was a little kid. But the sport has not always loved him back. He has been subjected to abusive homophobic comments, which first left him feeling bruised but then inspired him to fight homophobia in the locker room and on the ice.

With this being Pride Week in Kelowna, for our Okanagan Top 10 list we are recognizing 10 champions for the LGBT2Q+ community in the Okanagan.

The Vancouver Men's Chorus is far more than a chorus. A new short documentary, which will have its world premiere at the 2018 Vancouver Queer Film Festival (VQFF), makes that abundantly clear.

Ron Dutton created the B.C. Gay and Lesbian Archives in 1976 and amassed over three quarter of a million items over the years: photos, posters, audio recordings, videos and more.

A new local tour will help people learn more about lesser-known history of LGBT movements and communities in Vancouver.

If you haven’t heard of the Dogwood Monarchist Society, you’re in for a treat of learnings. It’s a celebration of community, an outpouring of charity, and has the dress, drapery, glamour, and formal protocol of a monarchy.

Keegan Dittmer hurried home from his unglamorous fast-food job and disappeared into the typically chaotic bedroom of a 17-year-old high school junior, where he began his self-transformation into the glamorous and composed Wanda Faame.

If you're looking for the perfect gift this holiday season, why not let your loved ones delve into imaginative and heartfelt stories by Vancouver queer and/or trans authors? For unique perspectives from this coastal city, here are four great options... This season is all about the warm changing colours of the leaves turning to deep nights and bright lights. We invite you to experience the cozy comfort of winter with a stay in the richly decorated Wedgewood Hotel. Follow it up with decadence akin to the holidays with tickets for two to the Vancouver Opera for one of their opulent spring shows: L'Elisir d'amore, Eugene Onegin, or The Overcoat - a musical tailoring.

By Kendell YanA safe and inclusive oasis of body positivity has popped up in Vancouver’s club scene in the form of the city’s very firs

Whether Pride celebrations will be held in some physical form or virtually this year remains up in the air.

The City of Vancouver has finished digitizing thousands of images from the BC Gay and Lesbian Archives — but it needs your help identifying them.

Canadian artist Tong Zhou's created the images as part of a show called Courage.

Rainbow Roundtable aims to improve the lives of the estimated 25,000 LGBTQ seniors living in Metro Vancouver by making residential care and assisted living aware of their unique needs.

It's Pride time in New Westminster.

As the Vancouver Queer Film Festival celebrates it's 30th anniversary, the festival's artistic director says there is still more work to be done in terms of providing opportunities for LGBT filmmakers.

Although this year's Davie Street Party was cancelled, Vancouver Pride still has other parties going on.

Vancouver is home to a large number of international LGBTQ2+ events year-round. Come and check them out!

Six high-performance athletes will mingle with guests at IGLTA Foundation fundraising benefit in Toronto, 11 May - Voyage, the signature fundraising event for the International Gay and Lesbian Travel Association’s philanthropic Foundation, will have added luster this year thanks to the attendance of a special group of LGBTQ and ally Team Canada athletes and Olympians: Rosie Cossar (rhythmic gymnastics); Dylan Moscovitch (figure skating); Brock McGillis and Ben Scrivens (ice hockey); Jenn Minchin (curling); and Katherine McLeod (trampoline). All are #OneTeam ambassadors, a Canadian Olympic Committee Program that promotes LGBTQ inclusion and respect in schools and sport throughout the country.

Const. Dale Quiring is the Vancouver Police Department’s new full-time LGBTQ2S+ liaison officer.

Angus Praught and Daichan Nakagawa have been together in Vancouver for 30 years. They co-own Gayvan.com Travel Marketing, which is an organization dedicated to sharing all things of LGBTQ2+ to travelers visiting Vancouver.