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By his own fairly cheerful admission, Richard Engelhardt is not an inspiring leader. He’s more of a quiet thinker, an organizer not a ag-bearer. But that doesn’t mean his ideas aren’t worth considering, especially when it comes to a new queer community centre. Engelhardt is the president of OUR Spaces, a edgling organization that emerged from a town hall Xtra hosted in 2009 to contemplate a new community centre. The room was packed, the ideas plentiful. A sign-up sheet circulated, people connected, and a new group was born, determined to create the full-service gathering hub of our dreams. It didn’t happen. The group, initially strong, soon oundered, lost members, struggled with the basics of registering a notfor-proďŹ t society with charitable status. Each year’s annual general meeting yielded similar headlines: “OUR Spaces inches along.â€? Until now. Maybe. After a shaky, protracted start, the organization, though down to just 20 members and ďŹ ve directors, seems to be on more solid footing, ready to receive new members, envision new dreams and move forward toward its
goal. If only the moment hadn’t passed. Or has it? With the city’s $7 million decision last December to help Qmunity spearhead the creation of a new community centre, OUR Spaces’ rise from its own ashes may be just in time to offer some valuable ideas, if only anyone would listen. “A lot of people wrote us off after our ďŹ rst couple of years,â€? Engelhardt readily acknowledges. “They were quite rocky. I don’t blame the community for being skeptical.â€? Valid skepticism aside, Engelhardt has a model for a multipurpose community centre that offers a different vision than Qmunity’s proposed 10,000 square feet. “I don’t think that 10,000 square feet is adequate,â€? he says. “I think there’s a bigger appetite for queer space than just Qmunity’s needs.â€? Engelhardt would rather see a shared-space model where multiple community organizations come together under a non-proďŹ t landlord — “a more encompassing facility,â€? he says, home to any queer organization that wants to join. He sees a multi-storey hub, perhaps resembling the Robson Public Market, with both non-proďŹ ts and businesses circling an open, soaring, multi-purpose area. He sees arts spaces, health services, meeting rooms and swing spaces that people can book, and permanent
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social spaces where a wide cross-section of the community can connect. The more groups and activities offered, the wider range of community members will feel drawn to the new facility and moved to support it, he suggests. “Having a community space is vital,â€? he says, “for a community to ourish.â€? Engelhardt’s vision is not new. It reects the ďŹ ndings of Qmunity’s own 2007 feasibility study, where 95 percent of the 900 respondents signalled a desire for social and arts spaces in addition to Qmunity’s core services. “People want a building that’s three or four storeys high, that can handle arts and culture, that includes a coffee shop or social space, as well as space for services,â€? study facilitator Betty Baxter told Xtra at the time. These ďŹ ndings were echoed two years later in the town hall that launched OUR Spaces and by Little Sister’s co-owner Jim Deva, who sat on the feasibility study’s advisory committee. He says Qmunity reined in its vision, despite overwhelming community feedback, after a consultant expressed (legitimate) concern about its ability to raise the money required for such an ambitious plan. Which once again brings us back to the question of 10,000 square feet. Can we afford to dream bigger? The models exist; the desire is clearly there. But where’s the money? If they build it, will we fund it? Would you be willing to contribute? To which model? If we don’t dream a little bit, Engelhardt warns, “we’re going to be stuck with a very small facility.â€? Robin Perelle is the managing editor of Xtra Vancouver.
FEEDBACK Queer coalition over? I didn’t get to Gay Liberation until the name had already been decided, but what I remember about rehabilitation of the word “queerâ€? [“Questioning the Use of ‘Queer,’â€? Xtra #532, Jan 16] begins with an up-from-the-streets group of youthful activists called Queer Nation in San Francisco in the early ’90s. It was partly a successor to ACT-UP as a grassroots anti-AIDS organization and partly a new cultural movement of young lesbians, gays and bisexuals. In my memory it is associated with Culture Club, Depeche Mode, Doc Martins and Boy London t-shirts. Queer Nation did a lot of work around safe sex and was an inuence politically in adding the B to the L and G, and beginning the move to bring in the T as well (ergo LGBT). It was also inclusive of gayfriendly straights and sought a return of the movement to its anti-establishment grassroots. I was sorry to see the movement dissipate after a couple of years. Sorrier still to see “queerâ€? taken up on the left as a sort of cultural orthodoxy, as I hate the word so much. I can understand how others feel differently, but to me personally “queerâ€? is the N-word of the LGBT world and still has no place in any serious narrative. But looking to the future, maybe the question we should be asking is not really “What inclusive term can we in the LGBT community use to define ourselves?â€? It seems inevitable now that all four components of our coalition culture will sooner-rather-than-later have full human rights in the Canadian community, and great support for securing those rights in the rest of the world. There may very well be no reason
left for the coalition to hold together. Maybe the question really is: “Is there going to be an LGBT community in the future that needs such a deďŹ nition?â€? DON HIX (DAILYXTRA.COM)
I wish not to negate anyone’s experience [“Is ‘Queer’ Really the Best We Can Do?’ Xtra #536, March 13], as I too have my own experiences. I myself was more hurt by things such as ‘die fag’, ‘burn bumfucker’, and ‘hellspawn to hate-on.’ Queer was, at least for me, ďŹ nally the identiďŹ er of people I knew I should seek out if I was to go on living not alone and not in fear. Humanity evolves. Diversity is not an end but a roadmap. Old gossip is just that. Un-evolving and un-involving, charmless and divisive to the gossips all alone. BARRY WILLIAM TESKE (DAILYXTRA.COM)
When do we count as old? Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional [“Terribly Old,� dailyxtra.com, March 18]. At 68, I am still the same fem queen I was at 18 — just have more class and cash, better taste and two degrees. My philosophy: If you can’t hide it (and I could never do it) then hang a bell on it (preferably a Big Ben.) PETER CROSSLEY (FACEBOOK)
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‘Anal bleaching’ sign draws ire Sign ‘grooming’ children for exploitation, one mother claims CENSORSHIP SHAUNA LEWIS
Despite accusations of child exploitation and racial discrimination, one East Vancouver aesthetic salon owner says she won’t be bullied into censoring her store’s sidewalk sandwich board that, among other things, advertises anal bleaching. Jaden Stevenson, owner of the Wax Hair Removal Bar on Commercial Drive, says that since the store opened Feb 1 she has received several complaints from women in the neighbourhood offended by the signage. “It’s Commercial Drive,” she says, surprised by the backlash. “I thought this was a more liberal community.” Stevenson says the complaints have ranged from concern over public use of the word “anal” that may have to be explained to children walking to nearby schools, to messages about body image and racial whitewashing. “We had an African American woman state that she was offended. She was offended that we bleach skin at all,” Stevenson says. “And I can’t really argue that as I’m a little white girl with no kids. It’s awkward.” But Stevenson maintains there is demand for anal bleaching, which is second most popular among her salon’s services, behind the Brazilian wax. Wax Bar only offers anal bleaching to adults, she notes. Xtra requested interviews with three women who contacted the store to express concern about anal bleaching. One called back but could not be reached again for comment. The other two refused to be interviewed by phone. However, the complainant who calls herself Tanya Van told Xtra in an email March 18: “This is only about the advertising on the sandwich board 100 steps away from the elementary school, not about anal bleaching. They [Wax Bar] could easily call it ‘body bleaching’ on the sandwich board.” But in a Feb 11 email to Wax Bar, Van, who claims to be a member of the Parents Advisory Committee at Britannia elementary school, says the anal bleaching ad is “grooming young students” for “child exploitation.” “We feel that this phrase ANAL BLEACHING MORE AT DAILYXTRA.COM
Jaden Stevenson says she won’t censor the line for anal bleaching on her salon’s sandwich board, despite some mothers’ objection to the word ‘anal’ around children. SHAUNA LEWIS
on the sandwich board on the way to school to be potentially grooming our young students that walk by it every weekday for child exploitation. This is how it starts — breaking boundaries — it is called grooming,” she writes. “We teach our children to not allow anyone to touch their private parts so do you understand the frustration and upset this is causing in our community that live here with their kids and use the businesses of the Drive and services at Britannia to have to walk by this sign?” she continues. “How do we even begin to talk to our kids about it?” she asks. “Children of this age fixate on signage to learn to read,” another woman emailed Wax Bar. “Having to explain what ‘anal bleaching’ is to a 4-year-old is difficult and undesirable, but having your signage there where the children see it on their walk to school every day makes it unfortunately necessary.” Van accused Wax Bar of racial discrimination as well. “Britannia has a large majority of Aboriginal students,” she writes. “This ANAL BLEACHING sign is really insidious way to get the message to these young dark skinned students that they don’t fit in — that even their nooks and crannies are too dark. Bleach for whitening the skin.” Wax Bar founder and CEO Luba Sasowski defends Stevenson, rejecting the accusation of child exploitation and balking at the opinion that anal bleaching is racially insensitive. “To say that the advertising of this service is an insidious way of sending the message that dark skinned people don’t fit in closes open communication and hampers the efforts of all those people who have tried to educate people in hopes to increase acceptance for all things that don’t hurt others,” Sasowski writes in an emailed reply to Van. “This is as ridiculous as saying all barber shops need to take down their ‘Hair Cut Inside’ signs because it’s an insidious way of sending a message to Sikh men that they don’t fit in,” she adds. In response to the dispute, Stevenson says she initially put white tape over the ‘anal bleaching’ line on the salon’s sandwich board, but then reconsidered. “A lot of people think it [anal] is a taboo word,” Stevenson acknowledges. “We don’t find it is a bad word. We find it’s a body part and if a child asks then we tell them it’s a body part and that we provide an adult service.” Stevenson says she’s not planning to remove the signage. “I feel like if your children see the signage and they automatically think that they have to bleach their anus then that’s a conversation that parents should have with them,” she says. XTRA! MARCH 27–APRIL 9, 2014 7
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How to be a better boyfriend Sexual health, relationships, gender and condom negotiation were just a few of the topics raised at this year’s Totally Outright gathering for young gay men in March. Started by the Community Based Research Centre (CBRC) in 2005 and now primarily run by the Health Initiative for Men (HIM), Totally Outright is a fourday leadership workshop for young gay, bisexual, trans and queer guys aged 18 to 26 interested in being healthy, sex-savvy peer leaders in the community. “A lot of the topics that we cover aren’t really talked about in high schools or anywhere,â€? says Joshun Dulai, past participant-turned-program coordinator. Dulai says the program’s popularity has continued to grow slowly over the years. This year, organizers received 50 applications, ďŹ ve more than last year. Jody Jollimore, HIM’s senior program manager, has been involved with Totally Outright since 2008, when he was a participant. Now, he presents a two-hour workshop on gay relationships. “I spent a lot of time letting the guys talk about being young and gay and in relationships,â€? he says, “and for many
Ethan Murley and Henry Tai found resources and made new friends at this year’s Totally Outright workshop. SHAUNA LEWIS
of them, it’s the ďŹ rst time they get to hang out with other gay guys and talk about those things.â€? Jollimore says the crux of the program is the intergenerational mentorship that goes on between community leaders, healthcare professionals and participants.
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Our City of Colours chair resigns Nine months after members passed a non-conďŹ dence vote in his leadership, the chair of a local organization dedicated to queer people of colour and their allies has resigned. In his March 11 letter of resignation, Mo Kazerooni says he felt bullied by some Our City of Colours members over his personal, political and religious beliefs. But at least four people, including some of the group’s former board directors, disagree with Kazerooni’s characterization of events. Xtra obtained a draft copy of the June 2013 non-conďŹ dence motion. It reads, in part, that “previously enthusiastic exboard members, current executive board members, current board members, general members, volunteers and other community groups have expressed concern to the board that Mo Kazerooni’s position as chair of the organization has left them wishing to distance themselves from the organization and not participate.â€? Kazerooni could not be reached for comment, but in his letter of resignation that he sent to Xtra, he paints a different picture of the events that drove him to resign. “A working board means coming to
Mo Kazerooni (at Surrey Pride in July 2013) says he has resigned from Our City of Colours because he feels attacked for his personal, political and religious beliefs. DAVID P BALL
the table to put our differences aside for a unified mission to accomplish goals and encourage inclusion for all people from any cultural and linguistic backgrounds within the LGBTQ community and ally supporters,� he writes. However, he says, he felt attacked by some group members for his personal beliefs, including his support for the state of Israel. “I have decided that I do not want to be part of this hostility and animosity anymore.� Our City of Colours’ AGM is on March 26 from 6:30pm at Gordon Neighbourhood House. – Natasha Barsotti Read the full story on dailyxtra.com
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Terribly old When do gay seniors become old men? GUEST COLUMN
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The creators of Gay and Grey, a special series on aging and gay seniors that ran on CBC Radio One’s On the Coast, hosted a public forum at the Fountainhead Pub March 12, with expert panellists and a friendly, varied crowd who voiced their concerns. All in all a good thing. Aging was already on my mind. Just days earlier gay playwright Sky Gilbert had written a Globe and Mail column about online university education. He had qualified himself as being “terribly old.” Tongue-in-cheek perhaps, but I was miffed because we happen to be the same age.
I recently spent some time with a 90-year-old neighbour — a man 30 years older than Sky and me. Not my sort of guy: the sort known to use words like squaw, paki, frog (read: First Nations woman, South Asian person, Québécois). Yet it has never occurred to me to label this vital man — who lives on his own, who tears up the country roads in his brand new car — as “terribly old.” Redneck yes, I’ll label him that. Why did I visit? He is isolated on a country road, dealing with terrible winter weather and the loss of his wife from Alzheimer’s. A lot of challenges for an aging guy. But I made him laugh, showed him a photo of the raccoons nesting in his ancient outhouse out back. Terribly old. Once upon a time I might have been tempted to use a similar label to describe senior gay men. As an 18-year-old roaming downtown Toronto in the early 1970s, my introduction to “gay and grey” was being warned to stay clear of the St Charles Tavern, “where the chicken hawks
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lurk.” Otherwise the concept of gay seniors did not exist. Meanwhile, in Montreal, a future friend was calling anyone over 30 a “coffin.” I might have been less creative with my language, but I did share his sentiments. Until I turned 30, of course. By then the 1980s were well underway. Living in Montreal, I met a variety of senior gay men through my job: some quite into the booze, products of the bar scene, not too distant from Boys in the Band. Others were quiet and serious but
living mostly hidden lives. In 1990s Vancouver, I met older gay men and women who were working as volunteers. The subject of age would never come up. They were there to help: the ’80s and ’90s had been really rough for gay men. And the focus was on young men; gay seniors were rarely mentioned. But I do remember a 30ish acquaintance who liked to call a local 65-yearold gay man the “tired old thing.” Although in great physical shape — the
man swam daily lengths at the Aquatic Centre — he earned the negative moniker because he was celibate, closeted and relentlessly bitter. Had he called himself “terribly old” when he was 60? Was he, at 65, “incredibly” or “devastatingly” old? As it turned out, the “tired old thing” would need no further labels because he soon dropped dead. Montreal, the fall of 2008. Imagine an 88-year-old gay man sitting up straight at a table, hard at work. A crowd of all ages at the Galerie Dentaire, but Peter Flinsch the artist was busy sketching. Nothing hidden about his life, the gallery full of his erotic paintings. Not “terribly old” at all. Ten weeks earlier, at another Montreal event, I sat in front of an almost unrecognizable 83-year-old film star, Tony Curtis — who some say batted for both teams — and heard him speak eloquently. Yet I also heard the whispers: “He’s terribly old.” What “terribly old” means to me: no expectations. We will face a lot of the same challenges as the 90-year-old redneck: isolation, lack of mobility, loss of partners. But what else will gay seniors face? Will we hide? What will we give up? What will our community do to help? On the minds of many at the Gay and Grey public forum: new expectations.
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What makes a man (up)? Ponyboy’s popular monthly drag-king show turns six
I realize clothing and hair don't make a person, but it's a huge step in being more comfortable in my skin.
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After years of trying to blend in, first in the Kootenays and then in Victoria, Kristen Koban was accustomed to wearing her hair long and her clothes “girly.” “Only over the last three or four years have I really started to figure out my sexuality and how I want to present myself,” she says. Koban has found role models in Vancouver’s monthly drag-king variety show, Man Up, led by performers such as Ponyboy and Cazzwell van Dyke who unabashedly challenge the status quo with increasingly blurred lines of gender performance. Those blurred lines are drawing an ever more diverse and responsive crowd, says co-founder Paige Frewer (aka Ponyboy). Since Man Up’s move from the now-closed lesbian bar Lick to The Cobalt in 2011, its popularity has exploded; the show will celebrate its sixth anniversary on March 29. “After Lick’s closure, there was a real need for women’s space,” Frewer says. But, she stresses, the lesbian bar’s loss is not the only reason for Man Up’s ongoing success. “People are being inspired and validated by seeing themselves represented and spotlighted onstage,” she says. “Sometimes the term ‘drag king’ doesn’t even properly capture what we do because it’s sort of beyond masculine performance.” Man Up’s audience wants to see a show “where you’re not going to see one type of drag act, but you’re going to see a full spectrum of gender represented onstage,” she says, “and you’re not going to see one body type; you’re going to see different shapes and sizes and different age groups.” Nadine Boulay and Ryn Broz, who perform together as The Brokeback Brothers, agree. “It’s not about a perfect impersonation of this male figure,” Boulay says. “It’s more about playing with the idea of 'What is a man? What is a woman?' What is masculine, what is feminine?” Man Up offers a variety of role models, both onstage and off. One of the regulars launched a MORE AT DAILYXTRA.COM
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buddy system last year to help keep patrons and performers safe with, among other things, bus tickets, safer sex products and bottled water. “It was really important to me to have some diversity, to have different kinds of people onstage. What we try and do is create an environment where anyone is welcome and can come in and feel safe, and they can be a goofball and have fun with us,” Frewer says. “That’s what comes through in performances.” Devoted spectator Heidi J Loos says that, in addition to the calibre of the acts, the opportunities for dialogue with the performers themselves is what keeps bringing her back. “Everyone’s really open to having that conversation; it gets people talking and gets people inspired,” she says. “It really breaks down the binary of gender, which I think is really incredible and really important.” Through its Amateur Hour spinoff, a second monthly event born in 2012 of a need for even more stage time for The Cobalt’s burgeoning MAN UP SIXTH drag/burlesque scene, Man Up also ANNIVERSARY provides an open stage and mentorSat, March 29 ship for would-be performers and Doors 9pm, show 11pm drag kings — another chance to build The Cobalt community. 917 Main St “Man Up has, in some way, encourSearch “Man Up” on Facebook aged me to be myself. I kind of look up to the kings, both as performers and as humans,” Koban says. She recently cut her long hair short for the first time in her life and says she owes the action in part to the confidence she sees at The Cobalt, both onstage and off. “I realize clothing and hair don’t make a person, but it’s a huge step in being more comfortable in my skin,” she says. “So I guess from the audience to the drag kings, Man Up has helped me become a person I’m proud of.” XTRA! MARCH 27–APRIL 9, 2014 11
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Age ain’t nothing
but a number Dave Deveau’s new play, Lowest Common Denominator, calculates the age gap STEVEN SCHELLING
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urrounding the raft of recent anti-gay laws passed in Eastern Europe and Africa is a recurring refrain: the conceit that gay relationships somehow centre on pedophilia. In Russia and Uganda, and to a lesser extent in Lithuania and Nigeria, new anti-gay laws are underpinned by the rhetoric that innocent, naive youth need protection from the sexual advances and coercion of older gay men. Current child abuse laws aren’t enough to stop the scourge, lawmakers say. The specious argument trumpeted from pulpits and protesters alike is that gays can’t reproduce, so they must recruit. And they like ’em young. “ Won’t somebody think of the children?” It’s the most powerful weapon in the homophobe’s arsenal: a malicious statement that paints an entire population with a broad and ugly brush. It’s also pure genius, because abuse does happen and that plays right into the
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haters’ hands. Even when presented with facts and figures that refute such insidious claims, an open-minded, otherwise rational parent might still feel uneasy. They say age ain’t nothing but a number, but in the real world, those numbers add up. Most parents would feel protective if their young adult son or daughter was in an opposite-sex relationship with a serious age difference. Throw gay in there and you’re adding fuel to the fire.
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n playwright Dave Deveau’s new play, Lowest Common Denominator, Deborah Williams plays Harmony, a somewhat bitter divorcée whose precocious 18-year-old son, Trevor (Dallas Sauer), takes up with Peter (Shawn Macdonald), a man 30 years his senior. What unfolds is a sometimes funny, sometimes tragic investigation of the limits of parental love, the social stigma of intergenerational relationships, the obstacles that age can present, the path toward finding your own way in the
world and the controversial notion of sexual agency in young adults. Plus, there’s the whole gay thing. “In the straight world, you don’t hear the word pedophile nearly as often as we hear it in reference to the gay community,” Deveau says. “When Calista Flockhart, 49, and Harrison Ford, 71, show up at the Oscars, it’s not a big deal. No one questions an older man and a younger woman together. Even an older woman and a younger man is less of a shocker than it used to be. But when it’s two men with an age difference, there’s this idea that it’s wrong, that there’s an inherent imbalance.” For Deveau, every play should be a conversation with the audience, not a monologue. “I was asked recently who is the hero in this play and who is the villain,” he says. “I can’t answer that. I truly believe that if a playwright goes into it with a villain and a hero in mind, they’re just fooling themselves. In Lowest Common Denominator, every character’s actions are motivated by what they think is right and come from an honest place.”
Shawn Macdonald, Dallas Sauer and Deborah Williams star in Dave Deveau’s new play, Lowest Common Denominator, about the challenges and delights of intergenerational romance and a mother’s perhaps understandable yet overly protective response. BELLE ANCELL
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see Peter as someone who guides and nurtures Trevor,” says actor Shawn Macdonald, who plays the older love interest in the play, which premiered with Zee Zee Theatre on March 14 and runs until March 30. “I think where a lot of people get confused is that there’s a difference between an older and a younger man together and the sexual archetype of the daddy and son,” he says. “One is a relationship between people, and the other is a role that’s assumed intentionally.” Macdonald, who is 50, has some experience in this area: he’s 16 years younger than his partner, Terry. “We met online seven years ago. First of all, I’d never had that kind of age difference before. And second, I’m not a daddy chaser,” he says and laughs. While Macdonald didn’t have any concerns when they first started dating, he began to feel uneasy as things got more serious. “We had a lot in common and a lot to talk about, but it was my own preconceptions that got in the way,” he admits. “I was worried about what other people would think: my sister, my family. But Terry doesn’t necessarily act ‘older’ than me, and he’s a big, huge part of my social life. My friends love him and don’t even think about it anymore.” Asked if the age difference has created any uncomfortable situations, Macdonald remembers a time Terry suffered a severe asthma attack and had to be taken to hospital. “The nurse looked at us and asked me if Terry was my father,” he remembers. “Also, when we travel, I feel people make assumptions about us.” Macdonald says some people just don’t “get it” and he then feels the need to over-explain his relationship. Dealing with the ignorance of others gets old very fast.
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must be a union of equals.” Which brings him to a minor concern. “I got to grow and experience my 30s, and I sometimes worry that I’m depriving him of that experience. It sounds snippy to say it, but sometimes, given my age, it’s a matter of ‘I know more than you do.’” “That works both ways,” Kaylum counters. “Facebook,” he adds playfully, implying that Bruce might not be up to speed on matters of social media. Kaylum is also quick to point out that he was the one who drove things at the beginning of their relationship. “I was the one calling and asking, ‘Do you want to hang out?’” he says. “I think Bruce is worried about [unduly] influencing me, but the fact is, we disagree on a lot of things, and I have no problem saying, ‘No, no, I don’t think so.’”
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ntergenerational relationships in the gay community are a serious topic deserving sober assessment, sure. But they can also make for some hilarious moments. Deveau himself says that Lowest Common Denominator is a comedy — or, at least, as close to a comedy as his Jessie Award– winning work gets. In my own circle of friends, age differences are often the stuff of hilarious after-work get-togethers. One friend, who allowed me to share the following anecdotes but not his identity, is dating a man nearly 10 years his junior. My friend (we’ll call him Owen) is 30 — and he’ll be the first to tell you he doesn’t look it. His partner (let’s call him Paul) is 21. They met two years ago when Paul was in his second year at university. “Do you have any idea how much a 21-year-old eats?” Owen will ask incredulously, listing off the nauseating quantity of late-night snacks Paul can consume without seemingly gaining an ounce. There’s also the one about how they aylum is 37. Bruce is 68. They made a pact that Paul would come out met online and have been to- to his mother before Owen turned 30. gether for just over three years. “I wanted us to at least be in the same They asked that only their first decade for that one,” he deadpans. names be used because, while But the best story by far — and the friends and family have been support- most telling — is about when Paul ive, they say they don’t came out to his mothwant to be defined by er. He’d been “house LOWEST COMMON DENOMINATOR their age difference. sitting” at Owen’s all Runs until Sun, March 30 “One day we were summer and drove out PAL Theatre, 581 Cardero St shopping at our usual to meet her in Owen’s zeezeetheatre.ca place and I was lagging pricey car. behind,” Kaylum says. A condo downtown. “The lady behind the counter asked A foreign car. She knew deep down Bruce where his son was. He explained that her son was gay, although he’d to her that I wasn’t his son, that I was yet to tell her, but her main concern his partner. Then I arrived. I don’t was that his very first boyfriend was know if Bruce saw the look on her face some sketchy sugar daddy. It’s at this when we left. I did. That was a very point that Owen always smiles his raised eyebrow.” boyish smile and says, “You have no “I find that whole sugar daddy thing idea how happy she was to meet me to be loathsome,” Bruce says. “Re- and not the guy she had dreamed up lationships, as far as I’m concerned, in her head.”
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The kissing corner became the come corner by the end of the night. The Gay Agenda, a new party of glitter and skin at The Cobalt, is a “no-attitude love-in to celebrate the sexpots of our community.” The rules? Wear very little and dance your face off. Created by Queer Bash co-founder Dave Deveau with the ambition of bringing back the bar star, the subtle angels/ train wrecks whom he feels have been replaced by drag queens. The queens are certainly welcome, but will not be gracing the stage. At The Gay Agenda, the true stars of the bar are the slutty, drunk, wild exhibitionists. Mama, I’m famous! The sexperience featured strip performances from Axel and Boy Ging, Beardoncé and King Dong, Berlin, Jula, and Junita Werk’s male alter ego (Quinn Peters is becoming increasingly wraithlike) Juan A Werk. Peen was flinging everywhere! To give you insight into the mind of a bar star, if you ask the epicene sprite in a jockstrap, Berlin, what he wants to do with his life, he’ll try to steady himself long enough to say, “I just really want to be famous for partying.” He’s so dedicated to his craft that when he asked me to go to the bathroom with him after his striptease, it wasn’t to do
a bump like I’d hoped, but to watch him get on his knees in front of the toilet and stick his finger down his throat in an effort to make room for more drinking. The best thing about true bar stars like Berlin is that they love bad press. I can write whatever I want about that gorgeous mess and the next time I see him he’ll hug me and thank me. For a boy who has never read anything but Lindsay Lohan’s tabloid saga, bad is good and fucked up is fabulous. The Gay Agenda reminded me of the sex-positive energy of Spit mixed with the flossy style of Hustla. As I walked to The Cobalt with a couple of gays, the discussion was about Dave Deveau’s recent successes, including the play he penned for Zee Zee Theatre, Lowest Common Denominator, now on at the PAL Theatre and worth seeing if only for star Dallas Sauer’s bare ass (the show’s not bad either). We wondered out loud if The Gay Agenda might be Dave’s one party that doesn’t stick... And then we stepped into the makeout booth.
Let’s have a kiki, whore The Dogwood Monarchist Society has chosen their Empress XLIII and the ruler is Kiki Lawhore. So who the hell is she? “Kiki is an outrageous, and some would say, notorious drag queen who is not afraid to show her colourful side,” Lawhore says. “She’s been in the community for more than a deca... er, several years.” Her inspirations include Lady Bunny, Divine and RuPaul “for obvious reasons,” with the cattiness of Karen Walker, Megan Mullaly’s character on Will
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& Grace. “And what would a good stage performance be without a little inspiration from Lady Gaga?” Lawhore asks. Oh, I don’t know. A stage performance that isn’t a Madonna, Grace Jones or Daphne Guinness plagiarism, perhaps? Lawhore was crowned alongside Emperor XLIII JJ Nation and “was so amazed at how many people encouraged me during the campaign,” she says. “I had support from every corner of the community. That support is embodied by the crown on my head. Every time I put it on, I realize it’s not just a crown. It’s a symbol of the trust and support the people of Vancouver have given me. It’s truly very humbling.”
Coronation is basically the Oscars for drag queens, and Lawhore describes the night as being like “Christmas, New Year’s and the fireworks festival all rolled into one event” and “one of the greatest honours of my life.” The newly-styled Empress may have beat Soraya Dynasty Slim to take home the coveted title, but she has only love for her competitor. “I think we both ran admirable campaigns and I hope she doesn’t give up her aspirations to become Empress,” Lawhore says. “Vancouver’s gay community is so diverse,” she adds, “and it’s that diversity that makes us the powerful force that we have been, and will continue to be.”
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Vegan spoiler: if you don’t eat meat, stop reading now! Windsor Meat is run by and for meat-loving foodies. Specializing in local, nonmedicated beef, pork, lamb and poultry, they also offer a Noah’s Ark–inspired list of exotics: bison, elk, ostrich, camel, crocodile. Complementing the fresh meats is a cornucopia of choice dry goods — olive oils, marinades, rubs, spices, salsas, antipastos and pastas. And craft beer jam — two of my favourite things in an unexpected and delicious pairing.
Born of necessity in the mining city of Tarija, Bolivia, a salteña is the savoury love child of an empanada and a Cornish pasty. They are also the habit-forming cornerstone of this family-run Bolivian bistro. Try beef, chicken or veggie salteñas with a spicy shop made hot sauce. But ask a member of the Ordoñez family to show you the right way to bite into one to avoid a piquant dribble down your chin.
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2901 East Hastings St pne.ca/playland Vancouver’s popular 15-acre amusement park has hosted millions of thrill seekers since it opened in 1910.That’s a lot of screams, corn dogs, candyfloss and Pepto. Undoubtedly, a favourite attraction is the wooden roller coaster designed and constructed by the legendary ride-building duo of Carl Phare and Walker LeRoy in 1958. Personally, I’m grateful that people can still get a thrill from a 56-year-old ride — means I’m not out of the running yet. Playland opens for weekends and holidays beginning May 3 and full-time beginning June 27.
It all started with his first dog Pico, a mini-Schnauzer. Everything Paul learned about making healthy choices for Pico, he's channeled into Dog Country. "If it's not good enough for my pets, I won't sell it," he says. After researching franchise options, he chose to go solo and acted as designer and contractor, which explains the store's warm, polished look. Not to mention the fabulous disco ball hanging over the shelves of wholesome, filler-free, all natural foods for your beloved cat or dog. "The store is everything I had envisioned it to be and more,” Paul says, "and I love serving the pet lovers of East Van."
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Long Live Cats and Dogs 2255 E Hastings St longlivecatsanddogs.com Pets before profits! Kristy Clark and Alexis Murphy consider their shop a health-food store for cats and dogs. Their selection is almost exclusively Canadian, locally sourced, ethically manufactured and eco-friendly. Clark and Murphy are strong proponents of raw-food diets, and raw-food products account for more than 50 percent of the food the pair sell. They are also the driving force behind Neüterhead: Ace of Spays, “a non-profit organization that uses rock ’n’ roll to raise funds to assist responsible pet-rescue groups with the costs of spaying and neutering.” How cool is that?
Scandilicious 25 Victoria Dr (and 1340 Commercial Dr) scandilicious.com You had me at spicy chocolate bacon burger! With Viking zeal, Scandilicious offers to plunder your hunger with a menu of traditional Norwegian recipes tinged with its particular flair. But it isn’t just about sweet and savoury waffles, smorbrod and kumle. It’s also about giving back. “We all deserve to be happy and fed,” says owner Anita Cotton with a disarming candour. To that end, they are developing lemonaidfund.com
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Platform 7 2331 East Hastings St platform7coffee.com The design of Marke McNicol and Livio Susin’s evocative coffee brew bar is inspired by Victorian train stations, with a bit of Mary Shelley gothic added to the mix — imagine a steampunk Paddington Bear. “The third wave of coffee is all about an appreciation of the bean origin, roast and brew technique,” McNicol says. The single portions of beans are ground to order, the temperatures are monitored with scientific specificity, the hand pour is perfectly timed, and the coffee “bloom” is delicately summoned. It’s a deliciously sensuous experience, more Japanese tea ceremony than the rushed and clumsy in-and-out of your local Tim’s.
I’d heard talk of the rebranding of the East Hastings/Sunrise neighbourhood to something called the East Village, giving it a hipper, more urbane feel. I was skeptical. Then I left the safety of my West End dwelling and visited some East Village businesses. Now I’m eating proverbial crow. Actually, I’m eating a steaming chicken salteña with spicy locoto chilli sauce, a side of goose prosciutto with beer jam, and a slow-poured, direct-trade organic Guatemalan coffee, while my dog tries to choose between the home-baked puppy peanut butter cups, or my new Daytons. There has been a renaissance here in the past two years — most clearly signalled by the four-storey condo developments with street-level retail popping up along East Hastings. But with an appreciation for its residents' cultural diversity and community-mindedness, the East Village Business Improvement Association (BIA) is clearly encouraging growth that will maintain the neighbourhood's authenticity. There will be no soul-sucking gentrification here! East Village Business Improvement Association. 2620 East Hastings St. 604-215-2401 eastvillagevancouver.ca
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Rainbow Support Group BC’s Alzheimer Society offers a support group for LGBT caregivers and/or those caring for an LGBT person with dementia. Call 604-675-5153 or kturner@alzheimerbc.org
Score 15 The Cutting Edges celebrates 20 years of gay men’s hockey with its annual skating party. DJ Adam Dreaddy spins alongside jockstrap-clad bartenders. Doors 8:45pm, skating at 9, 10 and 11pm with free skate rentals. West End Community Centre, 870 Denman St. Tickets $25 at Little Sister’s, 1238 Davie St. thecuttingedges.com
Timberline Vancouver’s country-western dance group meets every Thursday. Dancers of all levels are welcome. 7pm. St Paul’s Anglican Church, 1140 Jervis St. $10 donation partially benefits A Loving Spoonful. timberlinedance.org
Cream Crema Productions brings DJs Tracey D and Kasha Kennedy in for girls who like girls who like… 9pm–2am. Heaven’s Door, 1216 Bute St. Tickets $10 advance at Little Sister's, 1238 Davie St or online at cremaproductions.com
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Gay and Bisexual Men’s Bereavement Support Group This free support group for men grieving the loss of a same-sex partner meets the second and fourth Thursday of every month. 7–9:30pm. Qmunity, Room 610, 1033 Davie St. qmunity.ca
Sun, March 30 Joan-Eleveneightyone Joan-E hosts an evening of drag fun with special guests followed by DJ Mumbles. 10:30pm–3am.
Spring Fling ¿Por Qué No? Productions and Leaping Thespians present an evening of sketch comedy, live music, burlesque, drag kings and dancing. Doors 8pm, show 9pm. WISE Hall, 1882 Adanac St. Tickets $20 advance at Little Sister’s, 1238 Davie St, Bone Rattle Music, 2012 Commercial Dr or leapingthespians.ca or $25 at door. Queer As Funk Vancouver’s queer motown/soul/funk band performs with Angela Buna, DJ Slade and Jocelyn Macdougall. 9pm. Pat’s Pub, 403 East Hastings. Tickets $10 at door. Queerasfunk.com AJ’s Café Join other HIV-positive gay men every Friday for this free social gathering/ support group sponsored by Positive Living BC. 3-6pm. The Junction Pub, 1138 Davie St. positivelivingbc.org
Tues, April 8 Moving Forward Hominum and the Health Initiative for Men present an eight-week personal growth program for gay, bisexual, trans, and questioning guys over 40 coping with the challenges of being married, separated, or single. 6:30–8:30pm, Room 310, 1033 Davie St. Please register for your entry interview by emailing register@checkhimout. ca or calling 604-488-1001.
Fri, March 28 Positive Gathering 2014 This annual three-day conference for and by people living with HIV in BC runs until March 30. $10 registration for HIV-positive registrants, $250 registration for friends, partners and allies. Coast Plaza Hotel, 1763 Comox St. positivegathering.com Friday Yoga Drop In The Health Initiative for Men offers yoga sessions every Friday night. Bring your own yoga mat, a towel and lots of energy. 7–8:15pm. Scotiabank Dance Centre, 677 Davie St. Free but donations gratefully accepted. checkhimout.ca
Rubbout 23 Weekend Rubbermen are encouraged to wear their sexiest rubber sports gear, though lycra and leather are also okay. Registration tonight from 5–7pm, Pumpjack Pub, 1167 Davie St. No cover. Then head to the dance at Heaven’s Door, 1216 Bute St, from 9:30pm–3am. $15 at the door. And don’t forget the gear swap at the Pumpjack on Sat from 1–6pm. For full schedule go to rubbout.com
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Massage Certified/ Registered Linda Duncan, RMT 604-630-0101 Pacific Coast Massage Therapy – Christopher Robins RMT 604-687-4078 Rick Girardeau, RMT rickgrmt.com
Media Vivo Media Arts vivomediaarts.com
Men’s Services BC Society for Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse (BCSMSSA) 604-682-6482
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Sound Hearing Clinic 604-687-1488
Mr Mattress 604-255-2113
Aarm Dental Group 604-647-0006
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Motorcycles & Scooters
Airlines
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Motorcycle World 604-582-9253
Harbour Air 604-274-1277
Waterway Houseboats 1-877-WATERWAY
Daher Orthostyle – Dr Sam Daher 604-662-3290
Amherst Funeral and Cremation Services Inc 604-831-3023
Addictions
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Felicity Webb 604-721-7537
Orchard Recovery 604-947-0420
AIDS/HIV Resources AIDS Vancouver 604-893-2201 AIDS Vancouver Island 250-384-2366 1-800-665-2437 ANKORS 1-800-421-2437 Dr Peter AIDS Foundation 604-608-1874 HIM - Health Initiative for Men checkhimout.ca Positive Living 604-893-2200 Vancouver Coastal Health 604-736-2033 STOP HIV/AIDS Team 604-838-1331
Alternative Health Ignite Smoke Shop 778-786-0977 Medicinal Cannabis Dispensary 604-255-1844 My CannaMeds mycm.ca YoGuy Men’s Yoga 778-995-1970
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Archives Vivo Media Arts vivomediaarts.com
Art Galleries Vivo Media Arts vivomediaarts.com
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Bakeries Andy’s Bakery 604-251-5667
Beauty Enchante 604-669-9166
Dr Dean Wershler 604-688-4080 Dr Langston Raymond 604-687-1008
West End Business Improvement Association 604-696-0144
Redtree Dental 604-873-3337
Chiropractors
iRepair.ca 778-987-2571
Downtown Chiropractic 604-685-9444
Cleaning & Maid Services The Maids 604-987-5651
Clinics Travel Clinic 604-736-9244
Device Repair
Education & Instruction Vancouver Elementary School Teachers’ Association 604-873-8378 Vivo Media Arts vivomediaarts.com
Entertainment
Community Groups & Services
Ballet BC 604-732-5003
West End Seniors Network 604-669-5051
Museum of Vancouver 604-736-4431
Community Organizations
PlayLand Amusement Park 604-253-2311
Community Based Research Centre 604-568-7478
The Dance Centre 604-604-6400
Vivo Media Arts vivomediaarts.com
Construction
Financial Services DeVie Business Solutions 604-298-4148
Valley View Funeral Home 604-596-8866 Richmond Funeral Home 604-273-3748
Home Improvement & Repairs Maison D’Etre Build Inc 604-484-4030
Valley View Memorial Gardens 604-596-7196
Interior Design
Martin Brothers Funeral 778-330-7799
Laundry Services
Rodrozen Designs 604-558-4443
Furniture
Laundry Valet 604-568-2020
Instant Bedrooms 604-270-BEDS(2337)
Lawyers
Grocery
Dahl & Connors 604-687-8752
Nesters Market 604-682-3071
barbara findlay 604-251-4356
Safeway Davie: 604-669-8313 Robson: 604-683-6155
North Shore Law LLP 604-980-8571
Urban Fare (Bute Location) 604-975-7556
Vivo Media Arts vivomediaarts.com
Hair Stylists & Barbers Enchante 604-669-9166
Health Dr Aaron VanGaver BSc ND 604-629-1120
Libraries
Liquor West End Liquor Store 604-689-3100
Marketing C&C Communications 604-664-8995
Farmers’ Markets Vancouver Farmers’ Markets 604-879-3276
East Van Graphics eastvangraphics.ca Mail Box Plus 604-683-1433 Minuteman Press 604-572-8558
Poncho’s Restaurant 604-683-7236
Dr Joachim Sehrbrock, Registered Psychologist 604-366-3112
Sex
Psychotherapy Edward Sandberg, Counsellor/Therapist 604-728-6569
Freeway Mini Storage/U-Haul 604-251-2017
Publications Pink Triangle Press 1-800-268-9872
Abasa Optical 604-687-3937
Xtra (Ottawa) 613-986-8292
Bruce Eyewear 604-662-8300
Xtra (Toronto) 416-925-6665
Pet Care
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Kitty Kare 604-813-4239
Darryl Persello 604-306-1340
Pet Stores & Supplies
Ian Eggleton, RE/MAX 604-773-1443
Dog Country 604-558-1995
Lyn Hart, Macdonald Realty Ltd 604-724-4278 Susan Cameron 604-266-1364
Mail Box Plus 604-683-1433
Theatre Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival bardonthebeach.org
Transportation Harbour Air 604-274-1277 Helijet International 800-665-4354
Travel British Columbia Black Rock Oceanfront Resort 877-762-5011 Tourism Harrison 604-796-5581
Tisol 14th & Main St: 604-873-4117 12th & Arbutus: 604-730-1768 Grandview Hwy: 604-436-3001 Gilley Ave, Burnaby: 604-434-2812
Maison D’Etre Build Inc 604-484-4030
Gallery Café & Catering 604-688-2233
2 Dears and a Queer 604-306-1340
Physiotherapy & Rehab
Joe’s Grill 1031 Davie St, Vancouver: 604-682-3683
Yoga
Andrea Martens, BScPT, CAFCI Urban Active Sport Therapy Clinic 604-669-8233
Mr Build 604-732-8453
Restaurants & Cafés
Websites squirt.org squirt.org twospiritwolf.com 604-688-6648
Weddings
YoGuy Men’s Yoga 778-995-1970
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Joe Ramirez Integral Counselling 778-227-9423
Couriers
Scotiabank Dance Centre 604-604-6400
Renovations & Restorations
Iosono Counselling Services – Ron Paviglianiti, RPC 604-290-1445
Willow Tree Counselling 604-521-3404
Studio Space
Pets First 604-590-7387
Counselling BC counsellingbc.com
Tricia Antoniuk, MSW, RSW 778-378-2633
twospiritwolf.com 604-688-6648
Storage
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Monique Silverman, MA, RCC, CCC 778-228-8456
Shopping
C&C Communications 604-664-8995
Optical Services
Maison D’Etre Build Inc 604-484-4030
Lehmann Counselling Service 604-614-8121
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ANTON, ALLAN JOHN 1961 – 2014 Allan passed away suddenly on March 4, 2014. He was born and raised in Saskatchewan, the 7th child of Otto and Irma Anton. Pre-deceased by his parents and recently by his best friend, Rick, Allan is survived by his siblings, their spouses and families, as well as by his many friends in Vancouver. His greatest joys were camping, hiking with Rick, his daily walks along the Seawall and time spent with his many friends at The Pumpjack. Tell stories about him, remember the good times, and share a laugh or smile when you do. At Allan’s request, there will be no memorial service. His ashes will be scattered at a later date. In Allan’s memory, plant a tree or make a donation to the charity of your choice.
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