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‘BEER ISLAND’ NO MORE +

HOUSING CRUNCH: CITY LOOKS AT ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS +

FRASER DOKE REMEMBERED

From Protest To Parade How inclusiveness is shaping the spirit of Pride

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Taran J. Kootenhayoo is the organizer of Rhymes for Resistance — Rappers Collective, an all-Indigenous hip hop show running July 29 at Larwill Park as part of the ongoing The Drum is Calling Festival.

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Re:“Commercial-Broadway Safeway redevelopement drawings released,” July 17, 2017, web only 100,000 square feet of commercial space?!?!?!

There are tons of great little small businesses along the drive, and theTrout Lake farmers market through the summer. Commercial Drive already has all the retail space it needs, and we certainly don’t need a mall full of non-local businesses

competing. Also “The condos are designed to look like the local houses...” Um... do you have eyes?

–Emma Darling

HEAR, HEAR

Re:“Rant/Rave,” July 6, 2017 Bravo to Melanee Henderson’s rant “The Not So Great Outdoors.” I, too, am lucky, most of the time, to live beside Stanley Park.

The unlucky times are when we are bombarded by very

unnecessarily loud activities from within the park. So thank you, Melanee, for complaining as many more of us should.

In future, when any of you are bothered by these loud so called events, call 311, which is the city complaint number.They are supposed to contact the rangers or police or other appropriate persons. Nothing is likely to be done about permitted activities but if enough of us complain someone may

eventually listen.

Melanee also makes a good point that if this kind of activity is going to be permitted it could be moved to a part of the park that is far away from residential areas.The weekly drumming group which was an annoying source of noise was relocated to where they cannot be heard in residences. The same could be done with movie night.

As a further suggestion to the operators of the movie night, I suggest they implement alternate ways of providing sound. Many people have handheld devices of various kinds on which they could listen to the audio if it was transmitted in some wireless fashion. For attendees without those devices, a smaller area with more speakers at much lower volumes might alleviate the noise problem.

Unfortunately I understand that we are going to be assailed with even more [events like this], as there will be a festival in Ceperley Park on each of the fireworks nights. Not something we want or need. Bad decision!

–Walter Kalyn

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Crackdown on Beer Island Grant Lawrence Vancouver Shakedown @GrantLawrence

“A mickey of vodka just cost me $275.”

That’s what the tipsy visitor to “Beer Island” told me when I found him shortly after the cops did, on this tiny human-made oasis on the southeast side of False Creek.

For the past several years, “Beer Island” has been a mostly clandestine, waterfront go-to for a contraband drink (or seven).The blunt nickname stuck, and with its close proximity to one of the best liquor stores in town, its reputation grew. Now the cops are trying to put a cap on it.

Beer Island is officially known as Habitat Island, a living legacy of the 2010 Winter Olympics, featuring more than 200 native trees, bushes, flowers and grasses (many of which were lilting and tinderdry when I visited).To build it, about 60,000 cubic metres of rock, gravel, sand, soil and boulders were used.

The Feds required that some shoreline be restored when some of False Creek was filled in for the construction of Olympic Village.That’s when Mark Adams, a biologist with

Police are currently arriving on ATVs three times a day to patrol for people drinking or smoking. Grant Lawrence photo Envirowest, came up with the idea for an island. Margot Long, from landscape architectural firm PWL Partnership, was a key figure in its design.

“It’s not actually an island,” Long explained to me.

“It was designed to be one at high tide, but city risk assessors were worried people could get trapped” (a rock bridge was built that never gets fully submerged, so it’s actually a peninsula, but for all intents and purposes, we’ll still call it an island.)

“I actually don’t have a problem with people drinking beer on the island as long as they take their garbage with them and don’t vandalize anything,” said Long.

I had hoped to have my first

beer on Beer Island last week with nearby resident Bob Kronbauer, editor-in-chief of Vancouver Is Awesome. He warned me that things haven’t been very relaxed on Beer Island this summer.

Undeterred, my first stop was the nearby Legacy Liquor Store. A sign was perched beside the cash register:“Looking for BEER ISLAND?You must be thinking of Habitat Island, a city park.” The sign went on to list the fines for drinking and smoking in Vancouver parks.

A Legacy employee told me that discarded bags from their store have been found on the island.The cops have come to the store, suggesting that they discourage their customers

from drinking on Beer Island, hence the sign. Apparently, an undercover cop haunts the island now, too. “They aren’t messing around!”

Still determined to experience Beer Island’s foamy rite of passage, I bought a couple of Thirsty Beaver tall-boys for Bob and me, in tribute to the local beaver who moved into the human-made shoreline wetlands a few years ago.

I was about to text Bob to meet me on Beer Island when I spotted the cops; two of them, on four-wheeled Baywatch-style ATVs. They were removing their helmets and preparing to cross the land bridge when I approached, beers hidden in my bag. I identified myself as a member of the press, and asked them a few questions.

Both of them were fully aware of the island’s nickname and reputation.

“There’s been a lot of complaints from nearby residents about drinking and smoking on the island. We’re now patrolling here three times daily. There have been empties, garbage and needles left behind. We currently have a zero-tolerance policy for any alcohol, drugs, or smoking on Beer Island.”

What if it’s an older couple having a picnic with a couple of chilled glasses of Chardonnay?

“They will be fined.”

What if it’s a just a dude chilling with a joint?

Increase in housing infill could aid affordability The city looks at alternative options to house residents SARAH RIPPLINGER @sarahripplinger

The City of Vancouver has announced new plans to address the housing affordability crisis in Vancouver, including potentially legalizing alternative forms of housing to increase stock and cool down demand.

“I am hearing loud and clear that affordability remains residents’ top concern,” said Mayor Gregor Robertson in a July 20 release. “Vancouver has a plan to deliver housing that meets local residents’ needs and incomes while upholding the principle that no one should spend more than 30 per cent of their income on their home.”

Incentives to densify with coach houses and stratified units are being proposed for pre-1940s character homes across Vancouver, including Arbutus Ridge, Dunbar and Kerrisdale, where coach houses and other stratified housing are not currently allowed in single-family neighbourhoods.

The single-family neighbourhoods of Mount Pleasant and Grandview-Woodland could also see incentives to

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build rental laneway homes and bump up the number of housing units per lot.

INCOME VS. COST VS. AVAILABILITY

Over 10,000 residents and non-residents identified housing affordability as their top priority in a recent city-administered survey on emerging housing priorities – conducted from May 26 to June 23.The majority of homeowners identified townhouses, row houses and duplexes as what they are looking for in their next move, the online survey reveals, while renters put lowrise apartments as their top choice.

According to the Metro Vancouver Housing Data Book, revised in July this year, the number of Metro Vancouver households that pay more than 30 per cent of their pre-tax income on housing and/or live in “inadequate” conditions grew from 122,280 in 2001 to 144,720 in 2011. Fifty-nine per cent of those were renters and 41 per cent were homeowners.

There were also 62,355 households in 2011 that spent at least half of their incomes on shelter. These households are considered to have “dire housing circumstances,” the report states, and to be “households at risk of homelessness.”

A lack of available rental housing is partly behind high rental prices.Vacancy rates for purpose-built apartments in metropolitan Vancouver shrunk to 0.7 per cent in 2016 from 0.8 per cent in 2015, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation statistics. Proposed restrictions on short-term rentals, such as Airbnb, could inject over 1,000 long-term rental units back into the market, but the city is also looking at duplexes, coach homes, laneway houses and other infill options, as well as the Empty Homes Tax, to address the high level of demand.

TINY HOUSING

In March, council directed staff to “review other housing forms, including tiny homes and collective housing,” according to a statement from the City of Vancouver.

The BC Tiny House Collective – a volunteer initiative seeking to “legalize and legitimize tiny houses” – defines tiny houses as detached or semi-attached single housing units of less than 500 square feet that are either on wheels or a temporary or permanent foundation. Like larger homes, they include all the basic amenities, such as a kitchen, washroom and sleeping area.

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co-founder Samantha Gambling says her customized tiny home, manufactured by a company based in North Vancouver, cost her $76,000 and counting, including the trailer beds, labour and transportation fees.

“I don’t make a lot of money, and because I’m contract-based, my income varies every month. So I couldn’t afford to live in Vancouver and work,” says the UBC land and food systems master’s graduate, who also works in sustainable agriculture and the nonprofit sector.

“Tiny houses are a way to be more economically stable.”

It is currently illegal to live in a tiny house in Vancouver, which is why Gambling and the BC Tiny House Collective are in talks with city staff about changing bylaws and putting in place the necessary infrastructure – such as water, sewage and electrical hookups – tiny houses would need to be viable.

For Gambling, her tiny house – made with recycled materials and outfitted with a composting toilet – is a ticket to homeownership in one of the most expensive housing markets in the world. Until it’s legalized, she’ll continue to work at two part-time jobs while her house remains vacant and parked in a friend’s backyard. W

“Dude will be fined.”

As if to prove their point, the cops proceeded onto the island and promptly busted the guy with the mickey, issuing him his steep ticket.

When I met the fellow a few minutes later, he seemed stunned. “That really surprised me,” he told me. “I didn’t ex-

pect such a huge fine. It’s Beer Island for chrissake! Whatever, I’m not going to fight it.”

I texted Bob and told him that he was right: the heat was on Beer Island big time. Our tall-boys could cost us $550.

We postponed our plans.

Wreck Beach? I’ll bring the bottle of Naked Grape. W

Poem of the week Welcome to Poetic Licence – a weekly poetry forum, hosted by us, featuring words by local poets. This week? Activist Peter Marcus.

TRUMP Trump is no joker He deals on a stack of aces of spades, to dig us into a hole, a grave prospect, to attack us with clubs, dazzle us with diamonds, a heartlessness unprecedented for a presidential king maker.

No longer a game of thrones.

A stacked deck held by a shark, cruzing to victory in a titanic fight to gamble away on the ship of state for a house of cards.

Peter Marcus was born in Toronto and moved to Vancouver in 1966. He worked in a hospital for 30 years, first as a cleaner and later as a transport attendant before retiring in 2002. He remains a union and political activist, and his poetry is part

of a collection under the title “A Small Lamp,” which he intends to get published.

To submit your poetry to Poetic Licence, email editor@ westender.com with Poetry Column in the subject line.

Only those selected for the column will be contacted. W

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OPUS Hotel unveils new Indigenous-themed mural Jennifer Scott A Good Chick to Know

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When one of the most notorious public art works in the city is replaced, the community takes notice.The “It’s Love, Baby” mural that donned the exterior wall of The OPUS Hotel – and had become an Instagram selfie must-stop for locals, tourists and influencers alike – was recently put to rest and, in its place, a new artistic monument now decorates the Yaletown streets.

Local artist Cathy High recently unveiled her celebratory “Love Me” wall piece

on the artistically oriented OPUS locale, timed with the hotel’s 15th anniversary; the work pays homage to our country’s rich First Nations culture while adding a playfully graphic element to Vancouver’s street art scene. Specifically, the bold totem pole imagery gives reference to the importance of the feminine influence, and is the artist’s rendition of the Kakaso’Las totem pole carved by Ellen Neel for Woodward’s in 1955.

“I was drawn to the prominence of women in Indigenous art,” says High, who is not Indigenous. “This image is of a Dzunukwa, the Wild Woman of the Woods.

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legendary creatures on the totem poles.”

More than just an exterior wall space for murals, the OPUS Hotel has long been a hub for showcasing local artists. “Our local art program is just one aspect of our commitment to being part of the local community here in Yaletown and to creating a cultural hub in the city for guests and visitors alike,” says general manager Nicholas Gandossi. In 2013 the hotel underwent an aesthetic refresh and began its local art program with the inclusion of statement local art in the colourful rooms. Pieces by Tiko Kerr, Taizo Yamamoto and Mark Mizgala became the striking focal points of the luxurious rooms, offering guests insight into what our city’s local art scene is all about.

More recently, the boutique hotel’s public spaces were given a heavy dose of local art as well: large scale mosaics by artist Jason Dussault now greet arriving eyes in the lobby and dining areas, most notably the artist’s rendition of Justin Trudeau and another entitled “Kiss the Cook”.

Extending outside traditional fine art, the hotel also supports a variety of local art and artisans through its

Cathy High with her “Love Me” mural at the Opus Hotel. Contributed photo minibars. The Opus Loves Local minibar program includes water bottles from one of our city’s most well known fashion designers, Miriam Alden of Brunette the Label, and the hottest new pickles on the block, from Granville Island’s Kaylin & Hobbs.

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course, La Pentola – the Italian restaurant nestled inside the hotel.

The “Love Me” mural has already begun its ascent to selfie fame, as many guests took turns posing with the fresh work, and the hashtag #LoveMe can be used to follow the art’s journey on social media. W

Glossier beauty finally arrives in Canada Aileen Lalor Style File @AileenLalor

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niversary, OPUS hosted an evening that brought the celebrated local artists, the community and medial together for an epic bash. Guests were able to mingle with High, Dussault and Alden while exploring the art and enjoying sips and eats from local faves like Kaylin & Hobbs, La Stella and Casamigos and, of

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DINING OUT

Botanist forges new path for hotel dining

From foraged cocktails to buratta “sorbet” there’s a lot to think about

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When I think about fine dining restaurants in Vancouver, it’s generally not a time-consuming topic. About a handful of restaurants in the city truly meet “haute cuisine” and the matching service standards implied by that term. And, with the positively corpulent list of casual restaurants of every ilk, it didn’t seem like there was a need for anything more “fancy” than Cactus Club.

Turns out I was wrong. It’s been percolating for a few years, but the old “fine dining is dead” battle cry has gone more than a bit stale and, in its place, one might say, “Vive la (tres) haute cuisine.”

Botanist, the incarnation of the former Oru at the Fairmont Pacific Rim, is an interesting amalgamation of old, new and distinctively luxe.The latter is visible in everything from the tear-off coasters that are compostable and feel like handwoven linen (of a very high thread count, indeed), to the lush design of the new circular room that features silky sheers, central booths that curve flirtatiously around each other, and a soft light throughout that flatters every visage.

The noise factor seems to have been overlooked. There aren’t enough soft surfaces in the room to absorb sound, and music floats up from the downstairs lounge to occasionally clash with the

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Left: Botanist’s Candy Cap Magic cocktail. Above: Seared sablefish with fermented vegetables and puffed tabpioca. Dan Toulgoet photos in-room sound system or weekly live act. A little more insulation and absorption would work wonders and prevent having to yell at your dining companion.

To make up for it, though, there is the beautifully trained and perfectly welcoming staff, led by GM Shon Jones-Parry.

The level of service is faultless, without pretension or formality, and attentive to the last detail. Everyone from the runner who brought the fresh-baked fougasse bread – courtesy of pastry chef Jeffry Kahle – to wine director Jill Spoor is there to make your evening a delight.

And speaking of wine, this is a wine list well worth exploring. Spoor has compiled a list of organic, biodynamic and naturalist wines from smaller producers that focuses heavily on Italian grapes. No surprise, given her decade of working and living in Italy. The bythe-glass selections include some amazing finds, as well as some Champagnes for which one would normally have to shell out several hundred dollars. It might seem steep to pay $63 for a glass of bubbly, but when it’s a Barons de Rothschild Brut, it’s a steal of a deal. (Don’t worry, there are also more affordable glasses around the $14-mark.)

As the name might imply, there is a focus on local plants, fruits, vegetables, et al. This is especially apparent in the cocktail bar and lab, run by Grant Sceney and David Wolowidnyk. The collaborative drinks list is as creative as it is delicious.

Cocktails like the Pretty Bird ($28) combine gin and bubbly with local seeds and berries in a bird-shaped glass that you sip through the glass straw that acts as a tail feather. The “bird” sits in its own nest, which has been built around the base of the stem. Another work of beauty is the Treebeard ($16), a woodsy sipper of Douglas fir gin, oaked rye, cedar syrup, birch sap, and alderwood smoked tea.

Don’t forget the food, though, amidst all the libatious delights. Executive chef Hector Laguna has created menus that focus on seasonal, foraged and locally grown ingredients. He works closely with small producers and keeps the menu vegetable-focused. Speaking later over the phone, Laguna explained his focus. “A piece of steak stays the same throughout the year, but vegetables change all the time.

They become the main part of the dish. We won’t change the whole menu, but we will change four to five dishes at

a time as things come in and out of season.”

A delightful bowl of tagliatelle with morels ($19) is topped with piave, a hard parmigiano-type cheese from northern Italy that has slightly sweeter notes. The piave is crisped into a thin cracker and dusted with mushroom “soil.” The aroma hits the nose the second the plate hits the table. It’s heady, earthy and rich, and we finish it to the last crumb.

Seared sablefish ($38) is beautifully prepared, simple and succulent. The onion nage – a vegan “soup” that is poured at the table – is a little bland, but the fermented vegetables that top the covering dome of puffed tapioca provide some sharp, bright notes.

Laguna is a chef who’s not afraid to experiment on the fly. A buratta, plum and heirloom tomato salad ($18) came one night with the buratta served as a “sorbet.” It’s an unusual presentation, but has merit. His proteins are masterful. A saddle of lamb, crusted in coffee and herbs, is fork-tender and juicy without being undercooked.

Botanist is more than just about the high-end food and drink. It’s an immersive experience that is setting a new bar for elevated dining in Vancouver. W

El Santo has a new executive chef and bar manager. Samuel Fabbro, who spent four years mentoring under chef Andrew Richardson at Cin Cin, has been promoted from sous chef to executive chef.

The beverage program will be run by Vanessa Coupar, who previously worked at Mission Hill Winery and RauDz in Kelowna, and Uva Wine and Cocktail Bar here in Vancouver.The new food and drink menus have launched and are available daily. elsanto.ca Parq Vancouver has announced the restaurant and bar line-up for the hotel and casino’s fall opening. The eight different establishments span local, comfort food at BC Kitchen to pan-Asian street food-inspired fare at Mrkt East. Also look for dim sum, a steak and seafoodfocused resto, and more. All restaurants will be managed

by James Beard-nominated chef Elizabeth Blau and her husband, chef Kim Canteenwalla. parqvancouver.com La Glace, the city’s newest ice cream parlour, will officially be open for business on Friday, Aug. 4. Pastry chef Mark Tagulao has been running La Glace as an ice cream cart for the last three years and is now opening a brick-and-mortar location at West 16th Avenue and MacDonald Street. The shop will offer both dairy and vegan ice creams, as well as sorbet, plus parfaits topped with seasonal local fruit and housemade marshmallows and meringues. Pastry offerings include a rotating list of macarons, cookies and profiteroles. La Glace will be open Wednesday through

Virtuous Pie, the popular plant-based pizza restaurant, is opening a second location in Vancouver in UBC’s Westbrook Village later this fall.

Opening tentatively set for November. The new space will have 40 seats inside, with an additional 40 patio seats. virtuouspie.com Kokomo, a new vegan café, has opened in Chinatown at 611 Gore Ave. Look for bowls, smoothies, juices and more. heykokomo.ca A new Indian restaurant has opened near South Granville. Delhi 6 is named after Delhi’s largest and oldest wholesale market. The menu states that it uses seasonal ingredients to create its “rustic” dishes. delhi6.ca On Saturday, Aug. 5, Boulevard Kitchen and Oyster Bar will host a special oysterthemed dinner in celebration of Food Day Canada (and World Oyster Day).The evening will open with a reception and champagne sabering by Taittinger, followed by the multi-course meal from executive chef Alex Chen and chef de cuisine Roger Ma. Menu includes chilled cucumber gazpacho with crispy oyster, oyster chowder, wild salmon Wellington with oyster hollandaise, and blueberry tart.

Tickets $70 per person, plus tax and gratuity. Eventbrite. boulevardvancouver.ca.

On Friday, Aug. 25, Campagnolo Roma will host Toronto chef Nate Middleton for a special collaborative dinner, featuring fivecourses served family-style and paired with local, craft beverages. Tickets $100 per person. Eventbrite. campagnoloroma.com. W

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Vancouver’s best patios Raise a glass to the city’s hidden outdoor spots Joanne Sasvari The Alchemist

@TheAlchemistBC Summer in Vancouver is all about the patio. Almost any patch of sidewalk will do, really, but it’s certainly better if that chunk of concrete comes with a decent cocktail or two.

That said, our very favourite patios are Vancouver’s hidden ones, those quiet urban oases that we share only with a handful of people in the know. Finding a new one is like discovering treasure buried in your own backyard.

Just the other day, for instance, I discovered the patio at Gotham Steakhouse (615 Seymour St., gothamsteakhouse.com). I know, I know. It’s not exactly new – the restaurant’s been around since 1999, after all – but I’d

never realized that the nondescript wall on Seymour Street hid a romantic little spot with cosy banquettes, an outdoor fireplace and leafy trees twinkling with fairy lights.

“It’s very private,” says bar manager Barry Jackson.

“You’re not being bothered by a lot of noise from the street.There’s really good food and good cocktails.You can go for a romantic dinner with your wife or husband.

It’s a really nice vibe out there.”

Indeed it is, which is one of the reasons why Gotham is the kind of place where one-time customers quickly become regulars. Another reason is the well-crafted cocktails.

“Our regulars gravitate to classics like the Manhattan, Old Fashioned and Whisky Sour, but they’re slowly trying new things, which makes it more fun for us,” says Jackson, who adds creative twists to classics with fragrant infusions, housemade syrups and seasonal flavours.

His most popular patio cocktail is the Margarita, but Jackson kicks up the traditional lime drink with coconut, raspberry, jalapeño or even a spicy pop rock rim. “There’s an infinite number of margaritas I can create,” he says.

Bubbly cocktails are also popular.

“People seem to gravitate to the French 75. I probably sell 50 to 100 on a busy afternoon or night,” Jackson says. “At happy hour, every woman who comes in orders one of these.” (Unfortunately, though, the happy hour menu is not available on the patio.)

He uses the traditional French 75 recipe (lemon, gin, sugar, sparkling wine) as a template, replacing the gin with oaken gin or vodka, for instance, or infusing it with floral flavours. (See recipe online.)

Patio drinks are typically bright and refreshing, but there’s no reason why you shouldn’t go for something rich, dark and bitter. After all, that’s what Jackson him-

The picnic tables in the tiny “back yard” at this popular farm-to-table resto are among the city’s most coveted brunch seats.

Patio drink: Grapefruit Mimosa

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1328 Hornby St., umberto. com/giardino Travel to Tuscany without leaving the city by stepping into Umberto Menghi’s lush, 80-seat garden terrazza.

Patio drink:Aperol Spritz Barry Jackson, bar manager at Gotham Steakhouse, sipping a Candy Girl cocktail on the patio. Dan Toulgoet photo self would do.

“I’d probably be drinking a Boulevardier or a Vieux Carré,” he says. “I just think they’re really interesting.”

Whether your taste runs to the rich or the refreshing, here are just a few hidden downtown patios where you can enjoy a great cocktail or two.

ADESSO BISTRO

1906 Haro St., adessobistro.ca This secluded garden patio tucked between apartment buildings is a great spot to

enjoy an antipasto platter on a summer evening.

Patio drink: Bella Rosa

CLOUGH CLUB

212 Abbott St., donnellygroup. ca/clough-club/ A tiny garden oasis at one of Gastown’s best cocktail bars that might be the best use of a sidewalk in the city.

Patio drink: Clough Club Daiquiri #3

FORAGE

Listel Hotel, 1300 Robson St., foragevancouver.com

MINAMI

1118 Mainland St., minamirestaurant.com Petite and pretty, surrounded by lush plants, this intimate Yaletown spot is perfect for late night bites or a romantic date.

Patio drink: Coconut Cooler

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Five places to drink craft beer this summer Robert Mangelsdorf The Growler

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Summer is in full swing and if you’re looking for a last-minute weekend getaway that doesn’t involve getting mauled by bears and eaten

alive by mosquitos, then let craft beer be your guide.

PENTICTON

Penticton has been way ahead of the curve on craft beer since forever, and is home to five craft breweries, most of which are worth your time, and the newly launched Penticton Ale Trail is a great way to dis-

cover all the sudsy wonders this semi-desert town has to offer.

Definitely check out Cannery Brewing, not far from Penticton’s downtown farmer’s market and the legendary Burger 55. Cannery is one of the OGs of the B.C. craft-brewing scene, first opening their doors at the historic Cannery Building 16

years ago. Their new digs are bigger, brighter, and better in every way. And with tasting room-only “exBEERiments” and fun new styles like their Hop Chowdah New England IPA, Cannery continues to innovate.

Another must-visit is Bad Tattoo Brewing Company, located a short walk from the beach and a great place to stop in before you float down the canal. Bad Tattoo is almost as well known for their killer pizza, but their beer is what I’m most interested in. I’m partial to their Los Muertos Cerveza Negra, a refreshing dark lager that finishes dry, which is good, because Penticton can get crazy hot in the summer months.

COMOX VALLEY

I may be totally biased because I spent pretty much every summer of my life at my grandparent’s cabin on beautiful Kye Bay, but the Comox Valley might be heaven on earth. Not only does the valley have beaches, mountains and amazing food, but the beer scene is totally legit, with three craft breweries keeping the locals refreshed.

The valley is made up of the three Cs; Courtenay, Comox and Cumberland, and each community has its own distinct vibe. Historic Cumberland, located near the base of Mount Washington, is a former coal town turned tourist destination.

Your first stop here should definitely be Cumberland

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Brewing Company on the main drag of Dunsmuir Street.You won’t find Cumberland’s beer outside of the Comox Valley, and that’s just the way brewer/owner Michael Tymchuk likes it.

After a hot and dusty day of mountain-biking (or lying on the beach, whatever), a cold pint of Cumberland’s Forest Fog wheat ale goes down mighty nice.

In downtown Courtenay you’ll find Gladstone Brewing Company and their gorgeous patio. The beers here are approachable and endlessly crushable, perfect for pairing with one of the delicious pizzas from Pizzeria Guerilla next door. The Belgian Golden Strong Ale is deceptively easy-drinking with a dry finish and notes of fruit and peppery spice, but packs an 8% ABV wallop.

If you’re planning a visit, though, take note: many who visit the valley, never leave.

Who can blame them?

NELSON

How can a city of fewer than 10,000 people support four craft breweries? With that kind of beer density, Nelson is making a case for being the Port Moody of the Kootenays, and much like the Vancouver suburb, all the breweries are within easy walking distance.

As anyone who’s ever been there knows, Nelson is just a little bit… different.

It’s quirky and creative and might be one of the most charming small towns I have

ever had the pleasure to visit.

The best part? The beer is really good!

Nelson Brewing Company, Torchlight Brewing and Backroads Brewing are the highlights here, all of which have seen exciting changes in the past few months: NBC recently opened its new taproom;Torchlight has moved into a much bigger space; and Backroads began pouring pints this past March.Your best bet is start with NBC and work your way downhill.

No visit to Nelson is complete without a stop at the historic Hume Hotel and its iconic Mike’s Place Pub. Downstairs, the Spiritbar might be BC’s best live music club outside of Vancouver.

KELOWNA

Kelowna may be known for its wine, but every month there seems to be another brewery popping up. Downtown you’ll find BNA Brewing Co. and the Tree Brewing Institute, both of which are worth some serious investigation.

North of downtown, there’s funky Kettle River Brewing Co., Tree Brewing’s original brewery and tasting room and new-kid-on-theblock Red Bird Brewing (set to open any day now!).

All three are conveniently located within a few feet of each other for maximum enjoyment and minimal effort.

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If the prime minister wants to attend, is it still a protest? Each year, the Pride Parade has to balance the presence of families, politicians and corporate brands with the event’s grassroots origins. Jennifer Gauthier photo

From protest to parade Pride embraces its family-friendly leanings VERONNICA MACKILLOP @vamackillop

With glitter in the air, an array of colourful floats, dazzling drag queens, and a sea of onlookers dressed in rainbow garments, the Vancouver Pride Parade seems like the perfect place for anyone and everyone to celebrate.

It wasn’t always that way, though.

At the first documented Pride march, in 1978, participants reportedly feared for their safety, quizzical onlookers only paused briefly on sidewalks, and cardboard signs were wielded in place of elaborate floats and corporate swag. In those early years, nudity, gender-bending and outrageous costumes were dispensed as provocation, sparking essential conversations, reactions and pushing boundaries further.

Thirty-nine years later, how things have changed. Naked breasts and exposed butts are

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Mission resident AJ Maharaj started bringing her son to Pride when he wasn’t even a year old. Dan Toulgoet photo par for the course – no more provocative than someone smoking on the street. And parade participants and attendees now include families, political figures, businesses and allies alongside pivotal figures in the LGBTQ+ community.

It’s only inevitable that new priorities are taking root.

“We ask people to be conscious of the family element of Pride and make sure that’s front of mind for them,” says Kieran Burgess, co-executive director of the Vancouver

Pride Society. “We have this saying, to ‘express yourself not expose yourself.’”

Burgess explains that, although there are no set policies as to what people can and can’t wear to the parade, they must abide by the law.

“Anything that wouldn’t be acceptable on a normal day in the street is something we have to take into consideration.”

Burgess believes that this attitude is necessary because it makes the parade more appealing to families, and that it’s important for children to

be exposed to the LGBTQ+ community from a young age.

“People growing up around Pride will have less prejudice.

They’ll be more open to different lifestyles and different ways of being,” he says.

AJ Maharaj started bringing her son, Adam, to Pride in 2016, when he was not even a year old. She agrees that bringing children to the parade and normalizing the LGBTQ+ community will help make her child more well rounded and open-minded.

“I just want him to grow up in that culture and accept people for who they are, and not see certain things as ‘weird,’” she says of her son. “I want him to see [the LGBTQ+ community] as a super normal thing.That way there won’t be any point when he grows up where he’ll have to accept it, because it will already be normal for him.”

And the young mother, who commutes from Mission for the festivities, doesn’t have any qualms about parade goers continuing to express themselves by being nude.

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Oof. An editor’s letter on Pride from a straight, cisgender, white millennial. I must be mad.

I won’t claim here to know the complete history of how and why Pride came about. Not because I don’t attempt to learn, but, more specifically, because I wasn’t there.

I wasn’t there in 1972, when the gay community claimed a stretch of summer as Gay Pride Week.

I wasn’t there in 1980, when Vancouver’s Pride celebrations coalesced into a festival based out of the West End Community Centre. Or, in 1983, when black arm bands appeared in the parade as a symbolic protest of the BC Human Rights Act, which left gays and lesbians vulnerable to discrimination based on sexual orientation.

I wasn’t there in 1993, when Vancouver’s gay and lesbian food bank faced closure due, in large part, to overwhelming demand from “straights,” and volunteers walked the parade with petitions to try to keep the facility open for all. I wasn’t there, that same year, when the growing Gay Pride Parade announced plans for a “new route” down Denman to Beach Avenue, and held

fundraisers in the West End to offset the mounting costs.

I wasn’t there the first year that the Westender staff signed up to walk in the parade – making it one of, if not the first newspaper in the city to do so. Nor was I there the first time the Westender partnered with the Vancouver Pride Society to print and distribute the festival guide.

I wasn’t there; but, as shown by my trip through our archives this week, the Westender was.

While I cannot place myself at the front lines of the fight for LGBTQ+ rights, Vancouverites fighting for equality have long found a front line here, in these pages. And, in this office, the LGBTQ+ community can find a listening ear and an honest pen, a forum for change, when needed, and a place to celebrate, when achieved.

As I sit here writing this, the myriad reasons why we have Pride march through my head. Feel free to tell me why you take part as we’re walking side by side on Aug. 6.

I walk because there’s so much more we can do, and so many more stories to tell.

–Kelsey Klassen, Editor

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Poignant Pride for friends and family of Fraser Doke Grand marshals find inspiration in each other JAN ZESCHKY @jantweats

This year, Pride will be poignant for Shawn Ewing.

Amid the celebratory atmosphere before the parade kicks off on Aug. 6, Ewing will be at the staging area with the ashes of his longtime friend, Fraser Doke.

Doke, a staunch gay rights activist who died on March 6 aged 54, was posthumously named as one of the parade’s grand marshals. His remains will travel in one of the paradeleading BMWs beside his brothers Grant and Patrick.

“He would be so humbled.

For all the lives he touched, for all the good he did for so many people, he never fully realized how important and wonderful he was,” Ewing said in an emotional email.

“I know he knows that I will be there at staging and will see him off on this honoured ride.”

It’s an honour that, by all accounts, is richly deserved.

Doke was active – perhaps superactive is more correct – in the community, advocating for gay rights, social justice and equality. His resume is extraordinary.

As well as volunteering for Vancouver Pride, Surrey Pride, the Celtic Festival and the NDP, Doke sat on the board of Positive Living BC and the Vancouver Pride Society, and was a founding member of Gay & Grey, a discussion group for gay men approaching their retirement years.

He was a strong advocate for the McLaren Housing Society of BC, which provides safe, affordable housing and support for people living with HIV/AIDS, and, as a past chair of Raise the Rates, a coalition dedicated to improving social assistance, he fought for the rights of people like himself living on a fixed income due to illness or disability.

Doke battled HIV from an early age, having moved to Vancouver in his teenage years and living on the streets. He later suffered a brain abscess, then liver failure and ultimately liver cancer. Despite these chal-

Fraser Doke, seen here at the 2014 Pride Parade, was posthumously named one of the parade’s grand marshals. Mike Alain photo lenges he was selfless in his daily life, his friends and acquaintances recall.

“He was always there when I called and needed some help on some volunteer project,” Ewing says.

“I almost thought his last name was ‘Couldyou,’ as it always seemed that it was ‘Fraser, could you...’ His re-

sponse was often, ‘What time would you like me there?’”

Kim Stacey recalls Doke doing the cleaning and shopping for senior residents of the Manhattan co-op when they were both residents there. Now executive director of McLaren Housing, Stacey submitted the grand marshal nomination for Doke.

“He really wanted to educate people about the challenges of living on a fixed income and the struggles of having adequate food, particularly for HIV health, because having adequate housing and nutrition is key to having positive HIV health,” Stacey says.

This year, McLaren’s float at the Pride Parade will have a Scottish theme to honour Doke’s roots, complete with a piper and a picture of a kiltwearing Doke from the 2014 parade – when he walked the whole route despite recovering from a liver transplant.

His influence goes far beyond people he met.

“If it wasn’t for the activism of people like Fraser, so many of us wouldn’t have the ability to walk down the street without some kind of abuse,” says Carrie Serwetnyk, another of the parade’s grand marshals.

“We live in a freer society because of the work of people like him, who have opened doors, whether it’s in corporations or institutions or just in people’s minds, for someone like me to be freer in my life.”

Serwetnyk has earned

many honours during her career as a soccer player and coach, including being the first woman inducted into the Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame in 2001.

But, just by talking to her over the phone, it’s apparent that the call to help lead out the Pride Parade is the honour that means the most.

“It’s absolutely huge,” she says after a long pause searching for the right words.

“Being put in this position where I can be celebrated in my own community ... it’s kind of bigger than anything I’ve ever done.”

Serwetnyk is being recognized for her efforts to bring more gender balance to sports in Canada.Through her non-profit organization Equal Play, more than 3,000 elementary school girls in Vancouver have taken part in the free Girls Leadership Soccer Project. She also founded the Free Kick leagues for kids in Vancouver, and has fearlessly advocated for more female representation in sports.

But on a more personal level, Serwetnyk admits she’s been more hesitant to openly identify as gay. Even when she

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Above: Teenage transgender activist and sexual health advocate Tru Wilson. Anick Violette for Big Love Ball photo Below: Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame inductee Carrie Serwetnyk. VPS photo learned of her nomination as a grand marshal, she didn’t feel like she was “out-out” – until a close friend told her that everyone already knew the truth.

Serwetnyk says she found courage in her other fellow grand marshal,Tru Wilson.

When Tru, now 14, was refused the right to attend school as a girl at Ladner’s Sacred Heart Elementary in 2014, she and her family filed a human rights complaint.

It led to the Catholic Independent Schools Vancouver Archdiocese becoming the first Catholic school board in Canada to develop a policy allowing students to be “gender non-conforming,” although the actual process of transitioning is not supported.

Tru went on to become a powerful transgender advocate, becoming the poster girl for a Vancouver Parks Board

awareness campaign, and being acknowledged by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for her advocacy. Earlier this year, Options for Sexual Health named her as their first youth Sexual Health Champion.

When Serwetnyk read Tru’s story, she was inspired to fully own her sexuality.

“When I think aboutTru, that she is loved and appreci-

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ated for who she is without being ostracized, it was a lesson. I realized, ‘Oh no, I haven’t even told my own family that I’m going to be grand marshal!’”

Serwetnyk says.

Serwetnyk immediately called her mother, who is in a nursing home, to deliver the news.

“I’m from the ‘before Ellen’ era when [being gay] wasn’t cool, it wasn’t normalized.

And so I had to look at those feelings and say, this is your opportunity to grow and just be out and celebrate,” she says.

And though she’s nervous about the parade – “it sounds super scary but unbelievable in the same breath” – she’s going to embrace her starring role.

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EVENTS Transgender rights bill a point of Pride After years of tireless effort from activists, Bill C-16 passed and became law on June 19.

Bill C-16 adds gender expression and identity as protected grounds to the Canadian Human Rights Act and to the Criminal Code provision (which addresses hate propaganda).This means that it is now considered a hate crime to target someone for being transgender, two-spirit, gender nonconforming or gender variant.

Additionally, someone’s gender

expression or gender identity can be considered as an aggravating circumstance during sentencing.

Bill C-16 provides much needed legal protections, and while having this bill pass does not mean the fight is over, this is a major step forward in securing the rights of transgender, two-spirit, gender nonconforming and gender variant peoples, as well as protecting them from discrimination.

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Vancouver Fetish Weekend— Kinky Cocktails Meet and Greet 9pm @ Lux Lounge, 1180 Howe St. Free. 19+. Open to everyone interested in kink. No dress code, no cover. Drink, dance, socialize, and meet kinky locals and visitors from all over the world.

Aging with Pride 2pm @ Coast Plaza Hotel, 1763 Comox St. Free. 55+. Welcoming LGBTQ/2S folks 55+ and their allies to celebrate pride; with new community speakers/performers and past favourites this season.

FRIDAY, JULY 28

Prance on the Pier 5pm-10 pm @ Lonsdale Quay Free. All Ages. Pride is helping to bring the fun across the Burrard Inlet for this all-ages dance. Food trucks, craft beer, dancing and more.

SpiritPride 2017 and Affirm United Annual Conference July 28-30 @ St. Andrew’s-Wesley Church, 1022 Nelson St. Hosted by St. Andrew’s-Wesley United Church and Affirm United/ S’affirmer Ensemble, SpiritPride is a LGBTQ+ Spirituality Conference. All LGBTQ people and allies are welcome. This year’s theme is Hope Rising: Celebrating our Spirituality. For registration and information on the topics presented, head to: www.spiritpride.org.

“What Surrounds You?”—Solo art exhibition by John Henry 6pm @ The Playground, 434 Columbia St. Free. All Ages. Solo exhibition by artist John Henry. Opening July 28 on through Aug 24. 10 per cent of art sale proceeds donated to Positive Living BC.

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An Evening in Damascus 7pm @ Roundhouse Community Centre, 181 Roundhouse Mews $30-$40. All Ages. With Syrian food, a belly-dancer and storytellers, Danny Ramadan brings back his annual fundraiser An Evening in Damascus for a third year.

Vancouver Fetish Weekend— Carnival Of Kink 9pm @ The Imperial, 319 Main St. $30/$35. 19+. Fetish dress code, kink play areas, international performers, DJs and more. Newbies welcome. Tickets and info: www. vancouverfetishweekend.com SATURDAY, JULY 29 Vancouver Fetish Weekend— 5 Year Anniversary Fetish Ball 9pm @ Harbour Event Center, 750 Pacific Blvd. $40/$45. 19+. Join 500+ local and international kinksters at Vancouver’s largest fetish party. Fetish dress code. Tickets and info: vancouverfetishweekend.com SUNDAY, JULY 30 VVJ: Dashaun Wesley Vogue Workshop 3pm @ Harbour Dance, 927 Granville St. $20-$25. All Ages. Get your vogue elements ready for “DYNASTY BALL” and learn how to VOGUE with RIHANNA dancer and KING OF VOGUE Dashaun “Evisu” Wesley.

Queers and Beers 5pm @ The Cobalt, 917 Main St. $8-$15. 19+. A queer craft-beer hangout party. Featuring fun brews from local breweries, tropical parking-lot patio, food trucks, chill vibes and fun times.

Vancouver Fetish Weekend— VIP Fetish Cruise 5pm. Private yacht, location given to ticketholders only. $160. 19+. Join 400 kinksters on the largest fetish cruise in North America.

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Amateur Hour: Rookies of the Year!

9pm @ The Cobalt, 917 Main St. $10. 19+. Man Up’s partner show and dance party, featuring some of the city’s brightest new drag stars. Audience vote wins gig at Man Up Pride. Show at 10.

Vancouver Fetish Weekend— Wet and Wild Bondage Ball 9pm @ The Odyss ey, 686 W. Hastings St. $20. 19+. 300+ expected. Fetish dress code, DJs, dancing and sexy shower shows all night. Tickets and info: vancouverfetishweekend.com.

MONDAY, JULY 31 Pride Proclamation 11am @ Jim Deva Plaza.

An official launch of the week leading up to major Pride events, hosted by the City of Vancouver.

Mary Poppins Pride Night at TUTS 8pm @ Malkin Bowl. $30-$49. All Ages. Join Theater Under The Stars for a Mary Pop-

panel discussion highlighting local and national non-profit organizations that support LGBTQ2+ refugees in both Vancouver and Canada. It will also highlight the personal stories of LGBTQ2+ refugees that have made Vancouver their home and their harrowing stories of courage, strength, and survival.

Tickets are $20 on Eventbrite, with proceeds being given to Rainbow Refugee. pins Pride Night. Use promo code VANPRIDE for $10 off tix this night only at ticketstonight.ca.

QueerProv Fruit Bowl Pride Edition 8pm @ XYYVR, 1216 Bute St. Free. 19+. Queer Prov Fruit Bowl Pride Edition: The Competitive Format filled with fun and laughter: Queer Improvisers duel it out for the Fruit Cup. Dynasty Ball 9pm @ The Penthouse, 1019 Seymour St. $15-$20. 19+. DYNASTY BALL— Paying homage to the ’80s – Categories: RUNWAY, BAZAAR, SEX SIREN, DRAG and VOGUE PERFORMANCE—Like @vanvoguejam on Facebook for more info.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 1 Pride Movie in the Park 6pm-11 pm@ Second Beach Free. All Ages. Sing-a-long to the original Disney classic Beauty and The Beast at this special Pride Week screening.

Pride Week Documentary Film Screening: MAJOR! 6:30pm @ VPL, Alice Mackey Room, 350 West Georgia St. Free. All Ages. Explores the life of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, trans elder and activist. Discussion with Sandy-Leo LaFramboise to follow.

More info: vpl.ca/events.

Shame Spiral Pride Sweatathon.

10pm @ 1181, 1181 Davie St. Free. 19+. Your favourite sweaty Queen, Peach Cobblah, welcomes Beardonce back to your most debauched Tuesday. With DJ Dom Top.

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2pm @ Coast Plaza Hotel, 1763 Comox St. 6pm-3am @ 1181, 1181 Davie St. Free. 19+. G-Luve with Ambrosia Salad (LA).

THURSDAY, AUGUST 3 A Night of Storytelling: Sex in the City 6:30pm @ VPL, Alma Van Dusen and Peter Kaye Rooms, 350 West Georgia St. Free. All Ages. Storytellers open souls and bedroom doors to reveal secret histories of queer, trans and Two-Spirit sexuality in Vancouver.

More info vpl.ca/events.

Absolutely Fabulous 7pm @ Gordon Neighbourhood House, 1019 Broughton St. $5.

19+. Co-hosted by BLM-Vancouver, this third annual event features performances from black queer and trans folks. Ticket includes drink and snacks.

Brat Pack 10 pm @ The Junction. $5 at the door. 19+.

Big Gay Sing 8pm @ Arts Club Revue Stage, Granville Island. $25. 19+. Get your Pride on: Audience singalong takes you from spectator to performer. Lyrics provided.

Eye Roll: Another F%8anding ’90s Pride Party 9pm @ XY, 1216 Bute St. $9-$12. 19+. All ’90s, all night. With DJ Jef Leppard, Hosted by Peach Cobblah, with performances by Carlotta Gurl and Isolde N. Barron.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 4 Trans and Genderqueer March 5:30pm @ Clark Park.

Free. All Ages. Join in community and solidarity at the annual grassroots Trans, Two-Spirit, Genderqueer and Intersex March.

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Continued from page 7 “I think your body is just your body, and people’s bodies, [especially] women’s, are overly sexualized,” she says. “And I think it’s important to show kids that it’s not inappropriate and it’s just unnecessary to sexualize the human body.

It’s totally normal to be naked, and I don’t want him to see the female body differently than the male body just because it gets exposed less.”

Historically, Pride boasted more nudity and fetishwear than seen now, with parade floats such as Foreskin Pride, which was banned in 2013 afterThe Canadian Foreskin Awareness Project’s Glen Callender went full-frontal in the parade prior, and fetish floats, which people have noted seeing less of in recent parades, offering a bevy of bodies in various states of undress.

Allan Morgan, a 62-year-old actor who has been attending Vancouver Pride since the ’80s, has noticed this change, and although he loves that families and allies are attending Pride, he thinks the parade should remain a place for boundary pushing and self-expression.

For him, the change really became evident the year he yelled at Mayor Gregor Robertson to take his shirt off while he was walking in the

Left: Actor Allan Morgan has been attending the event since the ’80s and says he wants the parade to remain “boundary pushing.” Contributed photo Right: A marcher at the 2015 Pride Parade. File photo parade, and a group of families looked at him as though he was disrupting the event.

“We used to yell stuff all the time!” Morgan says. “Now everyone just sits there quiet and thinks I’m crazy for yelling things.”

That’s not enough for him to wish families didn’t attend, though.

“I love families at Pride,” he says. “I went with my mom one year, and my brother, who is also gay.We had to make up some excuses for the fetish floats but, overall, she loved it!

We took our nephew to Pride one year, and we had a lovely talk about Pride and what it means. It’s important to

normalize that for kids.They see joy, they see fun, they see people being themselves, it’s a great introduction.”

Morgan says that he has no problem with nudity in the parade, either; he feels it is liberating, and agrees that parents should not be concerned about their children witnessing something as normal as the human body.

“There’s no problem with nudity, and it’s honestly great to see people who would never end up in a magazine being proud of their bodies. If that’s ‘boundary pushing’ so be it,” he explains.

Morgan also mused that perhaps the reason the parade

has toned down in recent years is because nudity simply isn’t shocking any more. “What’s still shocking to people is to see a man, dressed as a male, just wearing [lipstick].That red lip has so much controversy and I think that is so cool,” he says.

“I think the idea of gender being more than what people think it is, shocks people. It’s boundary pushing. Because it’s a fucking patriarchy that we are living in, people do not want to see men mimicking women, or being inspired by women.”

Maharaj has noticed this, as well. Although she has not faced any criticism for bringing her son to Pride, she has had people comment on the way she dresses him. She explained that many people assume he is a girl just because of his brightly coloured clothes.

“I feel like some people judge me for dressing him in really colourful clothes, or they’ll think he’s a girl, and they look at me like I’m emasculating him or something.”

Which is a potent reminder why Pride is important for all to attend.

“Reminding kids that everyone’s different and that’s okay, that everyone has a different way of being and that it’s not a choice, but it’s something to celebrate,” says Burgess. “That’s great to teach children.” W

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The Vancouver Pride Parade is renowned on the international stage as one of the largest and most successful LGBTQ+ events in the world.

The theme of this VPS photo year’s Parade is “My Pride” recognizing that, for each individual, Pride and its events can be a unique personal experience with both celebratory and deeply emotional components. Use #MyPride on social media to tell the Vancouver Pride Society (VPS) what Pride means to you. And be sure to vote for your favourite parade entries. All entries are eligible for awards. Visit vancouverpride.ca on Pride Sunday for instructions, or vote on the Vancouver Pride App. Also, don’t forget these important tips and tricks: • Please stay off the road. Let marchers come to you to give you free swag and ensure that floats have lots of room.

• No spraying water or throwing objects at entries.

• Pack it in, pack it out! Help the Vancouver Pride Parade become zero impact by using garbage bins and recycling stations along the parade route.

• Be aware of road closures on Pride Sunday. The parade begins at 12pm sharp, but roads will be closed from 8am-4pm.

• Leave your car at home! Parking near the parade route is extremely limited, so take transit or ride a bike and check it at the Bike Valet on Sunset Beach.

• Open alcohol is prohibited on the streets and parks so leave it at home. Come to the Beer Garden at Sunset Beach after the parade and have a toast there. –Kaschelle Thiessen

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Canadian Aviation Pride: Pride Weekend Social 5pm @ XYYVR, 1216 Bute St. Free. 19+. Join CAP’s’s annual pride gathering. Open to all LGBTQ people that participate in aviation and enthusiasts. Meet the flock. aviationpride.ca Davie Street Party 6pm-12am @ Davie St from Burrard to Jervis.

Free. All Ages. Multiple stages, interactive stations, and art installations form the largest open-air event in the city.

Chicks Ahoy! Women’s Pride Cruise 7pm @ Magic Yacht Charters, 1601 Bayshore Dr. $44/$49.99. 19+. If you’re looking for some maritime mayhem and a rock-your-world dance floor surrounded by stunning scenery, this is the party for you.

QueerProv Pride Kick Off Show 7pm @ XYYVR, 1216 Bute St. Free. 19+. Start your pride weekend with laughs provided by YVR’s finest Queer Improvisers. Come one, come all.

Queer as Funk 8pm @ The Commodore Ballroom, 868 Granville St. $30/$45. 19+. Get ready for a funky good time. Queer As Funk, with special guests, Tonye Aganaba, Dawn Pemberton, DJ Slade and What It Is. Swallow Your Pride 8pm @ Maritime Labour Centre, 1880 Triumph St. $20/$25. 19+. Celebrate your BDSM Pride with Vancouver’s only queer play party on Pride weekend.

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6th Annual RUFF Pride Vancouver 9pm @ The PINT, 455 Abbott St. $25/$30/$35/$40. 19+. RUFF Pride YVR—4 DJs 3 Rooms 2 Dance Floors, 10 MEN of RUFF. DJs Zarfan, Nathan Mots, Damien Mack (Melbourne) J Warren (Boston) RUFFparty.com.

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Rapture:PLAYBOY 9pm @ XYYVR, 1216 Bute St. $15+. 19+. Pride Hiphop/RnB Party with DJ Domtop and performances by Jane Smoker and Kendall Gender.

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Man Up: The Gender Adventure 9pm @ The Cobalt, 917 Main St. $20. 19+. East Van’s notorious gender trippers from outer space are BACK. Full spectrum drag

VPS photo DAVIE STREET FESTIVAL August 4 • 6pm-12am In 2015, the Davie Street festival became the first open-concept liquor event in the city of Vancouver. This all ages event continued its evolution in 2016 with the closure of Thurlow, creating a connected event site that provides entertainment for the entire family.

With a rich history, the event showcases Davie Village in a unique way and allows the community a chance to interact show and queer dance party for your senses.

Downtown’s Lesbian and Queer Pride Party 10pm @ Celebrities Underground, 1022 Davie St. $10/$15. 19+. A unique dance party for Vancouver’s lesbian and queer scene right in the heart of downtown. Come get sweaty with us.

Techno Love 12-8am (licensed until 2am) @ Gorg-o-Mish, 695 Smithe St. 19+. Hosted by Symone. With Diana Boss ft Quannah, Ambrosia Salad (LA), Almond Brown (SEA), Rennie Foster. Partial proceeds to go to A Loving Spoonful. Advance ticket info at gorgomish.com.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 5 RCUC Ultimate Frisbee Tournament 9am @ Andy Livingstone Park, 89 Expo Blvd. $35. 18+. Van’s first LGBTQ Pride Ultimate Frisbee Tournament.

5vs5 games, hat tournament, all skill levels welcome. Bring spirit.

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Men’s Skyclad (naked) Yoga 10am @ Dharma Lab, 202-1814 Pandora St. $25. 19+. Let your PRIDE flow. Ron has been leading Skyclad yoga classes since 2005. Visit skyclad.ca for details and to RSVP.

with the businesses on the street. This year, look for a silent disco, amazing interactive art pieces including the light up rainbow cloud swing and the new Pride Living Library, purchase some pride gear from our plethora of queer-friendly vendors, and grab a bite to eat from one of many food trucks.

With strong partnerships with the West End BIA and local businesses, this event will continue to flourish in 2017 and beyond.

Rapture: HEATWAVE 12pm @ Westin Grand Hotel, 433 Robson St. $45-$60. With Gia Metric and DJ Nick Bertossi.

Erotic Pride Celebration 10am @ Dharma Lab, 202-1814 Pandora St. $150. 19+. Join Certified Somatic Sex Educators in a workshop of mindful erotic explorations. See skyclad.ca for more details and to register.

14th Annual Dyke March 11am @ McSpadden Park, 2125 Victoria Dr. Free. All Ages. Join the VDM for the 14th annual Vancouver Dyke March, begining at McSpadden Park with festivities and art. Bring signs, get political.

Powell Street Festival—Third Gender Exhibit and Event 12pm @ Firehall Arts Centre, 280 E. Cordova St. Free. All Ages. Acknowledging and celebrating third gender identities, the Powell Street Festival is excited to give power to these voices.

Vancouver Dyke Festival 1pm-5pm @ Grandview Park, 1657 Charles St. Free. All Ages. Come after the March for local performances, queer-friendly vendors, and a space to gather with friends, family, and community.

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1pm @ The Waldorf, 1489 E Hastings St. $20. 19+. Your Pride parking lot pool party is back. A balmy oasis of queer joy, now a stone’s throw from the Dyke March. Doors 1pm, DJs and play all day.

BC Lions Pride Game 4pm @ BC Place Stadium All Ages. Show your Pride by coming to this exciting game, with a half-time show that will blow anyone away.

Limp Wrist: Lega-She, A Mother/Daughter Ball 9pm @ The Cobalt, 917 Main St. $13-$20. 19+. Celebrating famed mother/daughter duos DJ Jef Leppard and performances by Isolde N. Barron/Peach Cobblah, Jaylene Tyme/Jane Smoker, Jem/Rose Butch.

Rapture: ONYX 9pm @ XYYVR, 1216 Bute St. $25. 19+. Pride Saturday Dance Party with DJ Blacklow (LA), DJ Landon James with performances

by Tynomi Banks and Jo Duree.

Lick Club 10pm @ Hindenburg, 23 W. Cordova St. $15. 19+. Vancouver’s monthly Lesbian/Queer Jam—Lick Club Pride edition. 2 rooms/9 DJs/Featuring Skylar Love + Molli Fi + Leahbabe + MsJackson + ChinaG + more.

Love Disco 11pm-8am (licensed until 2am) @ Gorg-o-Mish, 695 Smithe St. 19+. Hosted by Alma Bitches.

With LITTLE BOOTS DJ SET (UK), Sappho David Slyvester Stormy Roxx (NoFOMO -PDX), Nancy Dru, performances by MeMe GoGo. Advance ticket info at gorgomish. com. Partial proceeds to go to A

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Loving Spoonful. Advance ticket info at gorgomish.com.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 6 Pride Parade 12pm-3 pm @ Robson Street + Free. All Ages. Join us for the 39th annual Vancouver Pride Parade.

Vote for your favorite floats online.

ICE-T Patio Party 1-9pm @ XYYVR, 1216 Bute Street 19+. $10 Advance. 19+. DJ Leanne, Almond Brown(Sea), Diana Boss, G-Luve. Ticket info at facebook. com/xyvancouver.

Untoxicated 5pm-10pm @ Bute and Davie St. $20. All Ages. Substance Free

Enjoy pancakes and other breakfast delights in the heart of the Davie Village, courtesy of Independent Grocer and Super Save Group. Browse through historical archives, socialize with other community members, and check out the new Pride Living Library.

Event featuring entertainment by Morgan McMichaels and DJ Nina Flower from RuPaul’s Drag Race, and more.

CHICAS in the AFTERNOON 4pm @ Sheraton Wall Centre, 1088 Burrard St. $47.50. 19+. The legendary postparade outdoor party is part garden party, part dance party, with DJs and a full-on, rainbow-striped racket of debauchery. Rose Garcia, reality TV star, inspiration for the character Papi on The L-Word and a true inspiration for Latina lesbians everywhere, will host.

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EVENTS SUNSET BEACH FESTIVAL August 6 • 11am-6pm Sunset Beach, Free Celebrate Pride at the annual Sunset Beach Festival. This event brings together thousands of individuals in the LGBTQ+ communiy and their allies for a day of fun-filled festivities.

Enjoy the diverse entertainment lineup at the main stage, explore the Vendor Village, visit the Family Zone and check out our brand new Community Zone, or dance the afternoon away to DJs spinning in the beer garden. Stay for the whole day, or pop by after the parade.

Sunset beach is completely accessible. Shade tents will be provided next to cement pathways for those who need it. ASL interpretation and a deaf social space are provided near the main stage. For information on the day of the event, visit the Vancouver Pride Society volunteers in the Accessibility Zone.

Don’t forget that the West End is incredibly busy on Pride Sunday. Consider taking transit or biking. Bike Valet will be provided by donation.

This year the Sunset Beach Festival will include a brand new Community Zone, featuring VPS Community Partners who will have interactive activities set up

Continued from page 13 Two-Spirit Pride—Celebrating Pride with Two-Spirits 6pm-11pm @ The Penthouse, 1019 Seymour St. $5. 19+. Dancing, two-spirit entertainment, Snacks. Come out and meet our 40th Legacy Two-Spirit Chief and Princess.

Hershe Bar 9pm @ Harbour Event Centre and Prive Nightclub, 750 Pacific Blvd. $25/$30. 19+. 2 clubs. 6 DJs. Canada’s biggest queer party and Pride’s closing ritual, famous for its sensory overload of confetti, CO2 and electrifying music.

Hustla: Pride Fam Jam 9pm @ The Cobalt, 917 Main St. $15-$22. 19+. Your favourite homo hip hop haunt with DJ Jef Leppard and Trevor Risk, plus Peach Cobblah, Beardonce and Karmella Barr.

Babes on Babes 9pm @ Fortune Sound Club, 147 E. Pender St. $20. 19+. Queer long weekend jam/4 rooms/12 DJs/1 party. Featuring some of California’s finest: VonKiss + MsJackson + ChinaG + AlexD and a ton of local faves.

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At Jericho Arts Centre in repertory with Master Class and A Prayer For Owen Meany until August 17, 2017 Tickets from $25 at ensembletheatrecompany.ca.

Pay-what-you-can Wednesdays at the door

VPS photo for your enjoyment. Stop by and say hello, check out our brand new Pride Living Library, see the archives, play some games and see what our communities have to offer.

After a hot day of cheering on the fabulous parade entries,

LEGENDS – Drag Show 9-11pm@ XYYVR, 1216 Bute Street $10 Advance. 19+. Jaylene Tyme and special guests. DJ DOMTOP. Ticket info at facebook.com/xyvancouver.

Open Relationship presents: BODY LANGUAGE 9pm-2am (licensed event) @ Gorg-o-Mish, 695 Smithe St. 19+. Queer sweaty dance party.

DJs Body Party, Ponyboy, G-Luve and special guest, w/Man Up go go dancers. Partial proceeds to go to A Loving Spoonful. Advance ticket info at gorgomish.com.

Rapture: VICTORY 10pm @ The Commodore Ballroom $30+. 19+. Closing party to Rapture Pride 2017 Weekend with DJ Kitty Glitter, DJ Del Stamp with special performance by Shokra.

HOTLINE: Pride Sunday Afterhours 11:50pm. Secret location. $10-$15. 19+. Pride Sunday afterhours ft. underground house and techno with female/LGBTQ DJs: Sappho (PDX), Kasey Riot (LDN), Jane Blaze, Nancy Dru and Nomad Black. Call the Hotline on Aug. 6 for address: 604-367-1794. d’spaCH/ 2am -9am @ @ Gorg-o-Mish,

stroll down to the Pride Festival’s Family Fun Zone at Jervis and Beach for delicious street food and cool beverages. The zone features free and by-donation entertainment for the whole family, including a bouncy castle, TD Kids Mural and more.

695 Smithe St. 19+. Deko-ze, Karsten Sollors, Shelrawka (Sea), Queensyze.

Partial proceeds to go to A Loving Spoonful. Advance ticket info at gorgomish.com.

BYE FELICIA/SheQuel 11pm-4am @ XYYVR, 1216 Bute Street $10 Advance. 19+. Hosted b Alma Biches. SH*TNEY HOUSTON + MAARQUII + Noni St.Darling (PDX), Djs QUEST – COLBY B (NYC) – GLuve Ambrosia Salad(LA). Ticket info at facebook.com/xyvancouver.

MONDAY, AUGUST 7 2SQTILGBiPoC Pride Celebration 5pm @ Carnegie Community Centre, 401 Main St. By donation. All Ages. Come, reclaim this Pride Day in a safe space for two-spirit, queer, trans, intersex and bisexual people of colour to celebrate Pride.

QueerProv Pride Hangover Show 8pm @ XYYVR, 1216 Bute St. Free. 19+. QueerProv Pride Hangover Show: Nurse your Pride hangover with laughs provided

by YVR’s finest Queer Improvisers.

Come one, come all.

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With all due respect to American playwright Sarah Ruhl and the EnsembleTheatre Company (ETC), I think In the Next Room is highly overrated.

It’s a mash-up of Ibsen’s A Doll’s House and Eve Ensler’s TheVagina Monologues with a pinch of Anne of Green Gables. A “brilliant comedy” according to The Guardian critic Michael Billington, it’s only funny if you’re amused by women having orgasms on the business end of what looks like a rubber-tipped rotary sander. Ruhl throws in the dawning of the age of electricity, unhappy marriage, repressed sexuality, “hysteria” in women, jealousy, difficulty breastfeeding, incipient lesbianism, the liberating capacity of art, a kind of Mme. Bovary attachment to romanticism and the joy of having sex in the snow with the woman on top.

Set in late 19th century America, the “next room” refers to Dr. Givings’ “operating theatre,” a term his patients find frightening, so the doctor and his nurse simply refer to it as “the next room.” It adjoins the drawing room of his home where his wife Catherine can overhear the sighs, moans and shouts of Dr. Givings’ female patients when he applies his rudimentary vibrator to their lady parts as treatment for hysteria.

Married at 17 to a much older man, Sabrina Daldry (Christine Reinfort) has been diagnosed by Dr. Givings (Se-

Christine Reinfort and Lindsay Nelson engage in some pleasurable treatment for “hysteria.” Javier Sotres photo bastian Kroon) with hysteria; she’s restless, anxious and irritable and who wouldn’t be, married to geriatric Mr. Daldry (David Wallace). But she exits “the next room” glowing, refreshed and apparently happy. A vibrator will turn her life around? Make up for being married to an old grump?

Orgasm is a bit like having a massage: you feel great for half an hour and then your neck begins to hurt again.

The obvious happens: Mrs. Givings (Lindsay Nelson) can’t resist sneaking into her husband’s consulting room, hopping up on the examining table and turning on the juice.

Then she’s happy, too!

To playwright Ruhl’s credit, In the Next Room is not just about vibrators and orgasms, it’s about overcoming the cultural taboos of the period and engaging in loving, equalopportunity, married sex.

For ETC, Keltie Forsyth directs a solid cast. Lindsay Nelson is sweet as Catherine Givings but she seems patterned after Anne in Anne of Green Gables; she’s talkative, excitable, forthright and irritatingly perky. “I say whatever’s in my head,” she says unapologetically.

Kroon does his best as the doctor. But, as in A Doll’s House, Dr. Givings tells his

wife more than once she’s “a good girl”; you can cut the condescension with a dull knife. But I’m amazed that Kroon refrains from laughing out loud with his hand holding the buzzing vibrator under the sheet while Reinfort sighs and moans, “Oh, oh, ohhhh.”

I don’t know what to make of Leo (Francis Winter), the artist, who comes to be treated with Dr. Givings’ other electrical contraption that looks like a cross between an excavator and woodpecker.

He blithers on about the sexual freedom that exists in Europe. Does Mrs. Givings actually fall for him or does she just use him to make her husband jealous?

There’s a stunning array of gorgeous gowns by Julie White; a pretty set by Lauchlin Johnston (including a piano that is played – but for what purpose? – by both Mrs. Givings and Mrs. Daldry); a quiet, dignified performance

by Alexis Kellum-Creer; and a powerful portrayal of the black wet nurse by Mariam Barry.

See In the Next Room.Tell me I’m wrong and that you were rolling in the aisles. Or tears filled your eyes as the snow, Kroon’s underpants and the curtain fell.

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Sliding Drawers: The evolution of personal style Vee Pho’s mom dressed her in exquisite dresses that didn’t fit her tomboy style. Dan Toulgoet / Contributed photos

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If clothes make the person, what do our wardrobes past and present reveal about who we were and are? This is the first in a monthly ‘Sliding Drawers’ series, asking Vancouverites to dive in to the evolution of their personal style.Want to nominate your style journey or the evolution of someone you know? Email a brief description to editor@ westender.com with “style” in the subject line.

VEE PHO

25, PR for Eco FashionWeek “I’m the youngest of three children and my mom loved dressing my sister and me in the same clothes when we were kids, especially for photos. It was always ‘little girl’ dresses.They were beautiful, but not what I wanted – I was a tomboy growing up.

“It wasn’t till my teens that I really started to have control over my clothes because I finally saved up enough allowance and started babysitting.

All the other girls at school were wearing TNA, Aritzia

and Lululemon and though a part of me wanted to dress like them to fit in, my parents wouldn’t allow it. In high school, I fell in love with ’80s Madonna – heels and leggings, and I would borrow my dad’s dress shirts, then belt them at the waist.That led to a love for thrifting and vintage shopping. I got into jewelry, especially rings, and now I always stack more than 20 in one go.

“I’ve always wanted to work in the fashion industry, but it lacked diversity and well,

ethics. I began volunteering for Eco FashionWeek and realized that there are people making a difference and I wouldn’t have to buy into all the conventional fashion industry nonsense. I am anti-mass consumption, and sustainability and ethics play a large part in my clothing choices.That, in turn, has informed my style. I’m good at taking basic pieces and making them look like something else, so I can wear the same pieces on different occasions and make them look totally different.

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“For me, clothing is a way to explore my own identity while disengaging gender norms. I often work predominantly in gay spaces and am respected as a queer woman in the space. I believe the fluidity of my gender identity, specifically in style, used to confuse people – long hair, adornment and makeup don’t fit with tuxedo jackets or basketball jerseys. I used to think my changing aesthetic preferences were just phases and that at some point I would need to start dressing in a consistent style. Now, I realize every ‘look’ I have is just as much a part of me, and contrary to what I was taught, long hair doesn’t equate to femininity and tuxedos aren’t just for boys.

“There’s an element of expectation for women that we should dress to please others, but now, I’m only concerned in pleasing myself with my looks. Body issues and societal pressure to look a certain way have been a source of discomfort for me until quite recently. Over the past couple of years my body has become curvier, which I hated, until I realized curves in our figure don’t govern our gender.

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Cicely-Belle Blain felt that a school uniform removed the pressure for them to dress a certain way. Dan Toulgoet / Contributed photos

for a night out I might try on different things and make my friends listen to every look idea I have, but I often end up in the original look because I’ve stopped seeking other people’s aesthetic validation.

The only things I think about when I get dressed are 1. Do I feel good? And 2.What’s this look’s best photo angle?”

CICELY-BELLE BLAIN

23, youth worker and Black Lives MatterVancouver coorganizer “When I was a kid, my

mum let me wear what I wanted. I hated pink and dresses, but mum allowed me to stray from the norms of the gender binary. My only real priority was comfort (I was a bit of a tomboy) and I had no concept of style or fashion, even though my mum had trained to be a fashion designer. I was raised in the UK, so I wore school uniform and there wasn’t much opportunity for autonomy from day to day.

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Continued from page 15 “I started secondary school at 11 or 12 and that’s when began to be interested in what to wear. I remember every non-uniform day I would feel this huge pressure to wear something cool, and I was very self-conscious about my weight. I started to judge myself against other girls. In fact, I enjoyed wearing school uniform because you couldn’t be judged on your style or if you could afford certain things.

“Even so, I wasn’t a conformist. I would still try to rebel by customizing my uniform. For a while I wore blue Converse every day and told the teachers I had a sprained ankle. Not conforming, just being myself, is a piece of my personality and still a value I hold.

“When I first started to spend time in queer communities, I was very stressed because I felt I didn’t look like a queer woman should.

I had moved over to Canada to go to UBC and the queer people I was mixing with were white, slim and wealthier than me, and could pull off plaid and button-downs while, by this point, my style was more femme and girlie. Now I understand as a fat, black femme that I shouldn’t force myself into androgynous or

masculine looks to fit into the queer community.They don’t work for my body and that is okay. I’m fortunate to have found communities that are body-positive and affirming of different identities, so I never second guess myself because I know that the way I look is about me feeling good, not impressing others.

“I consider myself nonbinary.This is partly a political stance – a rejection of how the gender binary is so restrictive.

In my opinion, the only thing it does is oppress women and put them in boxes. My definition of myself as non-binary is also a feeling that I’ve had all through my life. From an outside perspective I present as a stereotypical woman.

When I first entered queer communities, non-binary people usually presented more as masculine or androgynous but my perception of that is changing; non-binary femmes are becoming more visible.

“Altering my appearance is a part of my style. I change my hair a lot – when I was younger I would straighten it but now I’m more confident as a black person I’ll wear my natural hair, afro-style, cornrows or braids. I used to have an issue where I felt like I couldn’t wear casual clothes – I had to dress up to overcompensate for not feel-

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Matty Lambert in his “bro” phase, being a “super straight guy.” Dan Toulgoet / Contributed photos

ing pretty or skinny enough.

Now I’m comfortable wearing whatever, but I still like to get dressed up. I love makeup, bright colours and patterned and pink clothes.These days, I feel free and not restrained by anything – every day is a chance to experiment.”

MATTY LAMBERT

31, advertising and marketing representative, Glacier Media “I don’t know if my mom wanted twins but as soon as my brother arrived, two-anda-half years after me, she started dressing us the same – not every day, but pretty regularly. My brother was the

first to rebel and he adopted a stereotypical ‘boy’ style: jeans, T-shirts and sneakers. I went the opposite way. I carried a briefcase! I remember getting these blue-and-white-striped kind of pantaloons, after wearing a similar outfit to my uncle’s wedding – completely my own choice. My clothes were impeccable, my sneakers cleaned with a toothbrush. In fact, I remember feeling hard done by because my brother was always getting new sneakers because he trashed his.

“Elementary school was hard for me. I was a loner with few friends and was teased a lot. On day one of high school

I suddenly had loads of friends.

I wanted to fit in so I became a typical ‘bro’: sporty gear and Randy River jeans. I had a girlfriend through high school and my guy friends were sporty, into video games and bikes.

My family was super religious, too. I absolutely could not fathom the possibility of being gay. I look back and think, ‘Who was that kid?’

“Things changed when I moved to Lake Louise when I was 21. I met new people from all over, including three gay men who were all so completely different in the ways they acted and looked.

I realized there wasn’t just one way to be gay. Initially, I continued to dress in my bro clothes but maybe with a pink shirt instead of a blue one – like a subtle signal.Then when I was 25, I became really comfortable with my sexuality.

Everyone knew I was gay, I’d been kicked out of the church, Lady Gaga was everywhere and LGBTQ culture was becoming mainstream. At that point I would say I came obnoxiously out: booty shorts, ripped clothes, lots of skin – there were no more subtle codes or hints.

“I rarely had bad responses to the way I dressed.Then I took a trip to Egypt. It hadn’t occurred to me that I would need to be sensitive to the

culture. It was really hot and I was wearing my usual clothes.

I remember we docked in Luxor and I was cornered by a bunch of men.They separated me from my friend, and were hissing at me, shouting in Arabic. I thought they were trying to mug me; it was only when I escaped and reflected I realized it was to do with the way I was dressed, and that I probably needed to rein things in sometimes. It also made me realize how lucky I am to live in Canada.

“Nowadays I’m very aware of my spaces. I still dress pretty consistently but I do modify my dressing according to where I’m going to be. I remember a year ago a colleague leaned over to me and said, ‘Matty, I can see your nipples.

I shouldn’t be able to see your nipples in a staff meeting.’ My boyfriend at the time pointed out that the way I was dressing might not help my career.

“I don’t think my style will change much in the future, even as my body changes.

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TRANS, GENDERQUEER AND TWO-SPIRIT MARCH

Saturday, July 29 • 5:30pm Clark Park (E 14th and Commercial Dr.) We are beautiful, brilliant, creative, strong and resilient, with diverse gender definitions and expressions. Our bodies are beautiful in all forms.

Organized by a genderdiverse grassroots collective of volunteers, the 2017 Trans, Two-Spirit, Genderqueer, Intersex March is an opportunity for us to celebrate, proudly express our pride and make our voices heard on the issues that affect our lives, including violence, bullying, erasure from social histories, harassment and discrimination by public institutions.

We operate in a spirit of inclusion with two-spirit people who may or may not also claim identities such as trans and genderqueer, and stand in solidarity with

Black Lives Matter Vancouver, queer and trans people of colour and others that feel unwelcome at mainstream pride events.

More information and updates at transpridevancouver. wordpress.com

14TH ANNUAL VANCOUVER DYKE MARCH & FESTIVAL

Saturday, August 5 • 11am McSpadden Park (2125 Victoria Dr.) The Vancouver Dyke March and Festival celebrates and centres the experiences of those whose gender identity or expression intersects with their sexual orientation to further marginalize them within the broader LGBTQ2+ community, including but not limited to trans and cisgender women and femmes. We recognize that not all participants identify as dykes, but may prefer terms such as lesbian, queer, two-spirited, bisexual, pansexual, asexual or aromantic.

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Monday, August 7 • 5pm Carnegie Community Centre (401 Main St.) Come reclaim this Pride Day in a safe space for two-spirit, queer, trans, intersex, lesbian, gay and bisexual people of colour to celebrate Pride in the Downtown Eastside in the Carnegie Centre Theater.

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A rainbow of wine for Pride Michaela Morris By the Bottle @MichaelaWine

In honour of Vancouver Pride celebrations, I propose a rainbow of wine to fuel the festivities and toast our vibrant LGBTQ+ community.

Wine doesn’t form a conventional rainbow.There are no deep greens or blues (at least not naturally occurring) but its multiple colours are still just as beautiful and diverse.

Of course, yellows and reds abound. The former is represented by white wines where maceration of juice and grape skins is largely avoided.

They may be as pale and limpid as water or the deepest of lemon as well as everything in between. Reds, on the other hand, get their colour from leaving the skin of black grapes in contact with the must. They range from garnet and ruby all the way to vibrant purple.

In between the two is a parade of pinks. Rosés result from a brief maceration of those dark-skinned grapes for just the faintest blush or slightly longer for an intense salmon.

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Then there is orange wine.

A small and peculiar category, it harkens back to how wine was crafted in ancient times.

Essentially made like a red, white wine grapes are macerated with their skins anywhere from a few days to months.

Fascinating shades of golden, amber and orange ensue along with weird and wonderful flavours and textures.

Finally, the delectable browns.These are wines that have seen long slow ageing in barrels.The purposeful oxidation gives a palette of russet to mahogany.Think sherry, madeira and tawny port.

We are often so focused on consuming the wine in our glass that we fail to appreciate its magnificent colour. Here’s to observing all the colours of the rainbow and drinking to Pride!

Little Farm, Pied de Cuve, Orange, Similkameen Valley, BC $40-43 private wine stores such as Liberty Wine Merchants & Firefly After 10 days of skin contact, this Riesling achieves a deep golden-orange tone.

Fermented with wild yeast and bottled without filtering or fining, it’s slightly cloudy

and not for those seeking mainstream. However, the adventurous palate will appreciate its unique expression of ginger, tangerine and apricot, and tactile tannic mouthfeel.

Lini 910, ‘Labrusca’ Lambrusco Reggiano DOC, Italy $18.99 BC Liquor Stores As charismatic as it is quirky, the Lini Lambrusco is a sparkling red sporting a cheerful deep purple colour.

Bursting with the summer’s freshest blueberries and black cherry, it exudes sheer happiness with plenty of frothy and fizzy bubbles for celebration.

Dry and slightly grippy, it’s the ideal BBQ companion. n/v Alvear, ‘Solera 1927’ Pedro Ximénez, MontillaMoriles DO, Spain $29.49 375ml BC Liquor Stores Deep mahogany and pure hedonistic deliciousness.

Made from sundried grapes, then long-aged in oak barrels which are constantly replenished with younger vintages, Alvear’s Solera 1927 offers intense flavours of raisins and prunes with caramel and walnut. It is plush, luxurious, velvety smooth and lusciously sweet. Enjoy this elixir over ice cream for the ultimate dessert.

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Advance Notice of the Annual General Meeting The Annual General Meeting of the Robson Street Business Association (RSBA) will be held on Wednesday, September 27, 2017, at 1:00 pm, in the Garibaldi Room of the Blue Horizon Hotel, 1225 Robson Street, Vancouver, BC. Agenda topics will include the RSBA report on the year’s activities, adoption of the auditor’s report, appointment of an auditor, adoption of the Renewal Proposal and Five-Year 2018/2023 budget, adoption of the 2018/2019 budget, and the election of directors.

The Association invites written nominations for the directorships signed by a voting member and seconded by two voting members of the Society. If you are a voting member and wish to nominate someone for the directorship, please deliver written nominations to the office of the RSBA at #412-1155 Robson Street, Vancouver, B.C., V6E 1B5, before August 30, 2017.

Any person that owns or leases property in the 1000, 1100 and 1200 blocks of Robson Street, including any person who owns or leases property on the side streets up to the lane-ways, is eligible to apply for voting membership provided that person has been a property owner or tenant for at least six months immediately preceding the date of the application or has signed a lease for an unexpired term of no less than six months from the date of application.

Any person eligible for voting that has not registered and wishes to do so should contact the RSBA office at 604-669-8132, or at the RSBA address above.

Membership registration notices will be sent out to all eligible applicants and the completed application must be returned at least five business days before the scheduled AGM date. Registration for membership is required annually.

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Vancouver’s favourite LGBTQ+ craft beer night kicks off Pride week this Sunday, July 30, at The Cobalt (and the neighbouring Boxcar Bar) with tons of craft beers and good times.

This year’s Pride party marks three years of awesomeness for Queers + Beers, and features special brews, a tropical beer garden (thanks to Greenscape Garden & Décor), pool, pinball, video games, food trucks, vintage vibes and great tunes.

Four Winds, Doan’s, Phillips, Parallel 49, Central City and Steel Toad will all be on hand pouring beer, with food trucks there in case you get the munchies.

Body Party and Ponyboy will be spinning old-school tunes and drag with the Man Up crew starts at 10pm.

Doors open at 5pm, tickets are $15 at the door.

Partial profits from the event will benefit Rainbow Refugee, Still Here Project and Kwi Awt Stelmexw Language Reconciliation Fund. More info at the event’s Facebook page.

Central City is back with the official cider of Pride and a custom rainbow can. Contributed photo

CENTRAL CITY SHOWS ITS PRIDE

Hopping Mad Cider is the official cider of the Vancouver Pride Festival for the second year in a row, and Central City is celebrating with a custom rainbow can recognizing the LGBTQ+ community.

“We were amazed by the engagement at the 2016 event and want to build our support of this event and the LGBTQ2+ community,” said marketing manager Dustan Sept in a press release. “The custom rainbow can is a way that we are able to show

support, in addition to the partnership and involvement with the 2017 Vancouver Pride Festival.”

Hopping Mad dry hopped apple cider (6.5% ABV) is an off-dry cider using fresh pressed apples from the Pacific Northwest and a healthy dose of Yakima Valley hops, adding a floral hop aroma that compliments the cider’s tartness.

Hopping Mad Cider will be available at Pride events all week, including the main event – the 39th Annual Vancouver Pride Parade and the

Details of all the selected events this month are shown on the right. If you have an event to be featured then add it to our website at www.

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MARY POPPINS PRIDE PERFORMANCE Theatre Under the Stars Monday, July 31, Curtain @ 8pm Malkin Bowl, Stanley Park Use link for $10 Ticket discount https://goo.gl/PBhwd7 PRANCE ON THE PIER Vancouver Pride Society Wednesday, August 2, 5pm Shipyard Markets (3 mins from Lonsdale Quay), North Vancouver https://goo.gl/6ubYPM DAVIE STREET PARTY Vancouver Pride Society Friday, August 4, 6pm Davie Street (between Burrard and Jervis) https://goo.gl/7vhbHv VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL PRIDE (VIP) Tennis Tournament August 5-7 Stanley Park Tennis Courts https://goo.gl/7XbUkP 14TH ANNUAL DYKE MARCH & FESTIVAL Saturday, August 5, 11am McSpadden Park, Commercial Drive, Grandview Park (Festival) https://goo.gl/ms2VTj

TERRY WALLACE MEMORIAL BREAKFAST Vancouver Pride Society Saturday, August 5, 8am Jim Deva Plaza (Bute @ Davie) https://goo.gl/KR5oEa 39TH ANNUAL PRIDE PARADE Vancouver Pride Society Sunday, August 6, noon Robson, Denman & Beach https://goo.gl/kM1fju SUNSET BEACH FESTIVAL Vancouver Pride Society Sunday, August 6, 11am Sunset Beach in the West End https://goo.gl/YjfvnQ 29TH VANCOUVER QUEER FILM FESTIVAL Out on Screen August 10-20, Various venues See website for program & tickets queerfilmfestival.ca QUEER FILM FESTIVAL NETWORKING Out on Screen/LOUD Tuesday, August 15, 6:30-8:30pm Mbar, 180 W Georgia Street https://goo.gl/AE2UZx

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Maple Ridge’s Ridge Brewing is once again releasing its Pride Berliner Weiss as part of its Beer With A Cause Collection, with partial proceeds benefiting LGBTQ+ charities in BC. The traditional German sour ale is tart and effervescent, and at 3.6% ABV, is the perfect refresher for the always-hot Pride weekend.

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Pride season is well underway with lots of events leading up to the 39th Annual Pride Parade on Sunday, August 6th. There seems to be a greater number and wider selection of events to choose from this year. How about a Pride performance of Mary Poppins at Theatre under the Stars in Stanley Park?

Vancouver Pride reaches out to the North Shore with Prance on the Pier at the Shipyard Markets. For those into sport then then check out the Vancouver International Pride (VIP) tennis tournament. Later in August the much anticipated Queer Film Festival takes place from the 10th to the 20th at various venues. Join us for some networking during the festival at a joint Out on Screen/LOUD reception on Tuesday 15th, followed by a screening of the movie Body Electric (Corpo Elétrico) at International Village Cinema.

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Gilbert Baker, 1951-2017 In 1978, the American artist and gay rights activist Gilbert Baker designed the rainbow flag to reflect the diversity of LGBTQ+ communities.

While today’s pride flag has six colours, the original had eight – hot pink for sex, red for life, orange for healing, yellow for sunlight, green for nature, turquoise for magic/ art, indigo for serenity and violet for spirit.

To commemorate the 25th anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall Riot in 1994, Baker created a mile long Rainbow Flag which required 5,000 people to carry. Another 25th anniversary – the anniversary of the Rainbow Flag – prompted Baker to create another flag, this one reaching from the Atlantic Ocean in Key West to the Gulf of Mexico.This flag was later split into sections and sent to over 100 cities around the

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world. One segment of this flag now resides in Vancouver with the Vancouver Pride Society.The flag is brought to various Pride events, and is loaned to other regional Pride events around the province.

Baker refused to trademark the flag, considering it to belong collectively to the community and saying that “flags are torn from the soul of the people.”

Since he first created the Pride flag, many communities have created their own Pride flags, such as Leather Pride, Bisexual Pride,Trans Pride, Ace Pride, and many more.

Most recently, in June 2017, Philadelphia added a black and a brown stripe to symbolize people of colour. People have been creating flags which express their communities, creating beautiful, political and poignant symbols which speak to their souls.

Baker passed away earlier this year on March 31 at the age of 65.We remember his legacy. –Kaschelle Thiessen

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It’s little wonder that wolves are a beloved symbolic device in highly dramatic film and television: they’re mysterious; they’re stoic; they’re dangerous; their eyes are pools of wisdom and wonder.

But in order for a single wolf to appear on screen – be it in Game of Thrones, Once

Upon a Time, or The Revenant – a team of humans must dedicate thousands of hours to building a bridge of trust between the species.

Annika McDade is one such human who has forged relationships with wolves that work in the film and television industry.The Vancouver-based canine behaviour consultant spent two years in China and Mongolia working with internationally acclaimed wolf guru Andrew Simpson and his packs of rescued wolves.

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wolves by way of her passion for dogs (“From a very young age, I was obsessed with dogs to a fault,” she chuckles in a recent phone interview. “In social settings, when I was a kid, I would pretend to be a dog”). She was invited to work under Simpson after screening Wolves Unleashed, a documentary about his work, and emailing him over several months, “telling him [in each message], ‘If you ever need a volunteer to clean up poo, I will do it.’”

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When you get scared, they get scared, and their instinct is to make you leave.”

But in McDade’s case, the trust-building was wholly successful, and key to compelling wolves to bring it for the camera. “If we’re going to take them to a movie set in the grasslands and ask them to come when we call in front of 15 cameras and 100 crew members, these are basically wild animals, so they have to like me enough to do that because I asked, not because they had to,” says McDade.

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feel otherwise, but the wolves’ instinct is quite the opposite,” says McDade. “You have to teach them that they have a reason to trust and enjoy our company, and that can take a really long time with wolves, depending on their lineage and how far domesticated or wild they are.”

McDade says her work with wolves – which began with her just sitting in their pens and allowing them to smell her and check her out – was humbling. “Being in their space, you can’t hide anything of yourself.You have to be confident. If you’re not, they know it, and it becomes quite dangerous to be around

captive wolves that were rescued from a bad breeding program at a Mongolian zoo and nurtured into film and television industry work. The litters arrived at two weeks old and were bottle-fed by Simpson; McDade’s task upon arrival on the scene was to build up the confidence in humans required to forge a relationship with animals that, although the same species as dogs, differ from their domesticated counterparts in significant ways.

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Annika McDade worked with wolf trainers from Game of Thrones.

Continued from page 23 Simpson’s wolves work all around the world under the banner of his company Instinct Animals; credits include the aforementioned hits Game of Thrones, Once Upon a Time, and The Revenant. McDade – who worked with wolves on Wolf Totem, which filmed in China and Mongolia, and with Great Pyrenese dogs on Belle et Sebastien, which filmed in Europe – says Simpson does the films that nobody thinks can be done with real wolves. “These wolves are very well loved and catered to and they’re not looked at as something that makes people money,” says McDade.

“These are life partners to the people who take care of them.They’re treated better than most family pets would

be in terms of the quality of care and the time they’re given and the patience and the enclosures and the life enrichments.”

These days, McDade trains domesticated dogs through her Vancouver-based company Canine Connection Training. Her stated passion is working with owners to “teach their dog new behaviours that are incompatible to the bad ones.”

“Generally speaking, behaviour concerns with dogs are a product of poor environmental influences during the imprint period under the age of six months, like a trauma, or genetics,” says McDade. “And then of course, us people can really mess up completely sound dogs by not understanding how to communicate with them, and a lot gets lost in translation.” W

It can read like a head-scratching equation to people on the outside of the film industry, but it’s almost always true: the scarier a horror film is on the big screen, the more fun it was for cast and crew to shoot.

This equation holds up in the case of locally shot horror feature Residue, according to Taylor Hickson.

The Kelowna-born actress plays the estranged teenage daughter of Luke Harding (portrayed by James Clayton), a world-weary private investigator who takes a job from a crime lord and ends up accidentally unleashing the evil contained in a possessed book.

Soon, Luke’s got the mob on his tail and a murderous dark power taking root in his apartment (located in the iconic 2400 Motel on Kingsway) at the very moment his headstrong daughter Angelina (Hickson) shows up for an extended visit.

On-screen, Residue is high-stakes genre cinema – a gritty hybrid of action-drama, supernatural horror, and future-noir – but life on the set was pretty much the polar opposite, says Hickson, who traces the fun-factor back to

Deadpool actress Taylor Hickson shines in supernatural horror flick. Taylor Krause photo writer-director Rusty Nixon.

“He’d sprint to the monitors for playback after wrapping a scene, and his eyes would get so big, and he’d rub his hands together and he’s got this giant smile, and he’d say, ‘Yes, we got it!’” Hickson recalls in a recent phone interview. “It was so cool to see how much passion he pours into the art he makes.”

Residue had itsVancouver theatrical premiere atThe Rio Theatre earlier this month and hitVOD and iTunes last week.

Angelina was a meaty role for Hickson, 19, and even more impressive when you

consider that Hickson only entered the film and television industry a couple of years ago.

When Hickson was eight years old, her mom had tried to get her into the biz after she’d shown a proclivity for performing in a children’s dance class.

They spent a few months driving back and forth – between Vancouver and Kelowna for commercial auditions – four hours each way. “I was eight so of course I was exhausted by the time I got to every audition and she’d have to bribe me with McDonald’s to do it,” Hickson recalls. “That didn’t last long.”

Despite her late start, Hickson’s more than made up for lost time: Her first on-camera role was a non-speaking part in 2015’s Blackway, which starred Sir Anthony Hopkins – and shortly thereafter, she booked her first speaking role: Meghan Orlovsky in Deadpool, a young woman who hires Ryan Reynolds’ Merc with a Mouth to intimidate her stalker ex-boyfriend (the film currently holds the record for highest-grossing R-rated film of all time).

“I didn’t know what Deadpool was when I booked it,” says Hickson, who also costarred on SyFy’s post-apocalyptic series Aftermath. She didn’t know who Sir Anthony

Hopkins was when she booked Blackway either. She attributes these gaps in her pop culture knowledge to the fact that she “grew up a music nerd. I only watched music documentaries, so I’d never seen any classics.

I’m still playing catch-up.”

But Hickson found a trueblue passion for acting and a home in the biz when, at 16 years old, a family friend who recognized her raw talent facilitated a meeting with a Vancouver agent. After reading a scene for this agent wherein a girl fought with her mom (“I thought, ‘Well, this is easy, I do this every day!’”), the agent was eager to sign her on the spot.

It hasn’t all been Mercs and happy sets and smooth sailing, though: an on-set accident in 2016 left her with a ninecentimetre scar on her face, and because of that accident, Hickson says she lost a couple of high-profile jobs. “I’ve had a lot of reasons to walk away, but I want to keep doing it, and I hope the me five years from now would tell that to the me speaking today,” she says.

She’s currently filming an indie feature out east, and writing new music whenever the inspiration finds her. “I’m having the time of my life, and I want to stick with it.” W

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I get lots of emails with questions that only take a few lines to answer. (Sorry, only the really fucked up people get a whole column’s worth of therapy!) Here goes the lighting round; someone time me.

I have seen a few escorts that have asked me if I’m married or dating. I can’t tell if they are interested or if this is a standard question that escorts ask? Please help me with this.

As I advised in an earlier column, sex with an escort is a business transaction. Maybe, maybe, this woman is actually interested in you, and if she is, you’ll know. (But watch out.You don’t want to end up nearly murdered by a hitman that your ex-escort wife hired, like Mike Dippolito did.)

Most likely, she is only making small talk. It could also be that she wants to know if you have a wife at home that you don’t fuck (hence why you are with her), or if you are single and fucking tons of women – you know, to get a sense of how “used” your junk is. Escorts are rarely wall flowers. If she is into you, she’ll let it be known loud and clear. As my favourite author, Camille Paglia, once wrote, “The prostitute is not the victim of men, but rather their conqueror, an outlaw, who controls the sexual channels between nature and culture.” Nailed it.

Where is the best place to take a woman on a first date?

A bar. A bar. A bar. A bar. A bar. Or, dinner and drinks… at a bar. Look, you need a little liquid courage. I’m not condoning getting frat-boy hammered, but a glass of wine or two is lube for the mind.

Now, if the person you are taking out does not drink, I suggest anything but coffee.

When I used to work at a coffee shop, I would always catch people on first dates and it

iStock photo made me sick.You really think you are going to kiss someone with their brown, dry latte tongue? Repulsive. Go bike riding, sneaker shopping or dry humping. Anything but a coffee date.

My best friend hates my boyfriend. She hasn’t told me, but I can tell. I don’t really care either way, but I want her to be civil. How do I de-bitch her?

Just tell her that! “Stop acting like a bitch, before I have to de-bitch you. Be civil to my boyfriend. Just do it for me.”

Personally, I have never debitched someone, but I imagine it sounds like a swarm of bees writhing in your hair.

I grew up with sisters. I have mostly girlfriends. I feel so disconnected from “man world,” unless I’m dating someone, and even then I feel like I’m the girlfriend who rarely gets let in. What the fuck do twentysomething men talk about?

I love “man world.” It’s probably how I ended up at a world-famous skin mag in California. Men are disgusting, but women are mean. I sound like that ancient fossil who wrote, Men Are From Mars,Women Are FromVenus, but it’s true. I know that things are blending these days, but a lot of us are boring and hovering inside the box. If you want to know what twentysomething men are like, I suggest listening to the Cum Town podcast. (My writer pal

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introduced it to me as she, too, became obsessed with it.) In it, three NewYorkbased comedians talk about all the dumb things boys talk about, like which Beauty & the Beast character each one is, and who can suck their own dick.You’ll laugh.You’ll barf.

You’ll think one of them has a strangely hot lisp and Google image search him for far too long only to not find an answer. But mostly you’ll learn that dudes just love to riff on one another.When you are in Cum Town, every girl is just a happy, little anthropologist, masquerading as a fly on the wall. Enjoy.

My boyfriend always wants to listen to the SAME ALBUM every time we have sex. I’m starting to think that he can’t fuck without it. I even tried to turn it off the other day and he stopped me. What the hell is wrong with him?

I wish you had told me what album it is. It’s going to be a very different story if he’s forcing U2 Songs of Experience down your pussy, than if it’s Stepson’s first album.

I’m biased. I like a little guitar with my fucking, but to each their own.The point here is that your boyfriend is on the level of the toddler who needs to hear “Wheels On The Bus” in order to grant his mother a tantrum-free car ride.You could also try replacing music with the noises of porn, and suggest you watch some together? If he shuts that down, then try a different album, and if he keeps putting his music back on then you have a fetish you need to either love or leave.You could also just ask him, “Why do you need that music on?” But be prepared for the answer. I promise you it won’t be one sentence. W

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Maggie the Maltese has gone from puppy mill pup to cuddly companion. Contributed photo

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What five-and-a-half-pound Maggie lacks in size she more than makes up for in personality. Rescued from a breeder/puppy mill operator, this wee spunky fireball spent the first two years of her life without the kind of care and love she deserved.

“The breeder may have started out with good intentions but [eventually] had so many dogs that all were neglected and ignored,” explains Inge Knowles of White Rock-based Home at Last Dog Rescue BC. “Maggie was one of the lucky ones – she got out, and her rescuer at that time really tried to make up for her tough start.”

While the next three years of Maggie’s life were filled with love (not to mention plenty of bedtime snuggles

– it’s actually quite important that she find a home with people who will welcome them into their bed!) she has missed out on some of the things most dogs really like to do.

“She’s been inside a lot and hasn’t had much of a chance to explore the outside or to make a lot of doggie friends,” says Knowles.

“But she is living with a very chill chocolate Lab right now in her foster home and they really get along well.”

Spirited, mischievous and loving, Maggie also likes friendly cats – even rats! She’s also a big fan of walks, though she isn’t a “high-maintenance dog” when it comes to exercise requirements.

“She has always used a pee pad for bathroom purposes but is getting the idea of going outside instead – I think Charlie the Lab is helping her learn. She

is smart so it doesn’t take long,” according to Knowles.

“She’s a typical Maltese in that she loves her people and is a brave and fearless defender of their home – if anyone comes to her door she will bark and let everyone know. Her foster mom, however, is helping her learn to do so quietly.”

Maggie would be happiest with people who are home most of the time, as she is used to having her companion close. Due to her small and delicate size, she’s likely not a good candidate for a family with small children.

“Her vaccinations are up to date and she is going to have her teeth cleaned soon so she will be looking and feeling great!” Knowles concludes. “She will be ready to start her new life!”

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For many years, the Tobe Zoological Park in China housed a “praying panther” named Ato. The large black feline periodically rose up on her hind legs and put her paws together as if petitioning a higher power for blessings. I suggest we make her your spirit ally in the coming weeks. I hope she’ll inspire you to get your restless mind out of the way as you seek to quench your primal needs. With the praying panther as your muse, you should be able to summon previously untapped reserves of your animal intelligence and cultivate an instinctual knack for knowing where to find raw, pristine satisfaction.

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You still have a wound that never formed a proper scar. (We’re speaking metaphorically here.) It’s chronically irritated. Never quite right. Always stealing bits of your attention.

Would you like to do something to reduce the distracting power of that annoying affliction?

The next 25 days will be a favourable time to seek such a miracle. All the forces of nature and spirit will conspire in your behalf if you formulate a clear intention to get the healing you need and deserve.

In his poem “The Initiate,” Charles Simic speaks of “someone who solved life’s riddles in a voice of an ancient Sumerian queen.” I hope you’re not focused on seeking help and revelations from noble and grandiose sources like that, Gemini.

If you are, you may miss the useful cues and clues that come your way via more modest informants. So please be alert for the blessings of the ordinary. As you work on solving your quandaries, give special attention to serendipitous interventions and accidental luck.

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Are you feeling as daring about romance as I suspect? If so, I’ve composed a provocative note for you to give to anyone you have good reason to believe will be glad to receive it. Feel free to copy it word-for-word or edit it to suit your needs. Here it is: “I want to be your open-hearted explorer.

Want to be mine? We can be in foolishly cool drooling devotion to each other’s mighty love power. We can be in elegant solid-gold allegiance to each other’s genius. Wouldn’t it be fun to see how much liberation we can whip up together? We can play off our mutual respect as we banish the fearful shticks in our bags of tricks. We can inspire each other to reach unexpected heights of brazen intelligence.”

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If extraterrestrial beings land their space ship on my street and say they want to meet the creatures who best represent our planet, I will volunteer you Libras. Right now, at least, you’re nobler than the rest of us, and more sparkly, too. You’re dealing smartly with your personal share of the world’s suffering, and your day-to-day decisions are based more on love than fear. You’re not taking things too personally or too seriously, and you seem better equipped than everyone else to laugh at the craziness that surrounds us. And even if aliens don’t appear, I bet you will serve as an inspiring influence for more human beings than you realize. Does being a role model sound boring? I hope not. if you regard it as an interesting gift, it will empower you to wield more clout than you’re used to.

During the four years he worked on painting the Sistine Chapel, Michelangelo never took a bath.

Was he too preoccupied with his masterpiece?

Modern artist Pae White has a different relationship with obsession. To create her fabric art pieces, she has spent years collecting more than 3,500 scarves designed by her favourite scarf-maker. Then there’s filmmaker James Cameron, who hired an expert in linguistics to create an entire new language from scratch for the aliens in his movie Avatar. In accordance with the astrological omens, Scorpio, I approve of you summoning this level of devotion – as long as it’s not in service to a transitory desire, but rather to a labor of love that has the potential to change your life for the better for a long time.

“The purpose of art is to lay bare the questions that have been hidden by the answers,” wrote author James Baldwin. Even if you’re not an artist, I encourage you to make that your purpose in the coming weeks.

Definitive answers will at best be irrelevant and at worst useless. Vigorous doubt and inquiry, on the other hand, will be exciting and invigorating. They will mobilize you to rebel against any status quos that have been tempting you to settle for mediocrity.

You’re in a phase of your cycle when the most useful prophecies are more lyrical than logical. So here you go: three enigmatic predictions to help stir up the creative ingenuity you’ll need to excel on your upcoming tests. 1. A darling but stale old hope must shrivel and wane so that a spiky, electric new hope can be born. 2. An openness to the potential value of a metaphorical death will be one of your sweetest assets. 3. The best way to cross a border is not to sneak across bearing secrets but to stride across in full glory with nothing to hide.

Do you really have to be the flashy king or charismatic queen of all you survey? Must all your subjects put on kneepads and prostrate themselves as they bask in your glory? Isn’t it enough for you to simply be the master of your own emotions, and the boss of your own time, and the lord of your own destiny? I’m not trying t o stifle your ambition or cramp your enthusiasm; I just want to make sure you don’t dilute your willpower by trying to wield command over too wide a swath. The most important task, after all, is to manage your own life with panache and ingenuity. But I will concede this: The coming weeks will be a time when you can also probably get away with being extra worshiped and adored.

Aquarian novelist James Joyce had a pessimistic view about intimate connection.

Here’s what he said: “Love (understood as the desire of good for another) is in fact so unnatural a phenomenon that it can scarcely repeat itself, the soul being unable to become virgin again and not having energy enough to cast itself out again into the ocean of another’s soul.”

My challenge to you, Aquarius – in accordance with the astrological omens – is to prove Joyce wrong. Figure out how to make your soul virgin again so it can cast itself out into the ocean of another’s soul. The next eight weeks will be prime time to achieve that glorious feat.

Dear Hard Worker: Our records indicate that you have been neglecting to allot yourself sufficient time to rest and recharge. In case you had forgotten, you are expected to take regular extended breaks, during which time it is mandatory to treat yourself with meticulous care and extreme tenderness.

Please grant yourself an immediate dispensation. Expose yourself to intensely relaxing encounters with play, fun, and pleasure – or else! No excuses will be accepted.

Years after he had begun his work as a poet, Rainer Maria Rilke confessed that he was still finding out what it took to do his job. “I am learning to see,” he wrote. “I don’t know why it is, but everything enters me more deeply and doesn’t stop where it once used to.” Given the current astrological omens, you have a similar opportunity, Pisces: to learn more about how to see. It won’t happen like magic. You can’t just sit back passively and wait for the universe to accomplish it for you. But if you decide you really would like to be more perceptive – if you resolve to receive and register more of the raw life data that’s flowing towards you – you will expand and deepen your ability to see. W

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