Special Event: Lesbian Landmarks: Historical Walking Tour of Commercial Drive, 1960s-1990s

Lesbian Landmarks: Historical Walking Tour of Commercial Drive, 1960s-1990s

with Jolene Cumming & Pat Hogan

THU | AUG 4 | 6:30–8:30 PM

Reservations Required: $15
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http://www.queerfilmfestival.c​a/content/GUIDED_HISTORY_WALKS​/740

**** If you have any problems registering on-line, just phone them, reserve a ticket and pay at the tour. Phone: 604.844.1615

Lesbian Landmarks highlights lesbian and womyn's events, organizations, arts, activism, businesses, celebrations, recreational activities & sports, gathering places, social, legal & political issues of the day, housing, and more along Commercial Drive and in the surrounding neighbourhood. Desert Hearts Western Canadian Premiere at the Van East, International Lesbian Week marches, the incident at Joe’s Cafe, dances at The Odd Fellows Hall, Gay Olympic Women’s Soccer and Josephine’s Full Moon concert are just a few of the dozens of stories told and sites visited.

Jolene Cumming is a local historical interpreter who specializes in the history of early Vancouver women and Stanley Park historical walking tours.

Pat Hogan is a local event organizer and business owner, specializing in producing and fundraising for lesbian/womyn's events, concerts and dance events.

Meeting Location: North-east corner of Victoria Park (Kitchener St & Victoria Dr)

This tour is part of: The Vancouver Queer Film Festival presents Celebrate Queer Vancouver 125. Running July 21 to August 21, this month-long multifaceted Celebration showcases film, visual art, community dialogue and – at the centre of it all – a public art installation to engage and celebrate the dynamic experiences and achievements of Vancouver’s queer communities.

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Special Event: Queer Tales Creative Writing Workshop

The Centre is pleased to present...
Queer Tales
A creative writing workshop for lesbian, gay, bi, & trans folks
with Kimothy Shaughnessy
What's your coming out story?
Is it hilarious, heart-wrenching, liberating, or all of these things at once?
As queer people, it is the telling of our stories that keeps our history rich and community strong Come out to this creative writing workshop & connect with others as we craft our coming out stories into works of art.

Sunday, March 16 1:00 – 4:00pm
1720 Grant St. (off Commercial Dr.) Mosaic Meeting Room (wheelchair accessible)
Please REGISTER: call The Centre at 604 684-5307
Free
ASL interpretation available if requested. For any deaf folks interested in this workshop, please register by emailing educationoutreach@lgtbcentrevancouver.com The Centre regrets that we do not have TTY service at this time.

A "Skip" Down Commercial Drive's Queer Memory Lane

A photo essay that revisits the infamous Joe's café and other Drive landmarks Photos and text by James Loewen / Xtra West / Monday, October 29, 2007

Jackie Crossland (ABOVE RIGHT) says the best coffee and friendliest ambiance on the Drive in the late '60s and early '70s was at the Bar Centrale, a coffee bar at 1st Ave and Commercial Dr that was welcoming to women, artists and theatre people. She still remembers an artist who, in 1977, bought men's suit vests from thrift stores and sewed elaborate button designs onto them. It was a very popular look. When Crossland attempted her own version of it, someone downtown remarked: "So, is that your East End dyke look?" For the complete story, go here.

Bent on the Drive: Queer residents ponder their place in the Drive's past, present and future

Natasha Barsotti / Xtra West / Friday, June 08, 2007

When Denise Sheppard and her partner decided 14 years ago to pull up their Ottawa stakes and move to Vancouver, they called The Book Mantle, a lesbian-owned bookstore on Commercial Dr looking for signs of lesbian life.

"We were moving to a city where we had no contacts," recalls activist journalist Sheppard. "We wanted to rent in the right area, and where I like to live is in my community."

Not only did the shop's co-owner, Bonnie Murray, tell Sheppard she had called the right neighbourhood, she also invited Sheppard and her partner to stay in the basement apartment of her home until they found digs of their own.

Read the full story here...