Showing posts with label queer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label queer. Show all posts

Monday, 3 October 2011

Streams In The City

3 residents of East Vancouver share awareness about the past and present waterways of the city. 
2 minutes 6 seconds

By Rita Wong,  Shahira Sakiyama, and Naomi Steinberg
For more information about the St. George Blueway project see this link. For more info about the cob storytelling bench that Naomi is working on for the Vancouver Society of Storytelling, see this link. For a working list of Vancouver's urban waterway groups see this link

Rolling And Racquets

From skateboarding on the streets of the city, to playing tennis at the courts in Stanley Park. 
2 minutes 56 seconds

By Paul Wiens
Paul makes his career in visual effects for film. He finds balance in his life through sports and friendships.

Tuesday, 27 September 2011

Drawn to Community

A retrospective look at a life's work building community.
2 minutes 32 seconds

By Pat Hogan
Pat has lately been organizing an annual BOLD conference - Bold Old Lesbians and Dykes - a weekend of workshops and entertainment, as well as participating in and organizing same sex ballroom dancing. She has 2 grown children and 5 grandchildren and lives in a housing co-op off the drive!

Monday, 12 September 2011

Drag Time

A drag club on Pender Street was the host to many good times!
2 minutes 59 seconds

By David Myers
David is a queer historian and contributes to the Canadian Gay and Lesbian archives in Toronto, the Simon Fraser University's Special Collections and the private collection of Rob Dutton in Vancouver. 

If anyone has additional photos, memorabilia etc that they would like to share please feel free to contact David by email: dbmyers2(at)telus.net or by phone: 604 253 1258.