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Jun. 06, 2013 / 920: Hot Summer Guide
Is the fight over?
Alberta has come far with LGBTQ rights, but budget causes concern
Alexa DeGagne
We tend to prioritize the issues that very obviously and uniquely affect LGBTQ people and communities. In Alberta specifically, we have paid much attention to getting sexual orientation… Read more »
May. 23, 2013 / 918: Protest City
New gay bar in time for pride
Up Stares Ultralounge desperately needed in YEG
Ashley Dryburgh
The ongoing conversation about queer spaces and gay bars in Edmonton—whether we need them anymore and what they should look like—has an added dimension with the opening of… Read more »
May. 09, 2013 / 916: The Burger Issue
Queer party space
Keeping Edmonton's LGBTQ scene alive
Alexa DeGagne
A few weeks ago at the Pride Centre, Exposure hosted a community discussion about the importance of queer spaces and events in our city. I have lived in… Read more »
Apr. 25, 2013 / 914: Wine Country
Tips to beat the blues
Time for some good news—and weather
Ashley Dryburgh
Queermonton readers, how are you feeling? I want to diverge from our usual format this week and ask everybody to check in on their mental health. It's been… Read more »
Apr. 10, 2013 / 912: Bison
What marriage equality means
Protecting the rights within a same-sex marriage
Alexa DeGagne
Over the past couple of weeks, it has been pretty difficult to avoid hearing about and discussing same-sex marriage because the Supreme Court of the United States is… Read more »
Mar. 28, 2013 / 910: The Twelve Labours of Penelopiad
Make something diverse
Ashley Dryburgh
Make Something Edmonton (MSE) was launched on March 21. In case you missed it, MSE is Edmonton boosterism at its finest. But rather than empty words and shallow… Read more »
Mar. 14, 2013 / 908: In Your Face
Canada’s stand-out magazine
Longest-running queer publication a comfortable old-school zine
Ashley Dryburgh
If I were to ask you to name Canada's longest-running queer magazine, what would you answer? The Body Politic? Xtra? I was surprised to learn last week that… Read more »
Feb. 28, 2013 / 906: Tegan and Sara - Pop goes their world
Proud of our Pride Centre
Four decades later and the Centre is still reaching out to the community
Alexa DeGagne
The Pride Centre of Edmonton has had a long and interesting history in our city. The Centre finds its roots in the founding of the Gay Alliance Towards… Read more »
Feb. 13, 2013 / 904: The Sugar Trade
Where’s the nightlife?
Rainbow flags do not a gay bar make
Ashley Dryburgh
By now, you may have heard that Edmonton's gay bar scene has officially been cut in half. On February 5, Flash Nightclub announced via Facebook that they are… Read more »
Jan. 30, 2013 / 902: Come cry with Daniel Romano
Badger a two-spirit leader
Dolan Badger's 2009 column reprinted here and still speaking volumes
Alexa DeGagne, Dolan Badger
Dolan Badger, a two-spirit member of the Sturgeon Lake Cree First Nation, passed away in Whitecourt on January 12, 2013. Badger worked as a street liaison worker/educator for… Read more »
