…were “gay-friendly,” from John Reid’s Rebar to spaces like the now-closed Empress on Whyte. But in the last five years, this has become increasingly common. In Edmonton, Darrin Hagen’s Guys in Disguise brought drag shows…
…in “The Empress and The Prime Minister,” a play written and performed by Darrin Hagen. In March 1976, John Reid (an owner of Flashback,) Bob Pellerin and Duane Shave, travelled…
…the individuals involved. On the 40th anniversary of the raid, award-winning playwright, author, and LGBTQ historian Darrin Hagen reflects on the event and captures the emotional personal stories of some…
…with Darrin Hagen & Rob Gurney (AKA Ladonna Cree), chatted with Lan Chan Marples, Debbie Beaver & Adriana A. Davies about the overlapping histories of Edmonton’s Chinese, Black & Italian…
…lost their minds. Image courtesy of Edmonton Queer History Project © 2015 https://edmontonqueerhistoryproject.wordpress.com/ Photo courtesy of The Gateway, © 1991. Photographer Darrin Nielsen. Do not reproduce. For the fifth annual…
…would be turned into a 319 acre park to “rival Copenhagen’s famed Tivoli area.” [1] The site was to be re-baptized as Rundle Park, named after the Methodist missionary who…