The Pisces Bathhouse Raid
…member of the gay community, Fred Griffis. Police had attempted to keep his identity secret; however, his name was revealed when he was subpoenaed by the lawyer for one of…
Searching ECAMP
History of Edmonton’s Gay Bars, Part 2: A Flashback to Flashback
…Edmonton. With many LGBTQ community members bringing along their friends (both gay and straight), the club regularly reached the capacity set by the ALCB. However, despite at-capacity crowds every weekend,…
After the Pisces Bathhouse Raid: John Kerr – Dance for Gramma
…the front door and recalls that John Kerr was “giggly” at the prospect of entering Edmonton’s newest gay bar, maintaining that he was not gay but quickly fitting in with…
The Imperial Sovereign Court of the Wild Rose, Part 2: The Next Twenty Years
…of the year, with the bursary for LBGTQ+ students remaining constant. Up to this point, the Court was primarily LGBTQ+ entertainers performing for LGBTQ+ audiences in LGBTQ+ venues. With the…
Womonspace: Creating Space for Edmonton’s Lesbian Community in the 1980s
…about lesbians. They developed what former Womonspace president Agathe Gaulin called a “women’s culture” that was distinctive from the gay male culture that tended to dominate gay and lesbian organizations…
Q&A with 2020 Story Contributors Ron Byers & Rob Browatzke
…as Edmonton’s gay history with insight and passion. Rob is an Edmonton club owner and author. He has been professionally involved in a Edmonton’s gay nightlife for over two decades….
Pantages and The Strand
…be known as a place for gay men to connect, but in the pre-gay-bar years when downtown was full of discrete places for LGBTQ people to meet, one of the…
List of Edmonton’s Gay Bars
Read the 5-part series, The History of Edmonton’s Gay Bars Part 1: The Beginning Part 2: A Flashback to Flashback Part 3: The Long-Running Part 4: The Expanding Scene Part…
Flashback and the Gay Drag Races
In the mid-seventies the Flashback nite club—the second gay-owned bar in Edmonton—was founded. By the early 80s, Flashback had become the ‘in place’ in Edmonton—in fact, the North American Billboard Magazine…
Without Discrimination: The Delwin Vriend Case
…AND FREEDOMS ECAMP · S02E13 | Without Discrimination: The Delwin Vriend Case https://edmontonjournal.com/news/insight/paula-simons-how-the-vriend-case-established-lgbtq-rights-20-years-ago-in-alberta-and-across-canada http://www.iheartedmonton.ca/2015/06/the-trial-of-delwin-vriend.html https://www.ualberta.ca/newtrail/people/an-oral-history-of-vriend-versus-alberta.html https://www.ualberta.ca/folio/2018/03/the-inside-story-of-the-case-that-changed-lgbtq-rights-in-alberta.html COLLABORATION Alberta Labour History Institute (ALHI) is a group of trade unionists, community activists,…
Cariwest: The Caribbean Community’s Gift to Edmonton
…examples of this transference of heritage culture. Cariwest has had an unbroken run since 1984. Image courtesy of author. But where do these masquerade creations, this gay abandon, this joie-de-vive…
Gifting Indigenous Ward Names
…placemaking for the LGBTQ2S+ community. It was expressed by Elders involved that each of the language families considered be given a ward with connection to the North Saskatchewan River; both…