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  • After the Pisces Bathhouse Raid: Millie – I’m Number One

    Darrin Hagen

    Paul Chisholm’s first contact with another gay man occurred as he hitchhiked out of Saskatchewan in the late 1960s. Legend…

  • The Imperial Sovereign Court of the Wild Rose, Part 2: The Next Twenty Years

    Rob Browatzke

    Read Part 1: The First Twenty-Five Years Following their Jubilee anniversary, the Imperial Sovereign Court of the Wild Rose (ISCWR)…

  • The Imperial Sovereign Court of the Wild Rose, Part 1: The First Twenty-Five Years

    Ron Byers

    The Imperial Sovereign Court of the Wild Rose is a unique organization in Edmonton. The core of its existence is based on…

  • History of Edmonton’s Gay Bars, Part 5: Into Today

    Ron Byers and Rob Browatzke

    Read Part 1: The Beginning, Part 2: A Flashback to Flashback, Part 3: The Long-Running & Part 4: The Expanding…

  • History of Edmonton’s Gay Bars, Part 4: The Expanding Scene

    Ron Byers and Rob Browatzke

    Read Part 1: The Beginning, Part 2: A Flashback to Flashback & Part 3: The Long-Running here. A Kaleidoscope of…

  • History of Edmonton’s Gay Bars, Part 3: The Long-Running

    Ron Byers and Rob Browatzke

    Read Part 1: The Beginning & Part 2: A Flashback to Flashback. The Roost Another important venue in Edmonton’s gay…

  • History of Edmonton’s Gay Bars, Part 2: A Flashback to Flashback

    Ron Byers and Rob Browatzke

    Read Part 1: The Beginning In the summer of 1975, Pat F., Johnny K., Harvey J., Paul Chisholm (more popularly…

  • History of Edmonton’s Gay Bars, Part 1: The Beginning

    Ron Byers and Rob Browatzke

    Same-sex relations have been a part of life on the expansive prairies since time immemorial. Some Indigenous Nations have long…

  • 10024-102 Street: Rony’s / Dapple Gray Cafe / Appleby / Cheddars / Cafe Elite

    Darrin Hagen

    The central downtown neighbourhood south of Jasper Avenue but north of the river valley was a small but busy hub…