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  • Hot Wheelz lip syncs on stage in a seven-pointed mask with many eyes, which obscures their own eyes.

    Hot Wheelz: Raising a Middle Finger and Building World Class, Accessible Drag

    Kels Valenzuela Delamarter

    Hot Wheelz is a drag artist and self-described “disabled genderqueer monster.” They are widely celebrated as one of the first ambulatory wheelchair users to join the Edmonton drag scene. In this addition to ECAMP’s labour history series, author Kels Valenzuela Delamarter tells the story of their rise, deliciously macabre costuming, and goal “to turn the corporate ladder into a ramp.”

  • 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…

  • Flashback and the Gay Drag Races

    Michael Phair

    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…