Queer of the Year…yes, it’s still happening

I wasn’t quite sure about this contest when I showed up in Montreal on Monday, but there is a full production team (in addition to all the support staff and advertising agency support), and they are producing some pretty great videos along with some pretty spectacular stunts for us here.

Sure, Tourism Vancouver is going to hunt me down and murderize me when I’m back in town for saying this, but I’m okay with that. Here’s a teaser of the content you’ll find tomorrow at the Queer of the Year(http://www.queeroftheyearcontest.com/) site.

Here’s a recap from Day 2:

And did I mention that boyfriend Steve got a shout-out for the competition on Lainey Gossip?

Yeah, no big d… no wait, BIG DEAL!

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