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Kevin Dale McKeown

What do you say when you’re offered a young consenting houseboy?
Opinion

What do you say when you’re offered a young consenting houseboy?

His brown puppy dog eyes said, ‘please sir, won’t you take me home?’

November 24, 2016
BC’s first gay premier probably wasn’t gay
Opinion

BC’s first gay premier probably wasn’t gay

Challenging the myth of Premier Alexander Davie, supposed namesake of Vancouver’s Davie Village

October 27, 2016
The other side of the West End sex workers’ expulsion
Opinion

The other side of the West End sex workers’ expulsion

Between their clients, the looky-loos and the sex workers, the neighbourhood was far from peaceful

September 29, 2016
Ghost towns, gay villages and missing faces
Opinion

Ghost towns, gay villages and missing faces

What happened to Davie Village fixture Madame Coté?

September 15, 2016
Are we responsible for our community’s mental health?
Opinion

Are we responsible for our community’s mental health?

Dean Thullner’s new fundraiser Shine aims to ease stigma and raise awareness

September 1, 2016
When young queers tell their elders’ stories
Culture

When young queers tell their elders’ stories

Troublemakers
 at the 2016 Vancouver Queer Film Festival

August 18, 2016
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This gay man’s early police dealings will forever taint his views
Opinion

This gay man’s early police dealings will forever taint his views

But he was still glad to see Vancouver police in the Pride parade

August 4, 2016
This is where queer theatre got its start in Vancouver
Culture

This is where queer theatre got its start in Vancouver

Retracing our stories on stage in honour of the Q2Q conference

July 21, 2016
Who’s lying in St Paul’s Brilliant fundraiser story?
Opinion

Who’s lying in St Paul’s Brilliant fundraiser story?

Former event producer says he was told to ‘get the gay off the runway’

April 7, 2016
Passing the torch at Vancouver’s 45th annual Coronation Ball
Opinion

Passing the torch at Vancouver’s 45th annual Coronation Ball

Remembering Empress I Charity and welcoming Empress 45 Sienna Blaze

March 28, 2016
Should gay men keep having public sex in Vancouver?
Opinion

Should gay men keep having public sex in Vancouver?

Cruising in Stanley Park and the new Jim Deva Plaza

March 11, 2016
The real reason for the season
Opinion

The real reason for the season

Be skeptical of wise guys of all stripes, and show a little appreciation for the sun

December 21, 2015
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Our dying time — again?
Opinion

Our dying time — again?

Our sunset years seem more and more like a replay of the AIDS years

October 29, 2015
Remembering beloved, formidable activist Frances Wasserlein
Opinion

Remembering beloved, formidable activist Frances Wasserlein

‘She was articulate, witty, smart and cared about people, a lot,’ says friend

October 2, 2015
The man who kept Vancouver’s 1970s gay scene running
Opinion

The man who kept Vancouver’s 1970s gay scene running

‘I’m a tech guy,’ says the modest Donnie Cordova

August 27, 2015
‘Backslid and went weedy’: the rest of the Ian Robertson story
Opinion

‘Backslid and went weedy’: the rest of the Ian Robertson story

Beloved Canadian dancer lovingly remembered in all his careening glory

July 30, 2015
Do we need an art plan for Vancouver’s West End?
Opinion

Do we need an art plan for Vancouver’s West End?

Queer community has always been deeply interconnected with West End art scene

July 16, 2015
Glimpses into a gay man’s life in Vancouver in the 1940s-1960s
Opinion

Glimpses into a gay man’s life in Vancouver in the 1940s-1960s

Still QQ uncovers a rare treasure box of a gay man’s pre-Stonewall youth

May 25, 2015
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