Vancouver | Xtra Magazine

Opinion

Myles Gray and Hudson Brooks are dead. BC police are dead silent

As Vancouver police and the RCMP prepare to walk in Pride, consider the people they’ve killed

Health

Party organizers prepare for possible fentanyl overdoses at Pride

Denim Vest, Pumpjack, The Junction and the Pride Society all have kits just in case

By Tessa Vikander

Out in Vancouver for Pride: Aug 3–8, 2017

Choice events for Pride weekend

Power

Refugee support group pulls out of Vancouver Pride parade over police and border guard concerns

Pride Society co-chairs say they support Rainbow Refugee’s decision

Health

‘I’ve never experienced anything like this’: how queer people are losing loved ones to Vancouver’s fentanyl crisis

A little kit of naloxone is no longer enough, says queer support worker

By Tessa Vikander

Out in Vancouver: July 27–Aug 2, 2017

Choice events in the city this week

Power

Vancouver police force finally passes new trans policies

A year and a half past deadline but a step in the right direction, say trans activists

By Tessa Vikander

Out in Vancouver: July 20–26, 2017

Choice events in the city this week

Power

Still no arrest in death of queer teen who disappeared from Vancouver

RCMP won’t say what happened to Oliver Zamarripa or how he got to Lytton, BC

Out in Vancouver: July 13–19, 2017

Choice events in the city this week

Langley school board won’t let opposition derail its support for LGBT students

The parents’ objections don’t ‘hold water morally or scientifically,’ says education advocate

By Chahira Merarsi

Opinion

If you want cops in Pride, you’re missing the next queer revolution

Why Black Canadians are essential to the reclamation of Pride

By Cicely-Belle Blain

Arts

Out in Vancouver: July 6–12, 2017

Choice events in the city this week

Qmunity saw nearly $127,000 shortfall in 2016 but is still debt-free

Treasurer says BC’s queer resource centre is back on track for 2017

By James Goldie

Out in Vancouver: June 29–July 4, 2017

Choice events in the city this week

Power

These LGBT students just won scholarships for their activism

Some of the 2017 LOUD youth leaders open up about their motivations and their setbacks

By Chahira Merarsi

Pride

Black Lives Matter Vancouver draws large crowd to reclaim Pride with march through gay village

March on Pride centres voices of Vancouver’s queer and trans Black and people of colour communities

By Tessa Vikander

Culture

Meet the people who will lead Vancouver’s 2017 Pride parade

Vancouver Pride announces marshals and honours activists at 2017 StandOUT Awards

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