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2021 Pride Festival brings colour and representation to Calgary

August 13, 2021 Kirsten Phillips 0

The 31st annual Calgary Pride Festival created early buzz online when a Pride Flag and Transgender Flag were seen being painted on the sidewalk surrounding Central Memorial Park.  A partnership between Shaw and Calgary Pride

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Calgary LGBTQ+ and A2J activist finds a serendipitous spot of music fame

May 10, 2021 Heidi Exner 0

A recent glitch in Spotify has drawn unlikely international attention to a Calgary “living room, campfire performer” named Marina Giacomin. This mix-up on Spotify accidentally placed Giacomin’s song, titled “The Girl from the Sex Shop,”

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Two suspects charged in suspected Calgary hate crime

September 3, 2020 Omar Sherif 0

Two men have been charged in what Calgary police believe was a hate-motivated assault. The incident occurred on Aug. 3, 2020, at 5:30 p.m., when a same-sex couple was walking near the intersection of 9

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Hate-motivated crimes against LGBTQ2S+ committed in Calgary over the long weekend

August 5, 2020 Staff LiveWire Calgary 0

Calgary Police are investigating three separate cases of potentially hate-motivated attacks against the gender and sexually diverse community over the long weekend. The first incident occurred on July 31, 2020, when a man was assaulted

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Flyers flouting conversion therapy ban frustrate southeast Calgary homeowner

May 20, 2020 Layla Dart 0

Somewhere between infuriated and sad. That’s how one Willow Park resident feels after finding flyers making claims against Calgary’s proposed Conversion Therapy Ban Bylaw. Last week, councillors unanimously approved a bylaw in committee that would

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Calgary’s proposed conversion therapy bylaw nets 600+ pages of public submissions

May 12, 2020 Layla Dart 2

Shocked and horrified, yet not surprised. That’s how Pam Rocker of Affirming Connections felt when she read the initial batch of about 70 public submissions against Calgary’s conversion therapy ban bylaw. “It’s what to be

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Calgary Pride festival to be ‘reimagined’ amid coronavirus

April 29, 2020 Darren Krause 0

Calgary Pride isn’t something you cancel, said the organization’s executive director, Parker Chapple. While the 30th anniversary of Calgary Pride may not look quite the same as it has in year’s past, Chapple said they’re

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Conversion therapy ban in the works for Calgary

January 17, 2020 Staff LiveWire Calgary 0

Four Calgary city councillors and the mayor will push to end the practice of conversion therapy in the city with an upcoming notice of motion. They’re following the lead of other Alberta cities that have

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#SaveSkippingStone campaign seeks community help for organization in light of funding cuts

December 6, 2019 Amber McLinden 0

Fundraising campaign #SaveSkippingStone has raised more than $18,000 for the Alberta organization that helps trans and gender diverse youth. Local LGBTQ+ advocate and founder of Mike’s Bloggity Blog Mike Morrison started the GoFundMe after Skipping

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RISE: A social commentary event during Calgary Pride

August 23, 2019 Krista Sylvester 0

Stories by Calgary journalists like Krista Sylvester are only possible through your Patreon contributions. Your pledge will help land us another full time journalist. So… what are you waiting for? One is known as the

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