Halifax Pride

Religion has typically been at the root of many homophobic arguments, but for many religious leaders in Halifax, those attitudes are out of date.  St. John’s United Church has been one of the leaders in paving the way for LGBTQIA-friendly religious spaces in the city. It initiated an affirming process with a committee in the […]

Things have been a little quiet this summer at the Halifax LGBT Business Association. The two-year-old organization has weathered the loss of some prominent board members over the last six months. But board secretary Lynn Iding (who’s also manager of professional development programs at law firm McInnes Cooper) says not to worry: business is fixing […]

Pride week in Halifax means tons of chances to party—but where do you go if you want to be dry? Don’t worry. Being sober at Pride doesn’t have to be a buzzkill. Only a handful of Halifax Pride events are officially 19-plus, however Pride chair Willem Blois does admit the overall program lists many boozy […]

Jean Ketterling doesn’t want to anyone to get the wrong idea. “It’s a porn screening,” she says. “I think that’s important to put that out there. We’re very explicit about the fact that you will be seeing explicit content.” Ketterling, on behalf of the Rad Pride Collective, is organizing this year’s Peep Show —an annual […]

The Gottingen corridor between North Street and Cogswell Street has had many faces over the last hundred years. And in the last few decades, the gay community of Halifax has found a home there. A number of LGBTQI-friendly businesses now operate on Gottingen: The Company House, Sea Dog’s Sauna and Spa, One Block Barbershop and, […]

“At the present time, there are approximately 82 nations that criminalize same-sex relations, and of those, eight have a death penalty for consensual same-sex conduct,” says Tan-Nee Ng, a board member of the Rainbow Refugee Association of Nova Scotia. “We think that we’ve fought for gay rights and we have reached some semblance of equality, […]

Pride Parade Pick out a choice spot early, and join tens of thousands of spectators and hundreds of participants in this year’s parade. The 27th annual event will kick off on Upper Water Street, before winding its way down Barrington, up Spring Garden Road to South Park and ending at Sackville Street. The largest parade […]

When bank workers and police volunteer to dress in drag and dance to house music on moving trucks we have to admit that while we’ve gained social acceptance, we’ve lost our edge. Mainstream approval comes at a price, and the cost of appropriation is being measured by those alienated from the very thing that is […]

“Drag at its best will revive you,” says Christopher Frazer, a professor at St. FX. Known onstage as C. Leah Cruise, Frazer is an old queen in the scene beginning research on the history of drag in Halifax. He says that even with the social and economic challenges of the last 50 years, the city’s […]

It’s not easy to pin down Rich Aucoin. His music is a mishmash of Brian Wilson-esque harmonies counterpointed with Daft Punk beats. But if you’re trying to pin him down geographically, his tour itinerary reads like an indie-rock cover version of “Around The World in 80 Days.” Belgium, France, Winnipeg, Iceland. This man is literally […]