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Us on Alberta Primetime & Thank you!

Posted on September 18, 2014 by Kevin Allen | Leave a comment

We successfully concluded the Kickstarter Campaign on Monday, reaching our stretch goal, and ending with $20,051 of pledges from 163 backers. We are extremely grateful at the generosity of this community and honoured by your faith in this project. We have been contacted this week by some people who missed the Kickstarter deadline for donating. If you are in the same boat and still would like to contribute, please contact us directly.

Monday night also, CTV’s Alberta Primetime featured the campaign in a televised interview. You can watch host Shawna Randolph’s interview with Research Lead, Kevin Allen by clicking on the image below.

Earlier in June, Alberta Primetime’s other host, Michael Higgins, interviewed Calgary Gay History Project Researcher, Tereasa Maillie, along with Edmonton’s Darrin Hagen in connection to Edmonton’s 2014 Pride Celebrations. Take a look!

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Queer Mirror and Kickstarter Update

Posted on September 11, 2014 by Kevin Allen | Leave a comment

There is a new column in BeatRoute Magazine, titled Queer Mirror, which we are writing looking at contemporary issues and events in Calgary’s queer community. The first article is about pronoun use in the trans community. If you have ideas for future topics, please give us a shout. In 20 years these articles will become part of our historical record.

The Kickstarter campaign is going well: we met our first financial goal and are en route to the second: $20,000. There are only 4 more days left to pledge. A couple of the Calgary Gay History Project researchers and collaborators have made videos in support of the campaign. The videos are not only testimonials but mini YYC queer history documentaries in their own right. Take a look!

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Beautiful night for a walk and a kick, start…

Posted on August 28, 2014 by Kevin Allen | Leave a comment

We had over 100 participants on the Pride Week Calgary Gay History Walk last night – see photos below. People learned about downtown sites of significance to the LGBTQ community and we had a live tweeting conversation between Mayor Nenshi and gay history walkers about the lack of a Pride Flag flying at City Hall (one of our stops).

Walkers also picked up hot-off-the-press Kickstarter postcards for the Writing Calgary’s Gay History Campaign (pledge, pledge, pledge, please).

Thanks go to the anonymous donor who slipped me cash on the walk as well as to Polish Queer Historian, Bart, who gave me his book QueerWarsaw – what a treat! Finally, there was a lovely reception hosted by Calgary Outlink at the back patio of CommunityWise Resource Centre.

Come see us at the Calgary Gay History Festival Booth this Sunday at the Pride Festival from Noon – 6:00 PM.