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Writing Calgary’s Gay History – the Book

Posted on August 25, 2014 by Kevin Allen | 1 comment

August 25th – The Calgary Gay History Project launches the Kickstarter campaign to fund a book chronicling our community’s story. In the past two years we have presented our findings of Calgary’s gay history in the 50s and 60s multiple times as well as led a number of popular gay history walks through Calgary’s Beltline and Downtown areas – now it’s time to write the book!

Watch This History Walk Promo Video

Over the next three weeks, you can contribute to our story, by investing directly in this book’s creation. Check out our assorted Kickstarter rewards, including pre-ordering the book, or having a private gay history walking tour.

Please share the Kickstarter link to your networks!

Yours in research,

Kevin

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Tagged Calgary, gay, Gay history, history, History Walk, human-rights, Kickstarter, lesbian, Pride Week, queer

Pride Week is here – We’re making history!

Posted on August 21, 2014 by Kevin Allen | Leave a comment

Pride 2014 is upon us, and the Calgary Gay History Project is busy. We hope you can join us for our NEW downtown walk on Wednesday, August 27th. Check out Ted Henley’s interview with me on City TV’s Breakfast Television as a preview of the some of the stops.

Alyssa Quirico wrote this week’s FFWD cover story, Pride in a conservative culture, featuring highlights from an interview she did with the history project.

Look for us at various Pride events throughout the week, culminating at our Festival Information Booth on Parade Day, August 31st. Come by and ask us questions, or share your story about Calgary’s gay history. You can even buy a t-shirt in support of the project.

Also, watch next week for the launch of the Writing Calgary Gay History Kickstarter Campaign (we are writing the book)! You will be able to pre-purchase it while at the same time commissioning the publication.

Happy Pride!

{KA}

Gay History is Popular!

Posted on August 14, 2014 by Kevin Allen | Leave a comment

As Calgary gears up for Pride, local media has been lining up at the Gay History Project’s door this week to get the skinny on Calgary’s past relations with the gay community! Phew, I am getting interviewed out…

Next week keep your eyes out for a website refresh, as well as the launch of our Kickstarter campaign in support of the Calgary Gay History Book!

And if that was not enough, we now have a facebook page and twitter account – which go live now. If you want to potentially win a newly printed Calgary Gay History T-shirt, we will randomly give one to a new facebook follower and one to a new twitter follower (sign up by September 1st).

Finally, don’t forget the new Downtown Gay History Walk we are doing in partnership with Calgary Outlink, on August 27th at 7 PM. The post-walk reception hosted by Outlink will be in the lovely back patio of CommunityWise 223, 12 Ave. SW.