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Phew. YYCGayHistory Pride Week Recap.

Posted on September 11, 2015 by Kevin Allen | Leave a comment

There was lots of gay history this year as Pride Calgary celebrated its 25th Anniversary. In sharp contrast to our past, politicians from many political stripes were thick at events. Their speeches respectfully acknowledged the founders of Pride and we hosted a special Origins Panel Discussion, sponsored by the Hyatt Regency downtown.

Pride Founders (L to R): Nancy Miller, Stephen Lock and Richard Gregory, and Moderator: Kevin Allen. Photo credit: Twitter @MastersMatt

There were three gay history walks, well attended, despite the cool wet weather, and lots of people came to speak to us at the Gay History Booth at the Pride Festival.

Finally, we did a lot of media interviews during Pride Week. Here are links to a couple of the more significant pieces in case you missed them.

CBC’s Calgary Pride Celebrates 25 Years – with archival footage from the original Pride rally in 1990, by Danielle Nerman.

Calgary Sun’s How the persecution of a popular Calgary bus driver half a century ago prompted Canada’s decriminalization of homosexuality, by Michael Platt.

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GG Nod and Pride Week Begins

Posted on August 28, 2015 by Kevin Allen | 1 comment

The Calgary Gay History Project is pleased to announce that it received an honourable mention in the 2015 Governor General’s History Awards for Excellence in Community Programming. Our very own, Tereasa Maillie, will be representing us at Rideau Hall this October at the GG’s award ceremony. We gratefully thank our nominators, the judges and Canada’s History Society for the honour.

Tereasa has been volunteering the the Project almost since its inception. She has written engaging articles and done several public presentations about our research findings throughout the city. She has her own history blog as well, HistoryMinion, and I encourage you to check it out!

We also hope you will check out our various programming during Pride Week:

Thursday, September 3rd from 7:00 – 8:30, the Beltline Gay History Walk

Friday, September 4th from 5:00 – 7:00, Origins: Pride Calgary History Panel

Saturday, September 5th from 2:00 – 3:30, the Downtown Gay History Walk

Sunday, September 6th from noon – 6:00 PM, our Pride Festival Booth

Hope to see you out!

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Origins: The Pride Calgary History Panel

Posted on August 20, 2015 by Kevin Allen | 1 comment

25 years ago the LGBTQ community decided to get political – and here we are today…

On Friday, September 4th, 2015 from 5:00 – 7:00 PM we will have Nancy Miller, Stephen Lock, and Richard Gregory on a panel moderated by the Calgary Gay History Project’s Kevin Allen. Our panellists were all key figures in the Calgary Lesbian and Gay Political Action Guild (CLAGPAG), who organized the first Pride Rally in Memorial Park in 1990 and the first Pride Parade in 1991.

Come out to hear about the particular tenor of their time: fighting back against homophobia and intimidation, as well as the great camaraderie and tangible human rights victories.

Stephen Lock, Nancy Miller & Richard Gregory: Pride Founders

Origins is presented by the Calgary Gay History Project and Pride Calgary, and is proudly sponsored and hosted by the Hyatt Regency Calgary, 700 Centre Street SE. The panel formally begins at 5:30 PM but come early and grab a drink from the cash bar. The panel is a free event – open to everyone.