Vanuver may send gay uncillor to Sochi - The Globe and Mail

Contents:

• AN LGBT GUI TO VANUVER, CANADA'S MOST GAY-FRIENDLY CY
• VANUVER MAY SEND GAY UNCILLOR TO SOCHI
• 'ACTN IS NEED': VANUVER MAYOR NMNS 'ANTI-GAY' MONSTRATN
• GAY VANUVER
• AS VANUVER PROCLAIMS PRI WEEK, GAY PNEER RELLS CY'S FIRST PRI PARA
• OKLAHOMA TOWN'S FIRST OPENLY GAY MAYOR RIGNS, CG HARASSMENT
• VIO: GAY PUTY MAYOR PLANS TO REPRENT VANUVER SOCHI
• VANUVER MAYOR SEEKG NOVATIVE LEGAL SOLUTNS TO STOP ANTI-GAY PREACHERS
• LGBTQ / GAY HISTORY CANADA

AN LGBT GUI TO VANUVER, CANADA'S MOST GAY-FRIENDLY CY

Vanuver is home to the largt Two-Spir, lbian, gay, bisexual, trans, genr diverse, and queer (2SLGBTQ+) muny Wtern Canada. Loted jt down the street om the cy’s “gayborhood” of Davie Village, the chic Op Hotel Vanuver is a hot pick for LGBT travelers, offerg easy proximy to gay bars and clubs (pl ee ris the hotel’s r), ial acmodatns for those celebratg LGBT weddgs and honeymoons, and support for Pri and other muny events. One of Op's team members is openly gay ncierge Caleb Donszelmann, who juggl everythg om check-s to providg guts wh e of plimentary bicycl and drivg guts to their downtown statns.

“We’re lled Hollywood North bee that dtry is boomg here, ” he shar, “but we’re also known as Canada’s San Francis bee there are so many gay people! “Op has always supported gay pri events, ” he says. ”Here, Donszelman shar the keys to his Vanuver SistersThis gay bookstore is an stutn and has been open sce 1983.

VANUVER MAY SEND GAY UNCILLOR TO SOCHI

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'ACTN IS NEED': VANUVER MAYOR NMNS 'ANTI-GAY' MONSTRATN

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AS VANUVER PROCLAIMS PRI WEEK, GAY PNEER RELLS CY'S FIRST PRI PARA

Advis Council and staff on enhancg accs and cln for Two-Spir, lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer muni to fully participate Cy servic, and civic life. Mayor Gregor Robertson, left, wel openly gay Vanuver cy uncillor Tim Stevenson to the podium to speak after announcg Stevenson would reprent the cy at the 2014 Sochi Olympics, durg a news nference Vanuver, B. The Cy of Vanuver is rpondg to Rsia's discrimatn agast gays and lbians by proposg to send an openly gay uncillor as s official reprentative for the 2014 Sochi DYCK/The Canadian PrsVanuver, the host cy that troduced Pri Hoe to the Olympic movement, uld soon send s gay puty mayor to Rsia to fight agast homophobia uncillors are expected to endorse a rolutn next week sendg Councillor Tim Stevenson and two members of his Host Cy Pri Hoe Missn Team to the 2014 Sochi Wter there, the team will ask officials wh the Internatnal Olympic Commtee and Internatnal Paralympic Commtee to clu a non-discrimatn clse for lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenred people the Gam' charter and require future host ci to endorse pri ho their trip would e about eight months after Rsia passed a law that bans "propaganda of non-tradnal sexual relatns" and impos f on people who stage gay-pri ralli.

"The rolutn also lls on Olympic officials to "ensure the protectn" of all lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenred athlet, ach, officials, spectators and their alli one om the Internatnal Olympic Commtee was available to ment.

OKLAHOMA TOWN'S FIRST OPENLY GAY MAYOR RIGNS, CG HARASSMENT

Robertson said the 2010 Wter Olympics Vanuver featured the first pri hoe, which he lled a safe place and rource centre for lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenred athlet and spectators.

A cy document hand out stat the team will clu Mreen Douglas, who was an Olympic anizer Vanuver for eight years, and Dean Nelson, the -founr of the pri Rennie, founr of Rennie Marketg Systems, said he and Peter Wall of the Wall Fancial Corporatn each donated $25, 000 for the missn team's Rennie said the issue is about human rights, not gay rights. On Monday night, an "anti-gay" preacher took to Sunset Beach to preach his beliefs.

VIO: GAY PUTY MAYOR PLANS TO REPRENT VANUVER SOCHI

Mayor Kennedy Stewart has released a statement nmng the monstratn by an "anti-gay" preacher the Wt End.

Dozens of members of the gay muny and their supporters gathered around Lynn to prott his monstratn. The "anti-gay" monstratn took place followg an cint where a man's leg was broken durg a nontatn wh anti-gay street preachers  the Wt End. In a seri of Tweets, Sports 650 host Jt Morissette wr that "anti-gay evangelil bulli the Wt End" purposefully broke his leg bee he told them to stop chantg.

And whether you are bi or gay or lbian, no matter where you land on the genr spectm, Vanuver, the Cy of Glass, is one of the saft and most LGBTQ-iendly plac to vis. Stay At The Fairmont Wateront Hotel As our partners at Out reported, recyclg and savg the environment is extremely gay (so gay that straight men aren't dog to avoid lookg overly feme). Go Gay DC will host “LGBTQ+ Social” at 7 p.

VANUVER MAYOR SEEKG NOVATIVE LEGAL SOLUTNS TO STOP ANTI-GAY PREACHERS

Go Gay DC will host “LGBTQ+ Bnch” at 10 a. This event is a monthly group experience for gay sgl terted healthy romantic relatnships. Go Gay DC will host “LGBTQ+ Bnch” at 11 a.

LGBTQ / GAY HISTORY CANADA

Javier Moya will host “Gay Sip and Pat” at 7 p. Go Gay DC will host “LGBTQ+ Gam” at 7 p. Go Gay DC will host “LGBTQ+ Dner & Conversatn” at 6 p.

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