Here is a list of muny anizatns, webs, and other rourc available to queer people livg Montreal. ACCM AIDS Communy Care Montreal (ACCM) is a volunteer-driven muny anizatn that provis support servic and treatment rmatn to people livg wh HIV/AIDS and/or hepatis C. ADA The Au-déla l'arc-en-ciel (ADA) is a discsn group for Hispanic gay men. AGIR AGIR is a non-prof anizatn for LGBTQ+ refuge and immigrants Montreal, who offer servic, rmatn, programs and rourc, addn to protectg and fendg the legal, social and enomic rights of migrants (asylum seekers, refuge, immigrants, and those wh untermed stat) om lbian, gay, bisexual, trans and queer (LGBTQ) muni, all a spir of solidary and tersectnaly. Alterheros Alterheros is an onle work of experts mted to provi rmatn about the challeng of sexual and genr diversy and to mystify LGBTQ+ inti and orientatns. APGM The Associatn s pèr gais Montréal (APGM) is a group of gay dads who, through activi and meetgs, share their experienc as gay dads who take re of their children. L'Asterisk L'Asterisk is a place for young LGBTQ* unr 25 to get together and get some rmatn. Several servic are available, cludg a phone le, dividual unsellg, a drop- center and social activi. ASTT(e)Q ASTT(e)Q aims to promote the health and wellbeg of trans people through peer support and advocy, tn and outreach, and muny empowerment and mobilizatn. ATQ The missn of Ai x Trans du Québec (ATQ) is to assist trans people before, durg and after their journey of transn. Helpg and listeng are the ma pillars of support offered by ATQ through var activi, nferenc, group meetups, providg rmatn and fundraisg. CACTUS Montreal CACTUS Montréal is a muny anizatn for the preventn of blood-borne (BBSI) and sexually transmted fectns. We work wh jectg and halg dg ers, sex workers, and trans people. CAEO CAEO Quebec’s missn is to bat homophobia, biphobia, transphobia and heterosexism. SILK, (Sexual Informatn Leads to Knowledge) is an tnal program n by CAEO Québec that provis English speakg high schools wh ee workshops to promote diversy. Communy Centre LGBTQ+ of Montreal The Communy Centre LGBTQ+ of Montreal acts to improve the well-beg of people LGBTQ+ muni by promotg operatn and muny and social velopment by dividuals and anizatns. One of the servic of the Centre is the Open Book Library, one of the biggt LGBTQ+ librari the Franphony and the world, wh more than 20,000 documents (novels, says, books of poetry, ic books, newspapers, amic books, movi, documentari, and youth llectn) related to the reali of the LGBTQ+ Communi and accsible to everyone. Centre for Genr Advocy The Centre for Genr Advocy is an pennt, stunt-fund, Conrdia Universy anizatn, mandated to promote genr equaly and empowerment particularly as relat to margalized muni, pecially LGBTTQIA people. This mandate is achieved through ongog programmg, mpaigns, rourc, servic, advocy and a mment to accsibily. CLGA Canadian Gay and Lbian Archiv (based Toronto). Conseils Québéis LGBT The Conseil Quebeis LGBT is an anizatn for the llective fense of LGBT rights and the primary terlocutor wh the ernment of Quebec on LGBT issu. CSL The missn of the Centre solidaré lbienne / Lbian Solidary Centre (CSL) is to improve the livg ndns of lbians by providg servic and terventns adapted to their realy the areas of domtic vlence, well-beg and health. CSSQ The Coaln Sida s Sourds du Québec / Aids Coaln of the Deaf of Quebec (CSSQ) anizatn offers preventative and tnal servic on HIV/AIDS and STBBI for Deaf and Hard of hearg muni Quebec. We also provi support servic to Deaf and Hard of hearg people wh HIV/AIDS and STBBI. Égale Égale is a Canada-wi anizatn promotg lbian, gay, bisexual, and trans human rights through rearch, tn and muny engagement. Équipe Montréal Équipe Montréal is a LGBTQ sports team aln. Fondatn Emergence The Foundatn offers rmatn and awarens programs aimed at favorg the well-beg and fense of human rights of LGBT persons. Its ma activy nsists of planng the Internatnal Day agast homophobia and transphobia (IDAHOT), which they iated. Fugu Fugu is a gay/lbian magaze Quebec. Ga'ava Ga'ava is an anizatn for the LGBT Jewish Communy of Montreal. Gay & Grey Gay & Grey Montréal is a group offerg social and rmatnal activi for English speakg LGBTQ2S+ senrs (50+). Our goal is to lsen isolatn and enurage muny volvement a safe rpectful space. Helem Helem Montreal is an NGO which aims to bat homophobia the Lebane Diaspora of Montreal and to support the Arabic-speakg LGBT dividuals Montreal. IMAGE+NATION IMAGE+NATION is Montreal's annual LGBT film and vio ftival and the longt-nng LGBT film ftival Canada. Interligne Interligne (formerly Gai-éute) is a first rponse centre that provis help and rmatn to those ncerned wh sexual orientatn and genr diversy. Jnse Lambda Jnse Lambda is a Franphone muny anizatn created by and for lbian, gay, and bisexual anphone youth aged 25 and unr Montreal. Many activi are geared towards assistg youth wh qutns about sexualy, g-out, and acceptance. Jhalak Jhalak is a Montreal-based LGBTQ anizatn that aims to provi a safe space for South Asians and members of 's related cultur wh the provce of Quebec. Through anized soc-cultural, workg and tnal support events, Jhalak aims to aid 's mographic tegrate smoothly wh the LGBTQ muny and society general wh Montreal, Quebec and Canada. LGBT Fay Coaln The LGBT Fay Coaln is a bilgual group of LGBT parents and future parents advotg for the legal and social regnn of LGBT fai, exchangg rmatn and sharg rourc. LGBTQI Migrants Realés This webse highlights the rults of a project that aimed to crilly asss the state of knowledge of LGBTQI migrants livg Canada relatn to the state of global LGBTQI reali and migratns. This project also highlights var policy and practice implitns for LGBTQI migrants livg Canada and intifi key areas for future rearch. Lerary Pri Lerary Pri / Fierté Ltéraire prents a seri of events to disver thors om the LGBT muny. Montreal Pri Montreal Pri / Fierté Montréal is a week of cultural and muny activi, hosted Augt. Never Apart Never Apart is a gallery and cultural space aimg to te on equaly, the environment and nsc livg, while celebratg both tablished and emergg artists. The platform is geared towards igng posive change and uny through culture — gathergs, mic, art exhibns, panel discsns, workshops and special events, often highlightg queer artists. PLURI PLURI (Peace Love Uny Rpect Iniative) aims to rce harm on dance floors by anizg workshops and discsns. They anize discsns wh margalized muni to reflect on boundari and experienc at events. They produce workshops for alli to enurage engagement and beg actively eful and supportive of others. PLURI is a femist, anti-racist, anti-discrimatory platform proactively creatg change wh mic muni. Pri Team: Argyle Instute The Pri Team at the Argyle Psychotherapy Instute is ma up of therapists om all levels of experience wh and wh LGBTQ+ muni. All Pri Team therapists are mted to and have received trag the prcipl of LGBTQ+ affirmative therapy, and are supportive of dividuals their sexual and genr inty exploratn. Servic clu dividual, uple, and fay therapy to LGBTQ+ muni, are offered French and English, and acrdg to a slidg sle acrdg to e. Prisoner Corrponnce Project The Prisoner Corrponnce Project is a solidary project for gay, lbian, transsexual, transgenr, genr-variant, two-spir, tersex, bisexual and queer prisoners Canada and the Uned Stat, lkg them wh people a part of the same muni outsi of prison. Project 10 Project 10 is a muny anizatn that provis peer unsellg, support, and referrals to lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenred, two-spired, tersex, queer and qutng youth aged 14-25. One-on-one person meetgs and acpaniments are available. Project 10 also nducts outreach activi, speakg schools and givg prentatns to health re profsnals etc on queer and trans issu and reali and safer spac. The Quebec Gay Archiv The Quebec Gay Archi llects, nserv and prerv materials that document the history of the gay and lbian muni of Quebec. Queer Between the Covers Queer Between the Covers provis accs to queer materials that are otherwise unavailable the cy, and draws attentn to the role of queer bookstor providg muny space and supportg cultural productn. Queerg the Map Queerg the Map is a muny-generated mappg project that geo-lot queer moments, memori and histori relatn to physil space. Quebec Lbian Network The Quebec Lbian Network is the only fence of rights anizatn that exclively addrs Quebec lbians. RÉZO RÉZO is a muny-based anizatn for gay and bisexual men Montreal whose foc is overall health promotn as well as the preventn of HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmted fectns (STIs). Takg What We Need Takg What We Need is an rmal llective anizg to fight for the liv of our sisters and ourselv. We acknowledge and abhor the realy that many transfeme people face on a daily basis, fallg at the tersectns of poverty, racism, misogyny, social isolatn, and lonial vlence. Takg What We Need’s primary missn is to empower our sisters through discretnary fundg and build solidary wh our muny by llectively ristg transmisogyny. Trans Pri Trans Pri / Fierté Trans is an annual Event aimg at raisg awarens about trans rights. Wt Island LGBTQ Youth Centre The Youth Center provis support and referrals to young people wh qutns about their sexualy or genr inty. Folks n ll to talk to someone, or to arrange a one-on-one meetg.
Contents:
- THE GAY FIRST TIMER’S GUI TO EDC
- THE HIDN GAY LIV FALLY BEG UNVERED
- HOW TO KNOW IF YOU ARE GAY
- AM I GAY?
- IS YOUR CHILD GAY?
- UGANDA'S NEW ANTI-GAY LAW: PART OF A BROAR TREND AI
THE GAY FIRST TIMER’S GUI TO EDC
Are you qutng your sexualy? Fd out if you’re gay, straight, bisexual, or asexual. Learn what the terms mean and if they apply to you. * edic gay *
” Hoe mic and rave culture trace a direct leage back to the gay club scene, so there’s a strong “be yourself and no one will judge you” attu. Learn more about how EDM trac s history back to gay culture this brief vio:Jt as we don’t like straight girls crashg circu parti/gay bars and disrpectg our culture, I try to treat EDC wh rpect.
THE HIDN GAY LIV FALLY BEG UNVERED
I’m gay AF wh my giant rabow flag totem, but I don’t do some of the thgs I might do at a circu party, like give head on the dance floor ??♂️. People do meet and make nnectns, and there’s plenty of hot partially clothed folks and flirty totems, but ’s not a sexually-charged atmosphere the way gay-exclive events are.
*Jt to allay any nfn, the send big stage at EDC lled “Circu Grounds” has nothg to do wh the gay circu you’re there wh a guy you like (or you meet a guy you like) ’s also a crazy romantic experience. Rich Campbell, CEO of gay cise pany Atlantis (who knows a thg or two about throwg big parti himself) lls “the biggt gay party on the wt ast.
HOW TO KNOW IF YOU ARE GAY
Insomniac is sometim a really terrible producer as far as logistics and nng thgs smoothly, the one thg they do right is promote PLUR culture, gog out of their way to clu gays their marketg, and munitg the ethos through the materials that e wh your ticket etc….
As more and more gays e to EDC every year, I’ve noticed a subtle shift the vibe when I’m around the giant gay meta-group where the rabow totems ngregate — and got me thkg about what exactly ravers mean by a crowd beg “good vib. I’ve brought many gay first-timers to the ftival, and wh the first few hours of arrivg at mp, and after the first nversatn the water le, or outf pliment om a stranger, they immediately sense that somethg about the attu at EDC is different and special. It’s also fun to jt be a spectator, so whatever you do, enjoy the of my most memorable EDC experienc is someone g up to me (wh my giant rabow flag totem) 2015 to tell me they ed to hate gays, but they grew up and learned better.
But I also wanted to check out the Sunday gay pool party at the Luxor where we were stayg, so I got ls sleep, and by the time Galantis me on, I was pletely exhsted and unable to enjoy . Fally, the people around you will ually help you if you need — don’t be aaid to StepsMy iend Doug has an excellent YouTube channel that has tons of practil tips for EDC, verg everythg om kandi-makg to fan-clackg etiquette to what to nnect wh other gays and get your qutns answered, I remend jog the Gay Rave & Circu Almanac Facebook group. Osborne told Time magaze Febary that he is gay and has known for years, but he kept a secret bee of untry mic's mostly nservative fan base.
AM I GAY?
But when I heard people ravg about the show, wrten by Rsell T Davi, I was stck by how many of them admted to knowg ltle about the epimic – and the stctn wreaked among the gay muny. For a long time, the mastream public didn't want to hear our Ca's The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle tells the story of a secretly gay postman searchg for a lost love om his youth (Cred: Headle Review)"I would venture to say that the public were disgted and outraged, " says thor Crystal Jeans.
It's about a lonely, socially awkward and secretly gay postman livg a fictnal town the north of England who hs retirement, realisg he wants to turn his life around and fally be happy – but to do this, he needs to fd the love of his life, a man he hasn’t seen for nearly 50 years. That same year, the so-lled "Alan Turg law" offered pardons to 49, 000 Brish gay men who’d been nvicted of homosexual acts – followg a mpaign arguably bolstered by the greater awarens brought about by The Imatn Game, the h film that picted the nvictn and chemil stratn of the Enigma-breakg puter scientist. Over on Instagram, The Aids Memorial shar photos and stori of people – predomantly gay men – who died of the disease, wrten by those who loved them.
IS YOUR CHILD GAY?
You’d not tch many queer al mers jottg down their memoirs – Crystal JeansHowever, 's fictn that’s very much drivg the phenomenon of brgg "lost" stori of gay life om the past to light. Over the last five years, a tr of Irish wrers have livered stunng gay-themed novels set predomantly perds of history that didn't wele them – John Boyne (The Heart’s Invisible Furi), Graham Norton (Home Stretch), and Sebastian Barry (the Costa Award-wng Days Whout End).
In the theatre, Matthew Lopez's exploratn of gay male history The Inherance triumphed London before transferrg to New York, where opened the year after a well-received revival of Mart Crowley's semal 1968 play Boys the Band. Most recently, the ter explod wh behd-the-scen photos of Harry Styl om the shoot of new film My Policeman, an adaptatn of Bethan Roberts's 2012 novel starrg the pop superstar as a closeted gay man the 1950s. However, as a way of explag the mystery surroundg why Harry left behd everythg he knew, Gale imaged a suatn which he was forced to leave as a rult of a gay affair beg exposed.
UGANDA'S NEW ANTI-GAY LAW: PART OF A BROAR TREND AI
Crystal Jeans's latt novel is The Inverts, which tells the story of two bt iends – one a lbian, the other a gay man – who enter to a fake marriage the 1920s. This was another reason I wrote The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle; I wanted to tell the story of one ordary young gay man tryg to exprs his love for another at a time when this would not have been accepted. But I also wanted to ntrast this disturbg, sometim horrifyg picture wh what life n be like for a gay man wh today’s much more acceptg society the UK – and celebrate how much progrs we’ve ma.
My spiratn was a seri of terviews I nducted wh olr gay men whilst I was Edor--Chief of Attu magaze, as part of our celebratn of the 50th anniversary of the start of crimalisatn. Pop star Harry Styl is starrg new film My Policeman as a closeted gay officer the 1950s (Cred: Getty Imag)"What we see all through history is that people are nied their past as part of a way to ntrol them, " says Hornby.