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Contents:

• THE BEST EDMONTON GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS EDMONTON
• HISTORY OF EDMONTON’S GAY BARS, PART 1: THE BEGNG
• LIST OF EDMONTON’S GAY BARS
• GAY NIGHTLIFE EDMONTON
• GAY NIGHTLIFE - BARS, CLUBS, SNAS - NEED ADVICE - EDMONTON FOM
• 'IT WAS SO IMPORTANT': COMMUNY REFLECTS ON FORMER EDMONTON GAY BAR NEW DOCUMENTARY
• HISTORY OF EDMONTON’S GAY BARS, PART 2: A FLASHBACK TO FLASHBACK
• NEW FILM PUTS SPOTLIGHT ON LEGENDARY EDMONTON GAY CLUB FLASHBACK
• CY OF EDMONTON GAY AND LBIAN ARCHIV

THE BEST EDMONTON GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS EDMONTON

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HISTORY OF EDMONTON’S GAY BARS, PART 1: THE BEGNG

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LIST OF EDMONTON’S GAY BARS

Now let’s take a look at where the handful of marvelo gay areas Edmonton and talk about the Edmonton gayborhood where you might feel most at home! Thankfully, LGBT Edmonton plays host to a variety of annual events for lbians, transgenr persons, gays, and anyone else who wants to have a good time.

GAY NIGHTLIFE EDMONTON

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GAY NIGHTLIFE - BARS, CLUBS, SNAS - NEED ADVICE - EDMONTON FOM

Simply go to the page, and you’ll be prented wh a ee list of gay, lbian, and gay-iendly agents who n help you wh your relotn as well as other eful rmatn like LGBT+iendly schools, shoppg, storage firms, trasmen, and more. Ias nnected to social pury activism that emerged the 1890s began impactg how society was expected to thk, and as the Send World War began, so did the persecutn of gay men.

It was beg difficult to meet other gay men, and Edmonton-based law enforcement were creasgly chargg dividuals wh crim such as gross cency, buggery, and posssn of obscene lerature. In the evengs, the back sectn of the Mayfair Hotel tavern was a haven for members of the gay and lbian muny, often meetg to swill back untls draft glass, sloshg beer over the terry cloth table vers that were required by the Alberta Liquor Control Board (ALCB) which then dripped down onto the beer-soaked rpet (another requirement of the ALCB. In the fall of 1969, when homosexuals were no longer thrown jail for their sexualy, a small group of people cid to open a place dited to gay and lbian folk.

'IT WAS SO IMPORTANT': COMMUNY REFLECTS ON FORMER EDMONTON GAY BAR NEW DOCUMENTARY

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HISTORY OF EDMONTON’S GAY BARS, PART 2: A FLASHBACK TO FLASHBACK

However, don’t thk that you have to go to a gay nightclub or a gay bar specifilly as Edmonton is very welg and every bar and club the cy n be the scene of a great time. Whether you’re gay, bi, trans, straight, or post-labels, Edmonton has a bunch of awome experienc and welg muni to celebrate all inti along the 2SLGBTQ+ spectm.

"A lot of straight people for the first time met gay people when they were partyg at the club and was a great way for people to learn about the fact that we're all this together, " he said. The Edmonton Queer History Project (EQHP) reports that founr John Reid saw the need for a more clive space after Mother Jean, a straight woman wh roots the drag muny, was nied entry to an Edmonton gay bar. "I thk a lot of people thk of Alberta as a real homophobic backwater and I like people to see some of the really fabulo queer thgs that went on Edmonton, " Hays said.

The famo Flashback nightclub was tablished by owner John Reid as a celebratory haven for ‘gay people and their iends’ the late 70’s and tumultuo 80s.

NEW FILM PUTS SPOTLIGHT ON LEGENDARY EDMONTON GAY CLUB FLASHBACK

McDougall Uned Church 10086 MacDonald Dr – June 435th Annual Gay Edmonton PageantPrented by the Imperial Sovereign Court of the Wild Rose at the Matrix Hotel – June 30Firi Stori - All Ag Drag ShowPrented by Draggg Youth Shows at Unarian Church of Edmonton – July 29Edmonton Pri River FloatTerwillegar Park to Sir Wilid Lrier Park – Augt 12Pri Day at the AGAPrented by the Art Gallery of Alberta – Augt 12Pri All Ag Drag ShowPrented by Draggg Youth Shows at Unarian Church of Edmonton – Augt 19. Gay, lbian, bisexual, transgenr, or straight were all wele as long as they rpected the right for same-sex activi to be the foc of an eveng’s entertament. 'They mt be given the same kd of support and protectn that we had provid other newers'Adabeyo Katii arrived Canada six months ago, after beg imprisoned Uganda for "promotg homosexualy.

" (Abayo Quii/Facebook) (Facebook)For Abayo Katii, returng to Uganda would be a ath transgenr man has claimed asylum Canada, hopg to make Edmonton his permanent 's already been jailed Uganda, where homosexualy is illegal unr a lonial-era law that prohibs sex acts "agast the orr of nature. ""A lot of gay people Uganda face threats, they are homels or they are attacked when people realize that you are gay, " Katii said an terview wh CBC Rad's Edmonton AM.

CY OF EDMONTON GAY AND LBIAN ARCHIV

"Katii is among a growg number of LGBTQ people seekg asylum Alberta's pal Edmonton Mennone Centre for Newers (EMCN) is reportg a signifint crease the number of gay or transgenr refugee claimants the regn, many of whom are "sperately" seekg protectn homels 've had more s volvg sexual or genr mori January and Febary of this year than the past three years bed, the EMCN said.