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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

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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. The only gay club Edmonton servg the LGBTQ muny year-round and providg a fun space for cktails and nversatns or energetic partyg later at night. Livg a gay-iendly area, visg nearby LGBT bs and events, and jog queer muny groups and sports teams are always the bt methods to disver more about LGBT Edmonton.

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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.

GAY NIGHTLIFE EDMONTON

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. The dour-lookg person monorg the entry would grill any prospective guts wh qutns about their purpose for g, their sexualy, and more- to get “proof” they were gay or lbian.

Dpe the bt efforts to ensure the safety of those g to Club 70, asslts om “gay bashers” happened many tim through the years, and police were often lled when fights took place outsi. Edmonton has an excellent selectn of gay-iendly venu as well as many gay pop-up parti events throughout the year for the LGBTQ muny and others to enjoy. 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.

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

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.

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

"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. 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.

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

""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. "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. (Rick Bremns/CBC)Katii has been the untry for six arrived Augt 2016 for an ternatnal swimmg event for LGBTQ athlet, the Internatnal Gay and Lbian Aquatics (IGLA) Champnship days before his trip, Katii had been jailed for "promotg homosexualy, " after armed police raid a gay pri event, arrtg more than 20 was released time to get on a plane to Edmonton but a few days after leavg Uganda, his fay warned him to never return.

'It was a place that really brought queer and straight people together'Edmonton gay bar Evolutn Wonrlounge hosted a re-enactment of a night out at the inic '80s nightclub Flashback for an upg film. Now, the legendary Edmonton gay bar is g to the big feature film the makg is about the trailblazg spir of the people who built and equented Flashback and the surroundg turbulence of the 1980s.

It was named one of the 10 bt nightclubs North Ameri by Billboard Magaze, acrdg to Edmonton's Queer History agast the backdrop of the creasg visibily of LGBTQ culture alongsi anti-queer backlash, Flashback patrons were greeted by a sign the foyer statg that was a club for gay people and their iends. The evolutn of Edmonton's gay bars40 years later, Edmonton's queer muny looks back on the Pisc bathhoe raidHays ed to equent the 104th Street lotn wh his straight brother, Peter Hays, who is the director and producer of the film club also drew the lik of Oilers players and k. "The club played a really important role changg people's | Inic Edmonton club is the subject of new documentaryRad Active7:44Inic Edmonton club is the subject of a new documentaryWe speak to a queer historian about the impact of the former Flashback bar Tuday, the Hays brothers and their film crew transformed lol gay club Evolutn Wonrlounge to their former a silver dis ball, 50 extras mullets, mohawks and teased bangs let loose on the black-and-whe checkered dancefloor, cked out high-waisted troers, jumpsus and leather.

NEW FILM PUTS SPOTLIGHT ON LEGENDARY EDMONTON GAY CLUB FLASHBACK

The Gay and Lbian Archiv of Edmonton was created to pture the history and the important rerds of var anizatns created by and for the Gay and Lbian muny Edmonton.

An early anizatn, origatg as a Universy of Alberta stunt and faculty group lobbyg to change laws discrimatg agast homosexuals, was the Gay Alliance Toward Equaly (GATE), formed . GATE evolved om a quasi-Universy activist group to one more reprentative of the general gay muny Edmonton, emphasizg social servic for the muny.

GATE lost s Societi Act registratn 1986, and regaed that stat on November 4, 1987, rtartg unr a new name: the Gay and Lbian Communy Centre of Edmonton (GLCCE). GLCCE ntued the role of an rmatn/tn centre and was an important social gatherg space for Edmonton’s gay populatn, hostg danc, a ffee hoe and vio nights.

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Meanwhile, 1984 the Gay and Lbian Awarens (GALA) Society was formed as a reprentative group to anize the Gay and Lbian Celebratn Week of June 1984. GALA reprented other member groups the mpaign to see those remendatns implemented; was rporated unr the Alberta Societi Act May of 1987 to promote awarens of the gay muny and issu that affect them among the general public of Edmonton, pecially as ncerns the grantg of civil rights to homosexuals. In rponse to the growg awarens of the vastatn HIV and AIDS was havg amongst the gay populatn world-wi, the AIDS Network of Edmonton Society was rporated as a non-prof society 1984.

Other anizatns, reprented the GALA fonds, clu the Universy of Alberta’s GALOC (Gays and Lbians on Camp) group, and numero social and cultural groups. The first openly gay club, CLUB 70, opened late 1969, and was followed over the years by many other gay entertament venu and social groups.