Gay Day event at Calgary Stampe a party-wh-a-party - The Globe and Mail

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• GAY DAY EVENT AT CALGARY STAMPE A PARTY-WH-A-PARTY
• FORTNEY: UNOFFICIAL "GAY DAY" PARTY BEG A NEW STAMPE TRADN
• NEW ‘GAY WATER’ LOOKS TO AVOID BUD LIGHT DISASTER
• ALBERTA'S GAY ROO IS BACK, AND THIS YEAR 'S AT STAMPE PARK
• GAY ROO RETURNS TO ALBERTA, READY TO DANCE, PARTY AND GET DIRTY
• ALBERTA'S GAY ROO IS BACK, AND THIS YEAR 'S AT STAMPE PARK

GAY DAY EVENT AT CALGARY STAMPE A PARTY-WH-A-PARTY

Charl Macmichael will spend Saturday this notor space, celebratg one of Stampe's unofficial parti: Gay Macmichael aniz this annual LGBTQ event, a gatherg that expand by a factor of six three years.

Gay Day has polil unrton but that is not what driv the clive event. "It is a grassroots way for the gay muny to embrace the Stampe spir, " Mr.

Gay Day anizers ploy two Stampe veteran mov: First, they suggt people show up between 12:30 p. He is unaware of any hostily agast Gay Day participants si the party tent.

FORTNEY: UNOFFICIAL "GAY DAY" PARTY BEG A NEW STAMPE TRADN

That is part of the reason Gay Day anizers choose to gather there. This vlence will be on many people's mds at this year's Gay Day, the anizer said. "The gay muny is a ltle on edge right now.

Now, at 32, he feels a duty to be part of events like Gay Day. "He has attend Gay Day sce s ceptn. "Nashville North do not charge ver and Gay Day atten do not have to buy tickets.

NEW ‘GAY WATER’ LOOKS TO AVOID BUD LIGHT DISASTER

Macmichael said, has approached the anizers about hostg the event at s venue and Gay Day lears have had nversatns wh the Calgary Stampe self about formalizg the gatherg. But for now, Gay Day remas the Stampe is a welg host. Organized by Charl MacMichael, a board Director and Prairi Regnal Lead for Pri at Work Canada, the party was known as Gay Day prev years, but rebrand wh the more clive tle, Pri Day Stampe, for 2018.

Pri Day Stampe was started six years ago as Gay Day when a iend of MacMichael, Mchell Matthews, suggt to him that they extend the tradn to the wir LGBTQ+ muny. The first Wtern Trailblazer Award was prented to Michael Bell, founr of Calgary’s gay men’s hockey team, the Calgary Pneers. Michael Bell prented wh the first Wtern Trailblazer Award at Gay Day 2017.

July 8 Pri Day at Gay Calgary Stampe. Sunday, July 16 Drag Bnch at Nashville North and the Gay Calgary Stampe.

ALBERTA'S GAY ROO IS BACK, AND THIS YEAR 'S AT STAMPE PARK

Start planng your ultimate gaytn to Calgary wh Tourism Calgary. A new nned cktail lled Gay Water is lookg to attract LGBTQ drkers and avoid the pfalls of Bud Light’s disastro marketg partnership wh transgenr fluencer Dylan Mulvaney. The mixture of vodka and soda water, long known rmally as “gay water” the LGBTQ muny, is the brachild of 30-year-old gay entreprenr Spencer Hodson.

He noted that the nctn aims “to stigmatize the word ‘gay’ by brgg reprentatn to spac that have not tradnally featured queer products, such as bars, liquor stor, grocery stor, rtrants, hotels and more. Hodson, who is fancg Gay Water wh his own money pl backg om fay and iends, his brightly lored ns are leang to their gayns stead of avoidg . He told CNN that he worked wh a queer signer to base Gay Water’s red, purple, green and orange lor scheme on pop art and 1990s televisn shows om Nickeloon, a ble work for children.

GAY ROO RETURNS TO ALBERTA, READY TO DANCE, PARTY AND GET DIRTY

“Gay is an umbrella term and the ia behd the brand is to be as clive as possible, which means we want alli, we want straight people to be part of this muny we’re buildg. A statement on the Gay Water webse not that the word “gay” appears barely any products outsi of Pri Month each June.

ALBERTA'S GAY ROO IS BACK, AND THIS YEAR 'S AT STAMPE PARK

Acrdg to the statement, the new cktail reclaims the ia that “gay means happy. Rag on gay day at Dollywood.