Kev Allen is the founr of the Gay History Project, an ongog iative to document the lived history of Calgary’s LGBTQ2+ muny. He is also a fourth-generatn Calgarian, the first historian--rince at Calgary’s Central Public Library and the thor of Our Past Matters: Stori of Gay Calgary.
Contents:
- STORY OF KELLY HOFER, GAY MANOBA HUTTERE, EXPLORED NEW DOCUMENTARY
- STORI OF GAY CALGARY: A CONVERSATN WH KEV ALLEN
- GAY DATG CALGARY
- GAY CALGARY PHOTOGRAPHIC PRTS
STORY OF KELLY HOFER, GAY MANOBA HUTTERE, EXPLORED NEW DOCUMENTARY
The life of a 24-year-old photographer who grew up on a Huttere lony ral Manoba before movg to Calgary after g out as gay — is at the centre of a documentary nomated for a uple of Canadian Screen Awards. * gay calgary photographer *
Calgary'Queer Huttere': Photographer reflects on lony life documentaryThe life of a 24-year-old photographer who grew up on a Huttere lony ral Manoba before movg to Calgary after g out as gay — is at the centre of a documentary nomated for a uple of Canadian Screen Hofer says his life has been 'such a journey' Kelly Hofer, centre, and Lra O'Grady speak wh The Homtretch host Doug Dirks about a film profilg the 24-year-old Calgary-based photographer. (The Homtretch)The life of a 24-year-old photographer who grew up on a Huttere lony ral Manoba before movg to Calgary after g out as gay — is at the centre of a documentary nomated for a uple of Canadian Screen doc Queer Huttere: Misf on the Colony — is up for bt origal program produced for digal media — tells the story of Kelly Hofer, and was directed by Lra O'Grady who is also nomated for bt directn.
"It was difficult to leave such a closed off culture and e to such a progrsive open culture, that is Calgary and even the "gay scene.
O'Grady heard about Hofer speakg on lol rad Calgary about g out as a gay man.
STORI OF GAY CALGARY: A CONVERSATN WH KEV ALLEN
Kelly Hofer always felt different, but realizg you're gay while growg up on a Huttere lony ral Manoba isn't jt unual — 's almost unheard of. * gay calgary photographer *
Kelly Hofer is a photographer and gay-rights activist based Calgary. (Kelly Hofer/Twter)Dpe facg nstant negative ments onle, he remas mted to gay rights on loni.
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"Around three years ago, I was workg on the layout of a book about physique photography wh photos om the 1950s, whose athetics and visual worlds were clearly tend to appeal to a gay dience. In the urse of this work, I asked myself: what would a book wh ntemporary gay and queer photography look like? "Around that time, I beme aware of the works of Matt Lambert and Florian Hetz, and I started to look for other gay and queer photographers.
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ManobaStory of Kelly Hofer, gay Manoba Huttere, explored new documentaryKelly Hofer always felt different, but realizg you're gay while growg up on a Huttere lony ral Manoba isn't jt unual — 's almost unheard, 23, is a Calgary-based gay-rights activist and photographer om southwt Manoba · The Canadian Prs · Posted: Apr 03, 2016 11:45 AM EDT | Last Updated: April 3, 2016Kelly Hofer always felt different, but realizg you're gay while growg up on a Huttere lony ral Manoba isn't jt unual — 's almost unheard 23-year-old photographer's story has been rerd a short documentary film "Queer Huttere" which is available on Tel Optik TV on Demand and Tel Optik Lol Hofer is a photographer and gay-rights activist based Calgary. Members follow the teachgs of Christ and the Apostl, and although some are open to technology, they live a solary life and few thgs change, cludg their style of was about 16 when he realized that he was gay, but even before that he says he always knew he didn't f wh the other boys on his lony near Wawana southeast of Brandon. There were no other guys that I thought were gay.
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"Hofer said there are other gay Hutter who have reached out to him for support. Kev Allen is the founr of the Gay History Project, an ongog iative to document the lived history of Calgary’s LGBTQ2+ muny. He is also a fourth-generatn Calgarian, the first historian--rince at Calgary’s Central Public Library and the thor of Our Past Matters: Stori of Gay Calgary.
In this nversatn Kev shar his journey to beg a historian, highlights the importance of muny gatherg plac like the legendary Club Caroel, reveals the nuanc of language and tells a story that prov Calgary’s gay history go all the way back to the signg of Treaty 7. You n fd out more about the Gay History Project here:. Internatnal Gay and Lbian Travel Associatn (IGLTA)Webse.
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There's nothg like a good gay photo. You n hardly turn around a gallery whout bumpg to a photo that was eher snapped by a queer person or one for a subject: om Calyn Jenner's portra by Annie Leibovz to the provotive works of Robert Mapplethorpe to the geni of Andy Warhol, Cathere Opie, and Pierre and Gill. Maybe there's somethg queer about the photograph, the transformatn om a subject to an object a flash. Or maybe all our years of takg selfi for Grdr prepared for the job. In any se, what mak the gay photo gay is the look levels at the viewer: We are ed to beg seen, but now we n look back. * gay calgary photographer *
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Many of his panns had survived both the AIDS crisis and heights of homophobia unknown to younger generatns.