History of Edmonton’s Gay Bars, Part 5: Into Today | Edmonton Cy as Mm Project ECAMP

Contents:

• THE BEST EDMONTON GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS EDMONTON
• 'IT WAS SO IMPORTANT': COMMUNY REFLECTS ON FORMER EDMONTON GAY BAR NEW DOCUMENTARY
• NEW FILM PUTS SPOTLIGHT ON LEGENDARY EDMONTON GAY CLUB FLASHBACK
• NEW FILM PUTS SPOTLIGHT ON LEGENDARY EDMONTON GAY CLUB FLASHBACK
• LIST OF EDMONTON’S GAY BARS
• KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
• HISTORY OF EDMONTON’S GAY BARS, PART 5: INTO TODAY
• GAY NIGHTLIFE EDMONTON
• HISTORY OF EDMONTON’S GAY BARS, PART 2: A FLASHBACK TO FLASHBACK
• GAY NIGHTLIFE - BARS, CLUBS, SNAS - NEED ADVICE - EDMONTON FOM

THE BEST EDMONTON GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS EDMONTON

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

The ternatnally renowned Edmonton gay bar Flashback opened 1975 and for 16 years was open to the LGBTQ2S+ muny and their alli. "[It] had a sign the door that read, 'Flashback is a club for gay people and their iends, '" said Matthew Hays, the film's wrer. "It was a place where if you were homophobic, you weren't wele.

NEW FILM PUTS SPOTLIGHT ON LEGENDARY EDMONTON GAY CLUB FLASHBACK

Gay or straight. At the time, Hays said was unmon for gay bars to let heterosexual people . "In the 1980s, there was still a lot of vol and toxic homophobia wherever you went, " he add.

"Even when I was at the Universy of Alberta on mp I would hear people sayg really homophobic thgs, really nasty thgs about AIDS. Part of that was self protectn, so Flashback was different that said everyone's wele as long as you're ol wh gay people. "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. Phair is Alberta's first openly gay elected official and founr of AIDS Network of Edmonton.

NEW FILM PUTS SPOTLIGHT ON LEGENDARY EDMONTON GAY CLUB FLASHBACK

"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.

Now, the legendary gay bar is g to the big screen. '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. "As a young person, I felt a new sense of eedom as a gay man g out high school. 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.

LIST OF EDMONTON’S GAY BARS

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.

"Matthew Hays said life was hard for a young, gay person the '80s, but Flashback ma the cy of Edmonton and beyond feel much more acceptg. Our clientele range om gay to bisexual, trans, qutng, straight.

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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 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 ed to equent the 104th Street lotn wh his straight brother, Peter Hays, who is the director and producer of Flashback 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 documentaryOn Tuday, the Hays brothers and their film crew transformed lol gay club Evolutn Wonrlounge to their former silver dis balls, 50 extras mullets, mohawks and teased bangs let loose on the black-and-whe checkered dancefloor, cked out high-waisted troers, jumpsus and leather. When a long-time ally of the queer muny, Mother Jean, a straight woman wh ep roots the emergg drag muny, was refed entry to Club 70, Reid realized Edmonton need a gay bar where alli and supporters of the muny uld be treated wh fairns and rpect.

In 1974, John Reid, Pl Chisholm (Emprs Millie), Pat Fortier, Harvey Jon, and others band together to create Flashback, which beme Edmonton’s first gay dis.

HISTORY OF EDMONTON’S GAY BARS, PART 5: INTO TODAY

John stated, “gays served more than what Club 70 had to offer… (which clud) a more posive environment.

After Flashback left this lotn, the Gymi, a gay bathhoe, reloted om downtown to the same spot, ultimately closg the day after the 1981 raid on the Pisc Spa. This would bee Flashback’s most inic lotn—strategilly loted right across the street om Edmonton’s newt gay bar, The Roost. ” The whole place, he said, smelled of Aramis logne, “as tegral to a gay man’s inty at the time as openg that extra button on your shirt.

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“I jt wanted to be gay, and I wanted to be gay a place that was safe.

John Reid beme one of the few gay Edmontonians of the time to speak publicly to the media on behalf of the muny. Flashback provis a repertoire of clientele that n’t be nounced… Any hassl that I have enuntered have been om the gays not the straight.

” He went on to say, “ will take a lot of time to pend on the gay dollar this cy.

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

We have a fahful [gay] clientele that I appreciate but ’s not enough to pay the bills.

The teaser airg on 630 CHED rad asked, “What was the wife of the Premier dog a gay bar last night?

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

This effectively meant all gay bars, which were all private clubs, were exclud om the expand hours. Flashback fought back aga, this time wh other gay bar owners jog the fight.

Read the 5-part seri, The History of Edmonton’s Gay Bars. First Gay Bar (Club 70) – September 1969.

Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach a US men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay. Per Outsports, as of September 2022, there have only ever been 16 players NFL history to publicly e out as gay or bisexual.