Contents:
- MONTREAL PRI PARA DRAWS TENS OF THOANDS TO GAY VILLAGE
- WATCH: MONTREAL'S GAY VILLAGE HOSTS COMMUNY DAY 2019
MONTREAL PRI PARA DRAWS TENS OF THOANDS TO GAY VILLAGE
7-kilometre stretch along René-Lévque Boulevard to Montreal's Gay Village. © Dany Charland, urty of Quebec Gay Archiv. That raid igned 36 hours of clash between Montréal’s LGTBQ+ muny and the cy’s police force, which at the time harboured a culture of homophobia.
As their ltle Pri para and ftival grew, so did the Gay Village, as Montréal beme one of the world’s great queer statns. In addn to the cy’s welg gay bars and LGBTQ+ hangouts, Montreal is puttg on a star-studd show. This summer’s ftival featur live -person performanc, ncerts and activi on the Esplana of the Olympic Park—Montreal Pri’s ma se—as well as the Gay Village and downtown.
Jean Guida – there will be a nference lecture by llector and amatr historian Louis Godbout of the Québec Gay Archiv. This special Québec Gay Archiv event will be held on Augt 14 at 7 pm at Céma du Parc. Reportedly, North Ameri's first LGBT publitn, "L Mouch Fantastiqu" (The Fantastic Fil) was found here 1918; by the early 1970s a queer bohemian scene was flourishg (1974 die film "Montreal Ma" offered a glimpse); the first Montreal Pri march took place 1979 (memoratg the 10th anniversary of NYC's Stonewall rts), and Montreal's famed "gay village" me to be the 1980s, as gay bars, clubs, and rints overtook a formerly impoverished, crep sectn of the cy's Centre-Sud district along Sate-Cathere Street East.
WATCH: MONTREAL'S GAY VILLAGE HOSTS COMMUNY DAY 2019
Rehgly, Montreal's gay village (which is closed to rs durg warmer months) remas a lively and ncentrated hub that's even more lerally lorful and easy to spot thanks to s overhead, 1 kilometer long "18 Shas Of Gay" - prised of 180, 000 lored recycled plastic r balls spend overhead.
The gay-owned Spa & Palac offers "non-touristy tours" by bike and by foot, which are perfect for both newers and those who know the cy but would like a eper dive. Book the four-hour, lunch-clive Beyond The Bike Lan tour that vers both rintial and popular tourist zon cludg the Gay Village, or nsir the two-hour Beyond The Village one that spotlights the gayborhoood and s history and landmark s.
Get your selfi on the Gay Village durg daylight while takg s art stallatns and muny spac, cludg the Park of Hope (Parc L'poir) and AIDS Memorial. Montreal-based graphic novel publisher Drawn & Quarterly has a fantastic store, Librarie Drawn & Quarterly, the buzzy Mile End district, a favore stompg ground of lol, acclaimed gay filmmaker and actor, Xavier Dolan. Bota Bota Spa, suated on a multi-level ship the Old Port, is a iendly spot to unwd and get pampered (wh kid-iendly hours), though some mal might prefer one of Montreal's adults only gay snas, which clu the 24-hour Sna Oasis and four-floor Sna G.