Pride
Five queer-antine films for a virtual Pride Month
June 9, 2020By: Juztin Bello, Copy Editor At the unfortunate news of Pride celebrations being cancelled across the world at the hands of COVID-19 (AKA Miss Rona), many have found themselves disheartened at the move to a virtual Pride. The Vancouver Pride Society itself announced back in April that Vancouver’s Pride celebration, typically held in August, would also be put on hold. Yes, I know what you’re all thinking and I fully agree: Miss Rona is definitely homophobic. SEE MORE: “Pride events may be cancelled, but being proud is not.” However, the move to a virtual Pride Month does not mean we…
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Monday Music: Sappy songs for the sapphic soul
June 8, 2020By: Molly Lorette, Peak Associate All of the Monday Music for the Summer 2020 semester is now be available on The Peak’s Spotify Playlist, Monday Music Summer 2020. Don’t forget to follow thepeaksfu on Spotify to listen more easily! With Pride Month…
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Pride events may be cancelled, but being proud is not
June 1, 2020By: Juztin Bello, Copy Editor Due to the ongoing uncertainty around COVID-19, Pride festivities worldwide have either been cancelled or re-imagined into virtual events. These cancellations include New York City’s Pride March, which has been cancelled for the first time in…
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Public art celebrating Pride is coming to SFU Burnaby
August 1, 2019By: Gabrielle McLaren, Editor-in-Chief In early July, Out on Campus (OOC) reached out to its Facebook followers, announcing that SFU’s next mural would be centered around the theme of Pride. The post went on to ask students: “What imagery do…
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Dear straight people, Pride is so much more than a party
June 22, 2019By: Encina Roh, Peak Associate For many of us in the LGBTQ2+ community, Pride is the one event where we can show our identities freely without fear of persecution. Normally, I look around before I hold a girl’s hand, shoulder-checking…
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Doug Ford’s concerns about uniformed police marching in Pride is a convenient excuse not to go
June 16, 2019By: Gabrielle McLaren, Editor-in-Chief Doug Ford, Ontarian premier and gift-that-just-keeps-giving, announced at the start of June that he would not be attending Toronto’s Pride Parade. As one CBC article pointed out, Ford breaks the tradition set by his openly lesbian predecessor…
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Slide into Pride : Your activity guide for Pride 2018
July 23, 2018By: Lauren Wallace, SFU Student From Stonewall to stoned tights, Pride means a lot of things to a whole variety of folks, and if you’re new to the scene, it can feel overwhelming to find an event that fits you.…
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Cancelling the Davie Street Block Party takes away from Pride
June 27, 2018Written by: Geron Malbas, Peak Associate A few weeks ago, the Vancouver Pride Society (VPS) announced that they would be cancelling their annual Davie Street Block Party. This was due to the approximate cost of the event being over $100,000,…
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Some of the best and worst examples of sex positivity in media
February 9, 2018By: Alex Bloom and Gabrielle McLaren Best: Pride (2014) In a way this movie is sex positive because it isn’t just about sex or sexuality. It’s about a group of gay and lesbian men and women who go to a…
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World News Beat
June 29, 2017By: Melissa Campos CHINA – Deadly landslide leaves village searching for the missing The civilians of a village in Maoxian county in Sichuan, China became victims to a devastating landslide this week that took the lives of 15 people and left…
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