Vancouver pride

This is a photo of a rainbow heart on the ground.
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Corporate cuts for the Vancouver Pride Parade

Lucaiah Smith-Miodownik July 30, 2025

This August, the Vancouver Pride Parade will look a little different. The event, hosted annually by Vancouver Pride Society, recently lost half of its corporate sponsorships for this year’s celebration. Companies like Lululemon and Walmart have withdrawn. The Peak spoke with Michael Robach, director of development at the non-profit QMUNITY, for more information.  QMUNITY was founded as “a community center for queer, trans, and Two-Spirit people to access low-barrier frontline mental health and social services, and that’s what we continue to do today,” he said. The initiative also “delivers programming all across BC,” and marches in different Pride events around…

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McFogg the Dog sitting outside of a closet with pride flags around him. He is holding a microphone.
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EXCLUSIVE: McFogg the Dog comes out as gay

Katie Walkley July 29, 2025

With a studded collar and a lipstick stain on the cheek that he claimed to be from Gerard Way, McFogg the Dog sat in the doorway of a Lorne Davies Complex athletic storage closet for this exclusive interview. He’s called…

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A collage of each book cover. From left to right: it was never going to be okay has an orange cover decorated with pink and dark-green outlines of flowers. Coexistence has two arms joined together against a white-ish blue background. This Arab is Queer has the title centered and surrounded in a floral-like pattern with the colours of the rainbow. Our Work Is Everywhere shows two drawn individuals yelling into megaphones that emit smog.
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The Book Nook: A collection of queer literature to buy at Cross & Crows

Izzy Cheung August 2, 2024

Nestled in a quaint corner south of Commercial-Broadway SkyTrain station is Cross & Crows Books. This cozy haven is “the friendliest, queerest bookstore in East Van,” and features a variety of queer literature for all to explore. On Sundays from…

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3. Two people wrapped in all-white toilet paper. The first one is using their body to shape the letter "E" and the other is using theirs to shape the letter "W". They are standing in front of a rainbow background.
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Imperfect fits: Pride edition

C Icart July 31, 2024

Vancouver is hosting Pride this week, and even though “we are all born naked,” that is not the appropriate outfit for the occasion. So, you could make endless Pinterest boards until you develop the perfect Pride look. Or, you could…

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a rainbow light that illuminates phrases such as “love is a human right” and “love is love.”
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Disabled drag superstars on Coast Salish territories

Izzy Cheung July 24, 2024

Take a seat, everybody! For The Peak’s Disability Pride Month issue, we’ve compiled a list of disabled drag performers who are taking the stage all across the unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. Here…

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