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Tue. Apr 21st, 2026
Trending Stories: Edmonton Queer Pop-Ups: A Starter CourseRob Browatzke – Part TwoRob Browatzke – Part OneRon Byers – Part TwoRon Byers – Part OneScott Bryen – Part TwoScott Bryen – Part OneDuane ShaveMarni Panas2025 Edmonton Queer History MonthEdmonton Pride Parade 2025The Gay Straight Jacket – Film ScreeningGaywire Archives: Kristy Harcourt and Dan SavageTrevor Schmidt: Edmonton’s Risk-Taker in TheatreEdmonton and Beyond: The Ongoing Legacy of Theodore (ted) KerrStories That Heal: Ruth DyckFehderau’s Activist and Literary LegacyMichael Phair – Found In, Advocate, Politician, Community Leader – PART TWOMichael Phair – Found In, Advocate, Politician, Community Leader – PART ONEEdmonton Pride 2003: Adamant Eve StreetersEdmonton’s Elusive Women’s Spaces: The Prism StoryA Brief Police History of Queer EdmontonA Dance-Hall of One’s Own: The Quietly Loud Queerness of WomonspaceFlashback Neon SignA Damn Proud Gay Canadian Soldier – Part TwoA Damn Proud Gay Canadian Soldier – Part OneFrom Scholar to Senator: The Incredible Story of Dr. Kristopher Wells Sex and Sin in the City of Champions: The Story of Chez PierreForty Years of Fabulous: The Story of Twiggy and Edmonton’s Drag Evolution Raid on Pisces Bathhouse — Darkest Before the Dawn The Facts in the Case of D. Vriend Coming Out Short StoriesLet’s Hear It For The Girls: A Lesbian Architecture Romance A conversation with Dr. Barbara Romanowski 2024 Edmonton Queer History MonthTHE FLASHBACK FILES: Posters, Calendars and Billboards Part TwoTHE FLASHBACK FILES: Posters, Calendars and Billboards Part OneThe Flashback Files: Gone But Not ForgottenThe Flashback Files: Sister NeonThe Flashback Files: Dance Marathon!The Flashback Files: TwiggyLoading Dock to Farm Pasture: The Annual Flashback to Tofield MigrationThe Flashback Files: B-52’s Beach Party 1990The Flashback Files: Gloria HoleThe Flashback Files: Masters of CeremoniesThe Flashback Files: Drag RacesLiz Massiah – Edmonton’s Lesbian Community Leader ExtraordinaireDeaf, Kink, LesbianBig Joey – Another LookISCWR Turnabout 2010May Long Drag Marathon (2011)ISCWR Grease (2014)ISCWR’s Nightmare Before ChristmasISCWR Rocky Horror Picture Show 2011ISCWR Lion King ProductionYou can stay at the YMCA: Edmonton’s Village PeopleISCWR’s Beauty and the Beast Slide ShowLittle Shop Of Horrors ShowVernon’s Podcast talks to Rob BrowatzkePride On The Square Montage – 2009Kylie 2008FAB – The Early YearsPride Parades Video CollectionsISCWR Website From 1998Edmonton Pride Parade 2018Edmonton Pride Parade 2017Edmonton Pride Parade 2016Edmonton Pride Parade 2015Edmonton Pride Parade 2014Edmonton Pride Parade Video 2003Edmonton Pride Parade Video 2004Edmonton Pride Parade Video 2006Edmonton Pride Parade Video 2009May Long Weekend Drag Show – 2009Hello Dolly Production 1979Remembering Deborah ChymyshynThe Wizard of Oz Production September 2002Reminiscing Gay Pride Edmonton while walking along Jasper Avenue with Millie#TBT: Vanity FairA STUDY OF DISCRIMINATION BASED ON SEXUAL ORIENTATIONThe Individual’s Rights Protection Act and the LGBTQ CommunityRelight The NeonPartying with Ike & Tina in 1976A Flashback to FlashbackCruising at The PigISCWR Ball Program ArchiveMaking weird waves: on a crestDivine Memories: The Day I Met The Superstar EntertainerDr. Charles BidwellIt may be hard for many of you to imagine…Murray BillettMaureen Irwin – Fierce LesbianGender Journey – You Never Stop Coming OutDustin Scott Talks Queer History – Episode 2Dustin Scott Talks Queer History – Part 1Edmonton’s Pride Celebration HistoryThe Great 1998 Cruising ControversyEdmonton Pride Parade Video 2014 #1Edmonton Pride Parade Video 2013Edmonton Pride Parade Video 2010Edmonton Pride Parade Video 2009
Greater Edmonton Region, Alberta
Tue. Apr 21st, 2026
Trending Stories: Edmonton Queer Pop-Ups: A Starter CourseRob Browatzke – Part TwoRob Browatzke – Part OneRon Byers – Part TwoRon Byers – Part OneScott Bryen – Part TwoScott Bryen – Part OneDuane ShaveMarni Panas2025 Edmonton Queer History MonthEdmonton Pride Parade 2025The Gay Straight Jacket – Film ScreeningGaywire Archives: Kristy Harcourt and Dan SavageTrevor Schmidt: Edmonton’s Risk-Taker in TheatreEdmonton and Beyond: The Ongoing Legacy of Theodore (ted) KerrStories That Heal: Ruth DyckFehderau’s Activist and Literary LegacyMichael Phair – Found In, Advocate, Politician, Community Leader – PART TWOMichael Phair – Found In, Advocate, Politician, Community Leader – PART ONEEdmonton Pride 2003: Adamant Eve StreetersEdmonton’s Elusive Women’s Spaces: The Prism StoryA Brief Police History of Queer EdmontonA Dance-Hall of One’s Own: The Quietly Loud Queerness of WomonspaceFlashback Neon SignA Damn Proud Gay Canadian Soldier – Part TwoA Damn Proud Gay Canadian Soldier – Part OneFrom Scholar to Senator: The Incredible Story of Dr. Kristopher Wells Sex and Sin in the City of Champions: The Story of Chez PierreForty Years of Fabulous: The Story of Twiggy and Edmonton’s Drag Evolution Raid on Pisces Bathhouse — Darkest Before the Dawn The Facts in the Case of D. Vriend Coming Out Short StoriesLet’s Hear It For The Girls: A Lesbian Architecture Romance A conversation with Dr. Barbara Romanowski 2024 Edmonton Queer History MonthTHE FLASHBACK FILES: Posters, Calendars and Billboards Part TwoTHE FLASHBACK FILES: Posters, Calendars and Billboards Part OneThe Flashback Files: Gone But Not ForgottenThe Flashback Files: Sister NeonThe Flashback Files: Dance Marathon!The Flashback Files: TwiggyLoading Dock to Farm Pasture: The Annual Flashback to Tofield MigrationThe Flashback Files: B-52’s Beach Party 1990The Flashback Files: Gloria HoleThe Flashback Files: Masters of CeremoniesThe Flashback Files: Drag RacesLiz Massiah – Edmonton’s Lesbian Community Leader ExtraordinaireDeaf, Kink, LesbianBig Joey – Another LookISCWR Turnabout 2010May Long Drag Marathon (2011)ISCWR Grease (2014)ISCWR’s Nightmare Before ChristmasISCWR Rocky Horror Picture Show 2011ISCWR Lion King ProductionYou can stay at the YMCA: Edmonton’s Village PeopleISCWR’s Beauty and the Beast Slide ShowLittle Shop Of Horrors ShowVernon’s Podcast talks to Rob BrowatzkePride On The Square Montage – 2009Kylie 2008FAB – The Early YearsPride Parades Video CollectionsISCWR Website From 1998Edmonton Pride Parade 2018Edmonton Pride Parade 2017Edmonton Pride Parade 2016Edmonton Pride Parade 2015Edmonton Pride Parade 2014Edmonton Pride Parade Video 2003Edmonton Pride Parade Video 2004Edmonton Pride Parade Video 2006Edmonton Pride Parade Video 2009May Long Weekend Drag Show – 2009Hello Dolly Production 1979Remembering Deborah ChymyshynThe Wizard of Oz Production September 2002Reminiscing Gay Pride Edmonton while walking along Jasper Avenue with Millie#TBT: Vanity FairA STUDY OF DISCRIMINATION BASED ON SEXUAL ORIENTATIONThe Individual’s Rights Protection Act and the LGBTQ CommunityRelight The NeonPartying with Ike & Tina in 1976A Flashback to FlashbackCruising at The PigISCWR Ball Program ArchiveMaking weird waves: on a crestDivine Memories: The Day I Met The Superstar EntertainerDr. Charles BidwellIt may be hard for many of you to imagine…Murray BillettMaureen Irwin – Fierce LesbianGender Journey – You Never Stop Coming OutDustin Scott Talks Queer History – Episode 2Dustin Scott Talks Queer History – Part 1Edmonton’s Pride Celebration HistoryThe Great 1998 Cruising ControversyEdmonton Pride Parade Video 2014 #1Edmonton Pride Parade Video 2013Edmonton Pride Parade Video 2010Edmonton Pride Parade Video 2009
Greater Edmonton Region, Alberta
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Maureen Irwin – Fierce Lesbian

An ‘out’ Lesbian in the 1980’s, Maureen Irwin was considered fierce and to be reckoned with! At a time when there were very few members of Edmonton’s queer community who were out, Maureen was a strong proud mother, grandmother and Lesbian!

Within the queer community Maureen became an active volunteer assisting GATE (Gay Alliance Toward Equality) as it moved and set up an office and services in the downtown. She also actively worked with and assisted Womonspace, a Lesbian volunteer organization.

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Experiences
  • Ian BrownIan Brown
  • May 17, 2022
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Gender Journey – You Never Stop Coming Out

My ‘gender journey’ has not been very linear. First I found out what transgender was, and then I went into denial. Then I figured out that being a girl was not going to work, so I said ‘okay, what if I say I’m genderfluid?’ because committing to being 100% a boy was too much commitment.

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Dustin Scott Talks Queer History – Episode 2

In this audio podcast Episode Dustin talks with Rainbow Story Hub founder Ron Byers in Part Two. Topics featured in this episode are:
The origins of the Pride Festival in Edmonton and the impacts of the Stonewall riots. What is was like to be a gay man in the 80’s when the HIV virus first came on the scene. The origins of the AIDS Network of Edmonton and its transition to HIV Edmonton. His own struggles as a long term AIDS Survivor and the health challenges he faces. How drag queens and the Imperial Sovereign Court of the Wild Rose stepped up to the challenges of raising money for AIDS research and patient care at a time when government funding was non-existent.

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Events
  • Ron ByersRon Byers
  • March 30, 2022
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Edmonton’s Pride Celebration History

Pride is the most visible symbol of the global movement for 2SLGBTQ+ equality, celebrating progress, affirming the existence of 2SLGBTQ+ people, and demanding recognition of their basic human rights.

Pride celebrations are individual and different in every country around the world and many are structured on their individual histories. Change happens at different speeds and degrees and is often done at local levels. Pride is a reflection of each community individually.

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Places
The Great 1998 Cruising Controversy

In 2021, we acknowledged the 30-year anniversary of the Pisces Spa raid, a raid which led to Edmonton’s early Pride festivities, and to the closure of gay bathhouses like the Pisces and the Gemini. It wasn’t until 1998 that another gay bathhouse would open in Edmonton.

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Edmonton Pride Parade Video 2004

Edmonton Pride Parade Video 2004 – #1 This is a collection of short clips of the Edmonton Pride Parade recorded on June 19, 2004. Thanks to Rod McConnell for copyright permissions for including in our video catalogue.Remember to click SUBSCRIBE to follow our channel!

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