What’s On Queer BC
for the 2SLGBTQiA+ Community in BC. Events, stories, resources, poster wall, and the Rainbow Store.
BC’s queer lifestyle magazine
Photo: Fonda Vit, Scarlette Rosé, Heather Ripley and Dandy at New West Pride
UPCOMING EVENTS
A fantastical work of trans autofiction by Governor General’s Award nominee Christina Cook, Postcards traces a lineage of women through time travel, live music and epistolary narrative.
We've partnered with Grape Vibes, the cozy patio right behind The Boxcar, for an outdoor Sapphic Wine Night experience.
Six true stories of queer Vancouver dating back to before the mid-20th century.
For The Love Of Drag is a charity show produced by Phantom Haus Events at Taylight Kitchen! Each month we support a different cause!
Pitch your single friend to a room full of sapphics!
We're cranking the jukebox to 11 for COYOTE SLUTTY -> an evening of rock 'n' roll burlesque inspired by the iconic 2000 cult classic Coyote Ugly.
Looking for a wholesome laugh or to try out some comedy? Our community open mic is a place for comedy lovers to connect and laugh!
You better shape up, because Grease is coming to the Birdhouse this summer for an electrifying drag rendition of the beloved musical!
Archie and friends are here and HOTTER than ever! Drag legends Burna Dart, Glimmer, and more bring the best of Riverdale to Commercial Dr!
A funny and heartfelt exploration of bisexuality, relationships, queer identity, and learning to trust your own instincts. Five shows Aug 28. 30. Sept 2. 4. 6.
Let’s get messy for a good cause with JELLO WRESTLING!
Public Disco will close out its 2026 Summer Block Parties with a free, all-ages celebration on Saturday, August 29 at šxʷƛ̓ənəq Xwtl'e7énḵ Square (Vancouver Art Gallery 750 Hornby St), from 2:00 to 10:00pm.
SPLISH-SPLASH ~ we're about to take one last dive into summertime happiness. Man Up POOL PARTY, outdoor daytime drag show & dance party!
Think you know your sapphic history, pop culture, icons, and everything in between? Grab your favourite queers and put your knowledge to the test at a night of sapphic trivia, drinks, laughs, and friendly competition.
Get ready to slay and survive the fiercest drag showdown at Drag Survivor! Massacre – fierce fun awaits!
Camp Out is a comedy variety show featuring a star studded lineup highlighting different performers from Vancouver and the Fraser Valley!
One of North America's very first queer history tours, and your guide Glenn Tkach, will leave you laughing, crying, and thinking over two hours spent exploring the city's West End.
The HIMBO Jock Tea Dance is coming back this summer hotter and wetter than ever! Get ready to soak up some sun and scoop up some fun!
Come to Pony Room for a night of drag, bingo, cocktails, snacks, and the sweet, sweet thrill of yelling B-I-N-G-O!
We are back for another Drag Show at The Iconic Dinghy Dock Pub!
2SLGBTQiA+ MAGAZINE
Fall is typically the time when local choirs and choruses invite community to join them on the risers. Here are a few queer-specific opportunities for you!
Do you have stories in your pocket? Have you promised yourself you’ll send them into a publisher in 2025? Here’s a grand list calls for submission and contests for the lgbtq2si+ community. Updatd monthly.
Our straight and queer families don't live in separate worlds. We shop for groceries, worry about the kids, look after our partners, and get on with the business of living. And sometimes, somewhere in the middle of all that ordinary life, being queer becomes part of the conversation.
What The Frock Productions presents Drag Fight Club 2026 at the Hotel At The Waldorf, featuring 12 performers competing head-to-head for the crown.
The theme, Every Kind of Everything, reflects a season of over 80 shows by artists from around the world, two days of free Kids Fringe programming for children and families, and the return of the all-ages Fringe Patio with free nightly music and entertainment
SUM gallery presents To Be Black, Is To Be Free, a duo exhibition by Vancouver-based artists Simone Chnarakis and Valérie d. Walker. The exhibition honours Emancipation Day by centering 2SLGBTQIA+ Black resilience, lineage, and liberation.
SUM gallery presents To Be Black, Is To Be Free, a duo exhibition by Vancouver-based artists Simone Chnarakis and Valérie d. Walker. The exhibition honours Emancipation Day by centering 2SLGBTQIA+ Black resilience, lineage, and liberation.
Taylor Miwa, a Port Moody-based photographer shares her photos of this year’s Port Moody Pride.
It’s time for Vancouver’s secrets to come out of the closet. From drag kings and two spirit warriors, to queer church ministers and transgender crime fighters, this walking tour is a celebration of the unsung heroes who forever changed the social fabric of our city.
Public Disco's Pride Block Party returns to Mount Pleasant on Saturday, August 1, marking 10 years of the non-profit's journey of turning unconventional urban spaces into pop-up dance-floors. Tickets are already 80% sold out.
WOQ SUPPORTERS
Canadian sport has many public faces: packed hockey arenas, Olympic podiums, soccer crowds, community pools, winter rinks and local fields that shape children long before a national anthem plays.
Physical board games, card decks, and informal play pass between generations through shared practice, contrasting with the automated rules and preservation challenges of digital platforms.
A streak of bad matches feels frustrating, but neuroscience shows that close defeats trigger high reward prediction error, forcing the brain to adapt faster than standard wins ever allow. Turning rank-drop frustration into steady mechanical progress comes down to how player performance data gets analyzed.
VQFF is Western Canada’s largest queer arts event and Vancouver’s second-largest film festival. Its programming centres 2SLGBTQIA+ stories while placing particular attention on work involving Indigenous people, Black communities, people of colour, and people across different experiences of gender, sexuality, expression, and ability.
Quinn’s place in Canadian sport cannot be reduced to one ceremonial night, one Pride campaign or one social media moment. Their career matters because the performance came first, and the visibility followed inside the pressure of elite football.
Every video game can feel uniquely queer when viewed through an LGBTQ+ lens. Players have long invented subtext, flirted with non-player characters beyond explicit dialogue options, and projected their own identities onto digital protagonists.
Ask a queer twenty-something in Vancouver where community happens now, and the answer isn't always a bar on Davie Street. It's just as likely to be a Discord server, a Twitch stream…