What’s on Queer BC is owned and operated by Jude Goodwin, Goodwin Studios.

Editor/Publisher: Jude Goodwin
Location: Vancouver, BC

Jude is the owner of Goodwin Studios, a published author and poet, and a singer with two a cappella choruses. Semi-retired, she spends a lot of time in her small camper van with her little dog Julip.

Co-editor: Karin Shard
Location: Squamish, BC

Karin is the former editor/publisher of Squamish’s famous Tongue in Cheek coffee paper. As well, she was the owner operator of Squamish’s favourite food truck, Carte Diem (Seize the Souvlaki). These days she spends a lot of time driving the Sea to Sky with her little dog Max.

ABOUT US

What’s On Queer BC
Since 2014

MISSION STATEMENT

To strengthen, inspire and entertain the 2SLGBTQIA+ Community of BC.

What’s On! Queer BC is a Vancouver-based online magazine and resources catalogue featuring queer stories, news, events and resources links important to people living in the BC Lower Mainland. These include resources and news of interest by and for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Two-spirit and Intersex communities in Metro Vancouver, The Sea to Sky and Fraser Valley as well as BC Islands and BC Interior.

We publish articles about virtual and digital events, performances, and happenings and culture of interest to the Queer community in the BC Lower Mainland. Listings are free for local events, businesses and services.

What’s On Queer Partners with 2021 Out On Screen

What’s On Queer BC is an online magazine that shares community-driven resources, personal anecdotes, and astrology reports – basically everything queer’s need to get their day started. The magazine’s main draw however is their poster wall, a virtual bulletin board advertising events happening around the Lower Mainland, like the upcoming VQFF! The magazine began as a hobby project in 2015 for Founder Jude Goodwin (she/her) to promote queer events happening around BC. I had an opportunity to speak with Jude this month about the evolution of the magazine and the importance of community partnership.

Out On Screen article →

ADVERTISING

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SUPPORTER ARTICLES

While we do offer free articles to local queer businesses, services, and productions, we offer Supporter Articles to paying clients. These articles pay a small fee for publication on our site, and this fee helps keep What’s On Queer up and running. We are grateful to advertisers for their support. As editor, I do veto some articles and topics as inappropriate, and always offer to write the article for them if they are uncomfortable with 2SLGBTQIA+ topics and community. However, I personally love to ‘game’ and so I accept the casino articles. All supporter articles are published in the What’s On Supporters area near the footer.

We do not use Google Adsense. I prefer to curate my own banner ads, and I feel Google is not only a monopoly (which is never healthy) but also a bully (which is common with monopolies).