Pride Week

Lydia Toorenburgh is a two-spirit Metis and mixed settler person who local drag show attendees might recognize as drag king Riel Deadly. (image supplied)

What it means to be two-spirit: Q & A with drag king Riel Deadly

Lydia Toorenburgh / Riel Deadly said a two-spirit Elder inspired them to transform their drag art into a reflection of two-spirit identity

  • Jun 9, 2023

 

Celebrate Victoria Pride Week

Celebrate Victoria Pride Week

The Victoria Pride Society has organized some stop-notch virtual entertainment, including the Virtual Pride Festival on July 5.

  • Jun 26, 2020

 

PRIDE: 25-plus years of celebrating community and inclusion in Victoria

PRIDE: 25-plus years of celebrating community and inclusion in Victoria

A host of events are planned to mark this year’s Pride Week, outdoors and in

 

The Royal B.C. Museum is hosting its latest adults-only event, called Night Shift: Pride, in conjunction with Pride Week in Victoria. File photo

Night Shift: Pride celebrates LGBTQ+ people, offers history lesson

Adult-only program the latest effort by museum to broaden people’s learning horizons

  • Jun 7, 2019
The Royal B.C. Museum is hosting its latest adults-only event, called Night Shift: Pride, in conjunction with Pride Week in Victoria. File photo
It was a sea of colour at the 25th Annual Victoria Pride Parade Sunday. Kristyn Anthony/VICTORIA NEWS

Victoria Pride Parade celebrates 25 years

Thousands line downtown streets as city bursts with LGBTQ pride

It was a sea of colour at the 25th Annual Victoria Pride Parade Sunday. Kristyn Anthony/VICTORIA NEWS
Readers at a previous Pride in the Word event gather for a picture at the Vic Theatre. Photo by Peter B. Jakab/victoriapridesociety.org

PRIDE WEEK: Pride in the Word a celebration of literature

Award-winning lineup of authors, poets to read at Ambrosia Conference Centre

Readers at a previous Pride in the Word event gather for a picture at the Vic Theatre. Photo by Peter B. Jakab/victoriapridesociety.org
Fun and personalized fashion are two key elements of the annual Memorial Drag Ball Game at Vic West Park. Photo by Peter B. Jakab/victoriapridesociety.org

PRIDE WEEK: Popularity has surged for Memorial Drag Ball game in the past 20 years

The venue has changed, but the theme of not taking one’s self too seriously remains

Fun and personalized fashion are two key elements of the annual Memorial Drag Ball Game at Vic West Park. Photo by Peter B. Jakab/victoriapridesociety.org