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Your community, your voice! Queer Journalism for Atlantic Canada.
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Q Historian Rebecca Rose has written a beautiful short biography of the literally larger than life luminary of Halifax’s 2SLGBTQIA+ community in the 1970s and 1980s, Chris Shepherd:

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Halifax Rainbow Encyclopedia: Chris Shepherd
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November 30, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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Monday, December 1 is World AIDS Day. Here are the events going on around Atlantic Canada

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World AIDS Day 2025 | Wayves Magazine
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November 28, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Mrs. Ruby Claus Tours the Maritimes in Jingle Belle: A Cabaret That Sleighs!

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Christmas Drag Cabaret - on tour | Wayves Magazine
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November 27, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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Halifax’s Zara Matrix and Mya Foxx talk about Canada's Drag Race: this year, Halifax’s first-ever contestant is stepping into the national spotlight:

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Halifax’s Zara Matrix and Mya Foxx in Canada's Drag Race | Wayves Magazine
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November 19, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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Halifax’s self-confessed Sondheim fanboy Angus Campbell gushes over his new treasure, "Hirschfeld's Sondheim - a poster book”

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Review: Hirschfeld's Sondheim - a poster book | Wayves Magazine
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November 10, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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On Saturday, the Red Ribbon Path public art exhibit opens in Charlottetown, recognizing communities impacted by HIV/AIDS.

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PEI's Red River Path Art Show | Wayves Magazine
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October 28, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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Carole Pope is coming to Atlantic Canada, and Wayves’ Kenney Fitzpatrick got an interview with her!

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Carole Pope's 2025 Atlantic Canada tour | Wayves Magazine
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October 25, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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What's it like being queer & Jewish in Halifax? A Conversation with Schuyler H Smith, by Wayves writer Roberta Phillips

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What's it like being queer & Jewish in Halifax? A Conversation with Schuyler H Smith | Wayves Magazine
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October 6, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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"Historically, there is a narrative of queer identity being a dangerous notion. To us, it’s how we like to play” says Garry Williams of this year’s Live-In Festival, 11 days of celebration of performance art including workshops, social events, and plays.

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Halifax's Live-In Festival 2025 | Wayves Magazine
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October 2, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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A thoughtful and thorough obituary for Jim MacSwain, who passed on September 9, and memorial messages from organizations and individuals:

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Jim MacSwain 1945 - 2025 | Wayves Magazine
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October 1, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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Raymond Taavel Park in Halifax is about to be redesigned, and the City is asking for input.

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Re-Imagining Raymond Taavel Park | Wayves Magazine
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September 22, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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A play based on Richie Wilcox’s recollection of memories of a Cape Breton high school basketball tournament, spiced with a few queer characters, reviewed by Paul Nicholls

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Review: Coal Bowl Queen | Wayves Magazine
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September 12, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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A long-ish read for the weekend: Allan Hickox, in 1987 the first confirmed AIDS fatality on PEI, and family:

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We Were Here: Allan Hickox | Wayves Magazine
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September 5, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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Halifax's Fringe Festival — the wackiest, funniest, most thought-provoking, most innovative performances you see in the course of a year, starts next week. Here are the queerest of the shows:

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Halifax Fringe Festival 2025 | Wayves Magazine
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August 20, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Tomorrow would have been the 70th birthday for activist, teacher, filmmaker, queer youth advocate madeline yakimchuk . Madonna Doucette has sketched up a short biography for them:

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madeline yakimchuk 1955 - 2023 | Wayves Magazine
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August 8, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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Charlottetown's Be You Bar is open, but off to a bad start. Wayves correspondent Meghan Dewar talks to a few unhappy community members

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Charlottetown's Be You Bar: off to a bad start | Wayves Magazine
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August 7, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Eastern Shore Pride’s eight-day celebration brings together 2SLGBTQIA+ folks and allies from across the region for joy, visibility, and connection.

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Eastern Shore Pride August 16 - 24 | Wayves Magazine
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August 1, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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Crows’ Commons Q & Disabled Intentional Community on Nova Scotia’s South Shore: about the community + upcoming event: felting & cyanotype printing workshop:

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Crows' Commons: Housing, Art & Farming, Art Workshop | Wayves Magazine
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July 28, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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Chester Playhouse has prescribed "an antidote to the news of the day” this season, starting with a biiiig drag show, Steph’s Summer Shindig on August 2.

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Chester Playhouse Summer 2025 Update | Wayves Magazine
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July 25, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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For PEI Pride, Jim Culbert’s Annual Pride Potluck takes place at his B&B, Green Gay Bulls, in Vernon Bridge at noon on Sunday, July 27th.

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PEI Pride Annual Potluck | Wayves Magazine
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July 24, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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Wayves writer Kenney Fitzpatrick profiles the vibrant Pink Pony Café & Lounge in Lr Sackville, NS

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Pink Piano Café & Lounge in Lower Sackville | Wayves Magazine
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July 23, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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BIG Halifax Pride Festival Calendar
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Every event of particular interest to the Q community in Halifax, not just official Pride events. Repeting events are at the top; Scroll down to the section entitled “Monthly Calendars.”

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Halifax Rainbow Encyclopedia: Local Events
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July 18, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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In March, long time Halifax actor, writer, organizer and activist Hugo Dann was honoured with a Theatre Nova Scotia Merritt Award - his second. Here's the presentation by Lee-Anne Poole, and a call for friends and colleagues to visit and tell stories.

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Hugo Dann receives Merritt Award | Wayves Magazine
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July 18, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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The first 2SLGBTQIA+ bar in PEI!!! Be You Bar has an anticipated opening date of July 26th.

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Be You Bar: P.E.I.’s first queer bar to open in time for Pride | Wayves Magazine
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July 14, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Rad Pride Halifax/Kjipuktuk is an alternative Pride movement in opposition to the corporate Halifax Pride festival. Their panel next week tackles the complicity of corporate pride sponsors e.g. Scotiabank and Loblaws in the oppression of queer people.

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Rad Pride 2025 Queer Liberation Panel 2 | Wayves Magazine
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July 10, 2025 at 10:49 AM