Evolution of LGBTQ2+ Television and Broadcasting in Vancouver, BC

Michael P Keeping with Conni Smudge

An interview with Michael P Keeping (MPK)

By Angus Praught

Michael P Keeping is an award-winning director, producer, cameraman, Foley artist, reporter and teacher in the Canadian television and film industries. He now has over forty years in the industry, but he started his career volunteering for work in film and television productions while still a teenager in Toronto.

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Evolution of LGBTQ2+ Television and Broadcasting in Vancouver, BC

Vancouver’s Monarchs: Emperor and Empress of the 46th Reign

Image courtesy of GayVan.com

By Angus Praught

The Dogwood Monarchist Society, Imperial Sovereign Court of the Dogwood Empire, The Mother Court of Canada, is responsible for the annual election of the Emperor and Empress of Vancouver, and for producing the most glamourous night on Vancouver’s drag calendar, the spectacular Coronation Ball.

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Vancouver’s Monarchs: Emperor and Empress of the 46th Reign

Behind the Scenes of Pride 2017 with the Vancouver Pride Society

By Angus Praught

Pride is less than two months away, and the Vancouver Pride Society is getting set to welcome locals and visitors alike to celebrate!

Leading up to the first weekend of August 2017, Vancouver will be aglow with Pride as hotels fill up, party ticket sales are in overdrive, smart coiffures de rigueur and fabulous outfits galore parade the catwalk on Davie Street. When Pride season hits Vancouver and the glitziest party lineup of the year is about to kick off, you can feel the energy take over the city.

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Behind the Scenes of Pride 2017 with the Vancouver Pride Society