LocationVancouver, British Columbia
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Duration2 hours
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Per Person View price
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Vancouver Gay History Walking Tour - A Fascinating Vancouver Tour
Come and explore our exclusive Vancouver Gay History Walking Tour. Unlike the normal historical trails that mainly capture the mainstream narratives, Vancouver city has created a candid exploration that showcases an essential, yet often ignored part of our history. The LGBTQ+ movement and its significance influence on this city is famously called as the Really Gay History Tour.
With our expert local guide Glenn Tkach, our Really Vancouver Gay Tour presents a flamboyant and poignant celebration of colorful LGBTQ+ scene in Vancouver. As you stroll through the beautiful city streets, Glenn passionately details interesting stories about drag queens and their battle with police, the local advocates who supported for same-sex marriage, and how simple AIDS crises turned Vancouver city in a global forerunner in the HIV/AIDS research & treatment.
Starting our tour from the Burrard Street and concluding in the Davie Street village, this exciting, two and a half hour walk aims to leave you with the deep knowledge of the struggle for struggle for equal rights and recognition in Vancouver, while adding a bit of texture to your overall experience with our gripping storytelling ways.
What sets the Really Walking Gay Tour Vancouver apart is its key focus on celebrating LGBTQ+ culture and highlighting some of the important places of activism, resistance and socialization. This experience breathes life in the vibrant tapestry that actually represents the vibrant Vancouver gay history.
Amid laughter and heartfelt conversations, and silent retrospections, you will find this tour is not a regular trip to the past, but a kind of affirmation to the struggles for the LGBTQ+ equality, a fight that has proven quite essential in shaping the city of Vancouver in the diverse, welcoming and vivacious city that it is today.
Immerse yourself in the lesser-known histories of Vancouver and know why this wonderful city is a thriving and solid emblem of equality and love. Embark on our Really Gay History Vancouver tour today. It is much more than a journey, but an awakening.
Meet our man in pink guide! - at 930 Burrard Street outside the Trees Organic Coffee. From there, you will start on a two hour long walking adventure in the LGBTQ2+ culture and history of the West Coast metropolis. Weave a path over Imperial Court coronations, gay ministers at United Church, drag kings at the Quadra, GRID crisis, Patient Zero, and visit Nelson Park, till you are in a gaybourhood on the Davie Street. This walking tour takes you to the historic West End where you will explore the Pride parade, bookstore bombings, Jim Deva Plaza, transgender campaigner blowing a whistle on the biggest crime ever in Vancouver history, secret gay village in Vancouver, and the outstanding story of the warrior Gone to Spirits. You will finish in the Davie Street village after checking out the fantastic range of restaurants and bars. Admission ticket is free.
Vancouver Gay History Walking Tour - Embark On The Vivacious Vancouver Journey
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