WELCOME TO THE 2026 QT-ELDERS PROJECT WEEKLY SPOTLIGHT 🏳️‍🌈💜🏳️‍⚧️ The goal of the QT-Elders Project is to identify, honour and celebrate #2SLGBTQIA+ members in BC making a difference. This week we shine a light on WILBUR TURNER @queergranddad (he/him) Read his bio at the link! queeragingbc.ca/qtelders2026

“While the excitement of #pride draws attention to the younger generation, what about the elders of the community? These pioneers, who shattered the glass ceiling for current generations, now face a new challenge: asserting their place within the aging population.” youtu.be/CGE3OVt1_o4?si #lgbtq

Happy Pride Day from Queer Aging BC! ♿️ The Roundhouse Community Centre Accessibility Hub, featuring: • ASL interpretation • ‼️ SENIORS VIEWING AREA ‼️ • Audio description by VocalEye • Low sensory room • Community partner booths QABC has a booth set up, so stop by and say hi! 👋 #VancouverPride #QABC

Queer Aging BC was awarded a $10,000 donation this week from @100gaymenforacause 🤩 This org is a network of philanthropic gay men that comes together to provide quarterly donations to queer charities. Visit www.100gaymenforacause.com and THANK YOU 🏳️‍🌈🙏 for helping us help #2SLGBTQIA+ seniors in BC!

Happy Pride Weekend Vancouver! 🏳️‍🌈💜🏳️‍⚧️ Details on accessibility features: Van Pride Parade: www.vancouverpride.ca/parade-acces... Van Dyke March: www.vancouverdykemarch.com/event/access... Vancouver Trans March on July 31, 2026, is committed to ensuring accessibility for all participants. #2slgbtqia

Welcome to #QueerAgingBC! (formerly Dignity Seniors Society). For some time, our previous name had started to feel too narrow for the work this community was already doing. Often it left people with more questions than clarity. Click to learn how we became QABC! queeragingbc.ca/new-name #lgbtqia

WELCOME TO THE 2026 QT-ELDERS PROJECT WEEKLY SPOTLIGHT 🏳️‍🌈💜🏳️‍⚧️ The goal of the QT-Elders Project is to identify, honour & celebrate #2SLGBTQIA+ members in BC making a difference. This week we shine a light on BARB SNELGROVE @megamouthmedia (she/her) Read her bio a/t link! queeragingbc.ca/qtelders2026

The Office of the Seniors Advocate acts in the interest of #BCseniors and #caregivers. In addition to monitoring services for older adults across the province, they provide resource referrals & assistance w/ resolving issues. Call 1-877-952-3181 8:30am – 4:30pm (M-F) or website: seniorsadvocatebc.ca

Our thoughts are with our community in Berlin, the families and victims, and all those affected by this senseless and horrific tragedy. Love will not be silenced. 🏳️‍🌈We are one with Berlin🏳️‍⚧️ #lgbtqia #BerlinPride

The countdown is on! 🌈 Burnaby Pride 2026 July 25th to Civic Square — music, drag, comedy, community and so much more. Free for all. See you there! 💛🩷 #burnabypride #lgbtqia

Registration is now open! Join @canpridehistory October 16–17, 2026, for #Pride History in #Canada, a national bilingual virtual conference focused on preserving, sharing, and learning from the history of the Pride Movement in Canada. Register now: events.zoom.us/ev/Auveyy8Zt...

WELCOME TO THE 2026 QT-ELDERS PROJECT WEEKLY SPOTLIGHT 🏳️‍🌈💜🏳️‍⚧️ The goal of the QT-Elders Project is to identify, honour and celebrate #2SLGBTQIA+ elders in #BC This week we shine a light on JOAN WARNER (she/her) Read her bio at the link! queeragingbc.ca/qtelders2026 #qtelders

Womontown: How a group of 80s lesbians built their own community to escape the patriarchy #lesbians #agingqueer

Womontown: How a group of 80s lesbians built their own community to escape the patriarchy - LGBTQ Nation

“We really just wanted to live in a neighborhood where we were accepted.”

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Twenty-one years ago, Canada made history. Canada’s Civil Marriage Act became law redefining civil marriage from “the union of a man & a woman to the exclusion of all others” to the union of two persons to the exclusion of all others. The change marked a major milestone for #2SLGBTQIA+ rights in 🇨🇦.

Great time yesterday at the 2026 Aging With Pride party in #Vancouver! Drag, BBQ, Dance, Trikshaw rides and more! Here’s a pic of our #QueerAgingBC team at the event (L to R): Tracey, Kay, Indi and Trevor). 💜 Thank you to everyone who attended and we’ll see you next year! #lgbtqia

TODAY IS THE DAY! 🏳️‍🌈💜🏳️‍⚧️ Join our #2SLGBTQIA+ olders and elders community for the #AgingWithPride 2026 party! Join Hosts, WESN, Gordon House, QMUNITY, Saige Foodbank, Friends For Life, Roedde House & Queer Aging BC for the best seniors pride o/t year! July 17th 1-4pm 1433 Barclay Street, #Vancouver

Today is International #Drag Day! It celebrates the many contributions of #dragqueens, #dragkings and gender non-conforming performers whose varied talents have provided entertainment, activism and fundraising for decades. 🏳️‍🌈🙏💎 (Video source unknown. Drag show in San Francisco circa 1960’s.)

WELCOME TO THE 2026 QT-ELDERS PROJECT WEEKLY SPOTLIGHT 🏳️‍🌈💜🏳️‍⚧️ The goal of the QT-Elders Project is to identify, honour and celebrate #2SLGBTQIA+ elders in #BC This week we shine a light on JACKIE HAYWOOD (she/her) Read her bio at the link! queeragingbc.ca/qtelders2026 #qtelders

14 years ago, former #Vancouver resident Katje van Loon wrote a blog calling for the creation of International #NonBinaryDay on July 14th - exactly half way b\w International Women’s Day & International Men’s Day. Today we celebrate International Non-Binary People’s Day. 💜🤍💛🖤 Thank you Katje!

The ArQuives, with funding from #Women and #GenderEquality Canada, is continuing the Community Ties: Our Future Together initiative w/a community conversation in #Vancouver July 26th 2026 from 2-4 pm. To learn more/register visit arquives.ca/community-ties . Honoraria are available for participants.

Trans Elder Are Beautiful 🩷✨💙 Some of the incredible trans seniors to be found in “To Survive on This Shore: Photographs and Interviews with Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Older Adults” by Photographer Jesse Dugan & Social Worker Vanessa Fabbre. To see more photos/bios visit www.jessdugan.com

Rest in power, #VictoriaCruz, #transgender rights advocate, #Stonewall veteran & longtime supporter of survivors of anti-trans violence, Victoria dedicated her life to fighting for justice and uplifting the stories of those too often overlooked.⁠⁠ Video credit: @gomagazineny

2026 West Coast Conference on Aging-November 12 & 13. "The Health Span Goal: Intentional Innovation & Aging Well" highlights emerging knowledge about aging & wellness, equity & innovation, & policy & practices that support healthy, meaningful aging experiences. www.eventbrite.com/e/2026-west-...

2026 West Coast Conference on Aging

The Health Span Goal: Intentional Innovation and Aging Well

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Thursday means it time to take a look back at our #2SLGBTQIA+ history. This week we created a slideshow featuring #queer heroes dug up by @fournine Some you may know, and some you may not be aware of. Share these names & stories with our younger queer community to ensure they carry on.

The goal of the QT-Elders Project is to identify, honour and celebrate #2SLGBTQIA+ elders in #BritishColumbia. These are individuals who have contributed to the flourishing of our communities through their leadership, altruism, and courage. Check out their bios here: queeragingbc.ca/qtelders2026

Welcome to Queer Aging BC! (formerly Dignity Seniors Society). For some time, our previous name had started to feel too narrow for the work this community was already doing. Often, it left people with more questions than clarity. Click to learn how we became #QueerAgingBC! queeragingbc.ca/new-name

Celebrate Pride at Brock House July 7th with a viewing of “A Secret Love” 📍July 7th, 1:00 PM - 3:30 PM 📍 Brock House, Halpern Room Vancouver 📍Registration recommended 📍 Call the office at 604-228-1461 (weekdays) or visit 9am-4pm. www.brockhousesociety.com #vancouver #lgbtq

Taking place every July, #DisabilityPrideMonth was created to raise awareness of the range of disabilities and the struggles faced by those who identify as disabled. The first Disability Pride flag was created by writer Ann Magill in 2019.

“Are You Serious?” said Jaime to Rick. It seems that YES HE WAS! 💍 Grab some tissues & share in this beautiful proposal between @rick4tkins and @jaimeangels 💜🏳️‍🌈💜 No fancy beach sunsets needed, just plenty of love and connection & the perfect, unexpected moment. Congratulations! 🙏💜 #agingwithpride

As we close out June Pride Month, that Pride is 24/7 - 365. We’ve spent countless lifetimes “not going anywhere”… 🏳️‍🌈💜🏳️‍⚧️ Beautiful 2026 Pride ad Italian company @idealista that launched this 2026 TV campaign entitled “Ridiculous!” - beautifully intertwining generations o/t #2SLGBTQIA+ community!