Gay quebec canada
Events and areas popular among LGBTQ+ visitors
Québecers like a good party, the Diverse community included. Here are some activities that might interest you.
CHARLEVOIX
May – Fierté Charlevoix takes place from Baie-Saint-Paul to Saint-Siméon and introduces you to its rich and diverse community. From the Fierté agricole, which highlights the Charlevoix region, to the drag queens of the Casino, including theatre and the visual arts, the entire region vibrates with the colours of the rainbow.
MONTRÉAL
July – The Festival MTL en Arts event showcases visual arts in the Village, and features artistic performances and works by some 200 artists.
August – Montréal Lgbtq+ fest is more than just a parade, it’s the biggest LGBTQ+ festival in the francophone world. Eleven days of dancing and shows, capped off by the dazzling parade.
November – Founded in 1987, Image+Nation is Canada’s first Queer film festival, and the second in North America.
February – Massimadi, an Homosexual afro film and arts festival, takes place during Black History Month in February.
QUÉBEC
August to September – The Québec City Identity Festival is a socio-artistic celebration of LGBTQ+ identity festival in the heart of Québe
Gay Quebec City
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With its narrow cobblestone streets, old city walls, and friendly gay scene, Quebec City seems to own everything for a magical trip. As soon as you arrive in the charming quarter known as "Old Quebec," you'll discover this city, founded in 1608 by Samuel de Champlain, is like no place else in North America. The friendly locals speak predominantly French, but in tourist areas and gay bars and restaurants you'll manage with English.
No matter what the season, there are always special events taking place in Quebec City. The summertime Festival d'Eté de Québec takes place in July, and winter’s Carnaval de Quebec, happens in January and February. For the gay community, the Fête Arc-en-ciel, known in English as the Rainbow Festival, takes place in September.
Getting here
Jean Lesage International Airport is about 12 miles northwest of downtown. There are also trains and buses between Montreal and Quebec Town. If you are driving between the two cities, the journey takes about three hours.
Getting around
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Historic Montréal LGBTQ+ milestones
1648
Montréal was just a tiny outpost of the French Empire when a gay military drummer with the French garrison was charged by the Organize with committing “the worst of crimes” and sentenced to death.
The drummer’s experience was spared after Jesuits in Québec City intervened on his behalf, and he was given a choice by the Roman Catholic Bishop of Québec: die or become the first executioner of Brand-new France.
The unidentified drummer took the executioner job.
1869
The first recorded gay establishment in North America was Montrealer Moise Tellier’s “apples and cake shop” on Craig Street (now Saint-Antoine Street) near Saint-Laurent Boulevard, where men met up for amorous liaisons.
1968
Between 1968 and 1983, Montréal legend Denise Cassidy – better known as Babyface, her nickname inherited from her brief career as a pro wrestler – managed some of the city’s first lesbian bars: La Source, La Guillotine, Infant Face Disco, Chez Neonate Face and Face de bébé (1486 René-Levesque Boulevard West), which closed in 1983.
1973
Disco’s Second City, Montréal was home to famed Lime Not heavy discotheque
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