Vancouver LGBTQ2+ History Tour

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Experience Highlights

Get to know a historic gay neighbourhood in Vancouver with this small-group walking tour of approximately 2.5 hours of the city's LGBTQ2+ history and culture . Together with a professional guide , discover iconic community landmarks from drag kings, queer church ministers, to gay bars and a secret village. Learn about the struggles, heartaches and triumphs of the community and celebrate love on this walking tour until you find the vibrant Davie Street neighbourhood .

  • Immerse yourself in the history of the LGBTQ2+ movement with this approximately 2.5 hour tour of Vancouver's historic gay neighbourhood of Davie Street .
  • Hear about the struggles, anxieties and triumphs of the community from your professional guide.
  • Meet the most iconic LGBTQ2+ people and places, as well as the ministers of a queer church or the city's gayest brewery .
  • Enjoy a small group walking tour.

What’s included

  • Approximately 2.5 hour tour of Vancouver's LGBTQ2+ history.
  • Walking tour in small groups.
  • Guided tour of the gay quarter of Davie Street.
  • Food and drink.

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Step by Step

Learn Vancouver's secrets with this approximately 2.5 hour walking tour of the city's LGBTQ2+ history . In small groups and with a professional guide , walk through stories of struggle, unity and celebration. Meet the unsung heroes who forever changed the city's social fabric and pass by the city's best gay venues that marked a before and after in history.

On this tour you'll discover Vancouver's colourful side. Stop at Granville Street, the site of the Imperial Court coronations, where police raids and bookstore bombings took place. Learn how the community defied police brutality and continue the tour through the historic West End to the lively gay neighbourhood of Davie Village .

Explore this area and meet everything from a plethora of outrageous drag queens and two warring spirits to gay ministers at the United Church and transgender crime fighters. Delve into the story of the transgender activist turned hero and the two-spirit warrior.

Pass the striking rainbow-painted zebra crossing near Jim Deva Plaza and take a photo opportunity. Finish the tour in the village of Davie Street, the focus of LGTBQ life.

Reviews

4.7
· 1162 Reviews
  • J
    J.
    4
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    Amazing tour! I loved how the tour guide showed us the LGBTQ+ history of Vancouver. It was informative and fun at the same time.
  • J
    J.
    5
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    The tour guide was very welcoming and I felt very comfortable during the whole tour.
  • A
    A.
    5
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    The tour was very educational and informative, and the tour guide was very friendly and welcoming.
  • R
    R.
    4
    (0 Reviews)
    I loved this tour of Vancouver's LGBTQ+ history. The tour guide was very informative and the way she told the story was very moving.
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