Welcome to the 4th annual JQT Heritage Month!

For PART TWO of our festival, JQT Vancouver is beyond excited to officially launch the online exhibit of ?THE BC JEWISH QUEER & TRANS ORAL HISTORY PROJECT? on Sunday, May 28, 2023 from 1-3PM in the Zack Gallery at the Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver.

Everyone is invited to attend this hybrid event—in person at the JCC or virtually via livestream on JQT’s Facebook page—to celebrate 100 years of Jewish queer and trans history in BC with our guests of honour: our interviewees!!!

The program will include invited speakers from the Musqueam, Vancouver Pride Society, Jewish Community Centre, Jewish Museum & Archives of BC, The ArQuives: Canada’s LGBTQ2+ Archives, and of course, the curation team from JQT Vancouver.

Doors open at 12:30PM.

This event is free. Scroll down for accessibility info. Light refreshments and drinks (alcoholic + non-alcoholic) will be provided.

Dress attire: FUN & COLOURFUL!!

The online exhibit will become available on Monday, May 29, 2023 for you to peruse at your leisure at https://www.jqtvancouver.ca/jqt-oral-history-bc

 

THANK YOU

Collection Phase Community Partner: The Jewish Museum & Archives of BC
Collection Phase Funders: The Jewish Community Foundation of Vancouver and the Waldman Foundation
Online Exhibit Funders: Creating Accessible Neighbourhoods BC and Wosk Publication Grant at the Vancouver Heritage Foundation
Event Launch Sponsors: Vancouver Pride Society, The ArQuives: Canada’s LGBTQ2+ Archives, and Temple Sholom Synagogue
Venue Sponsors: Zack Gallery at the Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver
Tech Production: McMedia
Event Photographer: Matt Hanns Schroeter Photography

WHO ARE WE?
JQT Vancouver is a volunteer-run Jewish Queer and Trans arts, cultural and educational non-profit dedicated to queering Jewish space and ‘Jewifying’ queer space. We spent three years developing this oral history project and are stoked to share it with the world!
www.jqtvancouver.ca

MORE EVENT INFO
Covid policy - JQT strictly follows the recommendations of Vancouver Coastal Health and makes decisions accordingly. Mask wearing is optional, but encouraged in group settings and to protect those in our circles who are immunocompromised.

Accessibility info - All are welcome to attend this event whether they be 2SLGBTQIA+, Jewish, Jew-ISH, Jew-curious or friends! This event will take place in the Zack Gallery in the Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver located at 950 W. 41st Ave, near the corner of Oak St. The JCC building is accessible for those with assistive devices or mobility concerns. Within JCC are two non-gendered accessible bathrooms on the main floor, and an additional non-gendered accessible bathroom on the second floor with elevator access. Auto-generated captions will be provided during the livestream via Facebook. JQT will provide an edited closed captioning file within 2 weeks of post-production. If you need accessibility assistance, please email info@jqtvancouver.ca well in advance!

Transportation, entrance & parking - The JCC is accessible by bus and a few blocks west of Canada Line sky train (Oakridge-41st station). Public cannot enter without an access badge or indicating destination inside by using the buzzer to call front desk staff. Security may inquire what event you are attending to access the building. Parking is a first-come, paid parking, surface lot adjacent to the building, or free street parking in the surrounding neighbourhood.

Our work takes place on the traditional and unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and sə̓lílwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples.

WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING DURING JQT HERITAGE MONTH 2023?

Monday, May 15, 2023 @ 6-9PM - JQT Heritage Month 2023 - Artisan Market featuring “Oy Slay! The History of Jewish Drag” with Stav Meishar at the Peretz Centre: https://www.jqtvancouver.ca/events/jqt-heritage-month-2023-artisan-market

Wednesday, May 17, 2023 @ 11AM - JQT Heritage Month 2023 - Bonus Program: “Circus Jews Under National Socialism” with Stav Meishar at the Jewish Community Centre: https://www.jqtvancouver.ca/events/jqt-heritage-month-2023-circus-jews