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Sher Vancouver launches new website for LGBTQ South Asians in Canada

May 15, 2023

The new Sher Vancouver official website is the first point of intake for crisis counselling program and various in-person and online peer support groups, as well as providing numerous resources for the LGBTQ+ and South Asian communities

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Sher Vancouver and VISAFF Launch Cash Prize to Celebrate the Best of LGBTQ+ South Asian Films

April 24, 2023

The annual award, personally funded by Sher Vancouver Founder Alex Sangha, offers a cash prize of $2000 CAD to the winning film director

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Sher Vancouver is now Accepting Submissions for its inaugural Sundar Prize and Festival

February 20, 2023

Sher Vancouver is now accepting submissions for its inaugural Sundar Prize.

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Review: ‘Emergence: Out of the Shadows’ is A Meditation on Queer Life Struggles

September 20, 2021

The film acknowledges the extraordinary courage of both the parents and their children in their willingness to fight the traditions and taboos of the society.

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Official Trailer of ‘EMERGENCE: Out of the Shadows’, an Indo-Canadian Feature Documentary About Gay South Asians Released

August 4, 2021

The documentary illustrates how some South Asians in Metro Vancouver are coming out of the shadows, breaking the taboo and living a life they aspired to live.

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Short Story: Abu

May 5, 2021

Abu didn’t quite know what to do with Arshad and advised Arshad to be tough. Arshad hated being tough.

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Queer Youth Leadership: A Unique Crash Course That Trains Young Queers In Empathy And Sensitivity

February 4, 2020

The idea of the camp was to enable and encourage budding leaders with agencies and essential tools that they could put to use in their respective geographical demarcations.

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Being Gay, Brown and Middle-Aged!

August 27, 2019

It is not easy being gay and brown and middle-aged! I still feel like an outsider, and relatively marginalized from the mainstream queer community.&... Read More...

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Watch: LGBTQ Punjabis from Diaspora in Canada Share the Challenges of Being Sikh and LGBTQ

April 19, 2019

Two University of British Columbia (UBC) students, Rhea Bassan and Palvi Sandhar, created a short documentary on activism in the Punjabi LGBTQ+ community in V... Read More...

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The World’s Top Gaycation Destinations

September 11, 2018

Whether you fancy the Southeast Asian rainforest, Toronto nightlife, European culture or an African safari, there is a perfect queer vacation waiting for you.

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Sons of Roses – A Photography Project Explores Queer Weddings among South Asians in Canada

June 25, 2018

SONS OF ROSES aims to spark more discussion about queer weddings and help to create healthy conversations at home.

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This Moving Speech by an Indian Origin Gay Man’s Mother at a Queer South Asian Event in Canada Received Standing Ovation

June 21, 2018

Please love your children as they are, and do not tell them to change. They cannot. They are born this way