Sorry for last minute notice - I was just asked to share this event. I can't attend. Hope some locals can go!

#VictoriaBC TONIGHT - #FreeEvent #FreeFilmScreening

The Public Service Pride Network (PSPN) invites you to a screening of The Fruit Machine, an #investigative #documentary chronicling the systematic ejection of #2SLGBTQIA+ members of the #CanadianArmedForces , the #RCMP , and the federal #PublicService between the 1950s and mid-1990s. Hear the stories of #LGBT Purge survivors HCol Steven Deschamps and Wayne Davis during a post-show Q&A.

Doors: 6:30 p.m.
#FilmScreening : 7:00 p.m.

Post-show #Q&A with #LGBTPurge #survivors : 8:30 p.m.

After the event, follow us to The Vicious Poodle for a late-night mixer with the #PublicServicePrideNetwork 👇

The After-Show with #PSPN :
Tuesday, August 19 | 9 p.m. ‘til late
The Vicious Poodle | 726 Johnson Street

Free to attend; RSVP to Nadia Munro [email protected]

#CDNpoli #CanadianMilitary #CAF #Discrimination #Canada #QueerCommunity #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #FreeAdmission #Systematic #Bigotry #CanadianFilm #QueerCanadians

2SLGBTQIA+ people relive old traumas as they age on their own
https://www.salon.com/2024/12/26/lgbtq-people-relive-old-traumas-as-they-age-on-their-own_partner

* embracing aging isn’t easy
* can be esp. difficult for 2SLGBTQIA+ seniors who are long-term HIV survivors

Comment: I am a volunteer board member at two 2SLGBTQIA+ seniors advocacy non-profits.
This is a significant concern generally; more so given resurgent conservatism.

#LGBThistory #2SLGBTQIA+ #Queer #seniors #aging #ageing #HistoricalTrauma #LGBTpurge #HIV #AIDS #discrimination #homophobia #transphobia