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Welcome to the RainbowCommunity for Halifax, Nova Scotia!!

(What's the RainbowCommunity? Click the link to find out!)

This is a collaborative work in wiki format. If you want to help build the queer encyclopedia for Halifax, learn how with TipsForContributors.

News

• LocalEvents has everything queer that's going on in Halifax from entertainment and parties to meetings and workshops.
• StartingPoints is for new visitors to this system.
• RecentChanges shows which pages were updated in the last few days.
• HitCounter will show you what other people are looking at.
• System News (below) tells you about changes to the system, planned and recent outages.

Official Halifax Tourism Site

http://www.rainbowhalifax.com RainbowHalifax - the best resource for lesbian and gay travel specials and packages.

Arts and Entertainment

• Talent is the middle name of Halifax's GayCommunity.
• Check out
• LocalEvents and
• GayBars where you can catch
• DragPageants, GayEntertainers, DragKings and DragQueens in action.
• For more information or to connect with these performers, visit
• DragCommunity.
• http://www.peak.sfu.ca/the-peak/2002-1/issue13/fe-disco.html
• A great article about Disco and its origin
• ArtsVenues

Features And Projects

• Monthly Feature Page: Halifax PrideWeek
• Next Month's Feature: TourOfHalifax
• Big Projects on this system: DragQueens, HistoryProject, RegGiles (New Volume: The Return added Jan 19/07 )
• Index Of All Pages On This System

People And Places

Ready to meet some of the fun and talented queers in Halifax? Find info on

• MeetingPeople
• SocialGroups
• ClassifiedAds
• GayBars
• GayDotCom, and of course IrcChannel
• LocalEvents What's going On In Town
• For local celebrities, learn more about our city's
• DragKings, DragQueens and GayEntertainers.

Free Classified Ads

• ClassifiedAds
• This page is for the advertisements themselves.
• For a list of places where you can place ads, see PersonalAds.

Media

• WayvesMagazine Halifax based Atlantic Canada's queer newspaper
• http://www.nakednewsdailymale.com/ Naked guys doing queer world news?
• http://www.outtv.ca OUTtv
• http://www.pridevisiontv.com PrideVision TV

Community Resources

• Coming out or just looking for someone to talk to or help you out?
• We have
• SocialGroups
• SportsGroups
• LocalResources
• ReligionLinks
• AdviceColumn, info on STD testing in GetTested, info on
• SameSexMarriage, GroupsAndServices, DragCommunity, GLBT,
• InternationalDragQueensAndFriends
• There is a lot of info about queer culture,
• presented in a fun way, in
• SpeakingOfArticles. The new page
• GayFinance is a dedicated to issues around
• Tax, Retirement, Estate and Insurance for same-sex partners.
• ClassifiedAds

The History Project

• HistoryProject is devoted to painting a picture of Halifax's
• GayCommunity history throughout the years.
• Topics that you may have something to add to include
• CitadelHill
• DragQueens , DragKings , DragPageants
• GayBars
• GaeGala, GayHangouts, GayLine, HistoryPeople
• OtherBusinesses, the OverThirtiesGroup
• PrideCelebrations, PrintMedia and ValleyPride.
• If there is something else that you are an expert on, add it to the
• HistoryProject page.
• RegGiles has written lots of little vignettes of what life was like in the late
• 70s, early '80s.

Completely Off Topic

• ReligionLinks - articles about religion and queerdom
• AtlanticCanadaClothingOptionalBeaches
• HumourStuff including LordOfTheRingsSecretDiaries
• OddsAndEnds other topics of discussion

Technical

• RecentChanges Is an automated list of recently modified pages
• StartingPoints And
• AboutThisSystem explain the wiki and its objectives.
• GayHalifaxRequests To make requests or contribute feedback
• HitCounter Check this out to see what sites on the
• GayHalifax wiki are the most popular, and for more suggestions on where to start.

System News

• 2007-01-31 0730h - 1030h System unavailable for periods for upgrades
• 2007-02-09 1900h - 2100h System unavailable during upgrades
• 2007-04-11 0100h - 0115h System unavailable during network upgrade
• 2007-04-19 2200h (approx) short outage during network upgrade
• 2007-07-06 0051h - 0726h network outage
• 2008-03-09 10:00 - 2107h System available during power outage
• 2008-03-29 06:00 - 06:40 System unavailable during power outage
• 2008-05-20 10:00 - 11:00 System unavailable during power outage
• 2008-06-11 11:00: Format of dates in LocalEvents changed to be more humanly readable
• Older system news items can be found in SystemNewsArchive