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Welcome to the Halifax Rainbow Encyclopedia, the portal for the 2SLGBTQ+ / Queer / Q community in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada!

Starting Points for Particularly Q Things In Halifax

• Upcoming Events Calendar: LocalEvents
• Bars: MenzBar, ReflectionsCabaret
• Non Bar Hangouts: GayHangouts
• Sports Groups: LooseEndsCurling, EastCoastRainbowSoftballAssociation, HalifaxMussels Hockey.
• Social Groups: SocialGroups
• There is one men's bath house: TorpedoSaunaAndSpa
• Here's a walking tour of Q historical places in Halifax
• Journalism: Wayves Magazine
• Facebook groups: Wayves Magazine; LGBTI Atlantic and World News; Homes For Queers Halifax; Trans Family Nova Scotia; Maritime Bears; Halifax Queer Exchange; Lesbians in Halifax; Halifax Gay Men's and Womans Social Group; Get Out Halifax!; Gays in Halifax
• The goal of the Halifax Rainbow Encyclopedia is to have a page for every person, place, thing and event of relevance to the Q community in Halifax, ever. As of May, 2020 we have over eighteen hundred finished pages, works-in-progress, or stubs on line. Click this link to get the list of all the pages in Encyclopedia.

This is a collaborative work in wiki format. If you want to help make the Halifax Rainbow Encyclopedia better, check out TipsForContributors.

Features And Projects

• The encyclopedia has a lot of history of Halifax's Q Community: the HistoryProject
• A couple big reads about historical gay life in Halifax:
  • RegGiles' story cycle, Peanut Butter And Jam Sandwich
  • ScottMacNeil's Reflections In A Mirror Ball
• A showcase of the city's DragQueens

The Halifax Rainbow Encyclopedia has been online since 2001 and is published by Bonmot Publishing. There's a history of the Encyclopedia here: AboutThisSystem