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Davie Village (also known as Davie District or simply Davie Street) is a neighbourhood in the West End of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is the home of the city's LGBT subculture, and, as such, is often considered a gay village, or gaybourhood. Davie Village is centred on Davie Street and roughly includes the area between Burrard and Jervis streets. Davie Street—and, by extension, the Village—is named in honour of A.E.B. Davie, eighth Premier of British Columbia from 1887 to 1889; A.E.B's brother Theodore was also Premier, from 1892 to 1895.

Overview

Along Davie Street are a variety of shops, restaurants, services, and hotels catering to a variety of customers, in addition to private residences. The business with the most notoriety is Little Sister's Book and Art Emporium ("Little Sister's"), a gay and lesbian bookstore, because of its ongoing legal battles with Canada Customs that have received extensive national media coverage.[1][2] Many businesses and residents along Davie Street and in the West End generally also fly rainbow flags as a symbol of gay pride, and many of the covered bus stop benches and garbage cans along Davie Street are painted bright pink.

Scene

Festivals

The Village hosts a variety of events during the year, including the Davie Street Pride Festival which runs in conjunction with Vancouver's annual

Gay Pride Parade
, during which sections of the street are closed to motor traffic.

Davie Day is also held each year in early September, to celebrate local businesses and the community itself. This Day is designed to build awareness and promote the surrounding businesses, and is focused around Jervis to Burrard Street.

Business Association

The Davie Street Business Association coined the name "Davie Village" in 1999 and also commissioned banners from local artist Joe Average, which fly from lampposts in the district. The two-sided banners depict a rainbow flag on one side and a sun design by Average on the other.[3]

Davie Village is also home to the offices of

Pride Parade and Festival
.

Sex work history

In the 1960s, after the removal of the

Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) cases that were largely tied to serial killer Robert Pickton in the early 2000s.[11][5] Apart from the annual Red Umbrella March and Women's Memorial March, the history of the West Ends’ sex work community remains largely forgotten. While portraying an accepting and inclusive LGBTQ2A+ environment, the history remains intentionally masked with little memorabilia of those impacted by the erasure.[10]

Significant sites

Supporting businesses

Media documentation

See also

References

  1. ^ "Little Sisters Book and Art Emporium v. Canada (Minister of Justice)". Sack, Goldblatt, Mitchell LLP. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
  2. ^ "History of Little Sister's Book & Art Emporium". Archived from the original on 5 August 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
  3. ^ "Experiencing Vancouver's West End". West End BIA. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
  4. ISBN 978-0973667523
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  5. ^ a b c "StackPath". xtramagazine.com. Retrieved 2021-04-05.
  6. ^ a b Cole, Dale, J. (Director). (1984). Hookers on Davie [Video file]. Canada: Spectrum Films. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3ixQS_Ihdk
  7. ^ a b "Vancouver's Anti-Sex Work Gentrification Projects are a Form of Imperialism". The Volcano. 2019-05-17. Retrieved 2021-04-05.
  8. ^ Lyons, Tara (2017). "The impact of construction and gentrification on an outdoor trans sex work environment: Violence, displacement and policing" (PDF). Sexualities Article. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  9. ^ "Advocates seek Vancouver apology and memorial for displaced West End sex workers". The Georgia Straight. 2014-07-11. Retrieved 2021-04-05.
  10. ^ a b c Ouspenski, Andrei, WISH Drop in Center Society (6 May 2015). "Sex Work: Transitioning, Retiring and Exiting" (PDF). TRE Report. Retrieved 5 April 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  11. ^ "Women working in Vancouver sex trade were seen as "disposable," inquiry hears - NEWS 1130". www.citynews1130.com. Retrieved 2021-04-05.
  12. ^ "City of Vancouver unveils West End Sex Workers Memorial". The Georgia Straight. 2016-09-19. Retrieved 2021-04-04.

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