Celebrating 50 Years of Identity, Advocacy, and Community
2023 marks Rainbow Resource Centre's fiftieth anniversary—and we hope you'll celebrate with us!
Keep an eye on this webpage because it will update and evolve throughout the year with opportunities to celebrate with us and ways to support us as we grow into our next fifty years.
For an overview of our history, please click here.
Celebrate with us
Join us at one of our many events throughout the year. Come back to this webpage regularly, as we will update it as we confirm details of new events.
May 26, 2023 to December 31, 2023
If These Walls Could Talk: 50 Years of 2SLGBTQ+ Activism in Winnipeg
50 years ago, before the acronym as we have it today, before gay marriage, the right to adoption, protection against hate crimes, or being allowed to be out at work, the 2SLGBTQ+ community in Winnipeg, through a simple act of meeting in a room at the University of Manitoba, started a journey to fight for the rights we have today. Activism may be small actions or massive events, but it is always the result of visionaries and avengers.
Coming this Pride, Rainbow Resource Centre and the Manitoba Museum, with special thanks to the Government of Manitoba, will explore the major moments of the last 50 years—some memorable, some almost forgotten, all of them critical to understanding where we’ve been, how we got here, and why it’s important to remember our journey. This exhibit will be open till December 2023. Opens May 26. Stay tuned for details.
May 26, 2023
2SLGBTQ+ Activism in Winnipeg: A Panel Discussion
As we kick off Pride season, come to the Manitoba Museum to join Rainbow Resource Centre’s Ashley Smith, and a panel of 2SLGBTQ+-identifying activists (TBD), to hear powerful stories about the journey our community has taken to win the equal rights we have today. Why was it so hard, why is it important to be vigilant, and how can you carry the torch? Be inspired by those who have been there, and who continue the fight today. Stay tuned for details.
October 6, 2023
First Friday: LGBT History Month at the Manitoba Museum
Join Rainbow Resource Centre for a First Friday event during 2SLGBTQ+ History Month, hosted by the Manitoba Museum, to learn more about the “If These Walls Could Talk” exhibit, with a post-tour celebration with a local community partner. (TBD) Stay tuned for details.