Dawn
Dawn was Co-founder of the now defunct, Out of the Closet Renew Boutique which opened on July 2nd of 2010 in downtown Victoria, BC. She recounts her early memories of the word lesbian, coming out, gender roles and lesbian art.
Mayne
Mayne is a lesbian and used to be involved with the Anglican LGBTQ group “Integrity”.
Mary Lois
Mary Lois is a retired nurse and a widowed lesbian. She and her late wife Toni were the first to apply for their same-sex marriage license in Victoria, BC
Warren
Warren is a gay man who’s tumultuous past has led him to a more positive outlook for the future.
Rachel
Rachel is a post-op trans woman and graciously shares her story.
Andrew
Andrew was one of the original organizers of the social/support group Creating Connections, which was the inspiration for onmyplanet.ca. Thank you Andrew for all the activist work you do.
NiQ
NiQ is one of the original organizers of the social/support group Creating Connections, which was the inspiration for onmyplanet.ca. For many years NiQ kept up a comprehensive website of LGBTQ news, listings and events at: uniqueentertainment.ca. Thank-you NiQ for all your good work.
Captain
Captain is a GenderQueer person who has done educational and therapeutic work in the queer community for many years. Captain was one of the original organizers of the social/support group, Creating Connections, which was the inspiration for onmyplanet.ca. More recently, Captain is a Somatic Sex Educator, Anti-Violence Worker, and poet. They can be found at: captainsnowdon.ca
Thank-you Captain for all that you do.
Mare
Mare was on the board at the Victoria Lesbian Seniors Care Society for many years and was very active in the community in Victoria. Mare’s coming out story video is the first video added to the Queer Story Archive.
A mentor to many in Victoria, sadly, Mare passed away in 2018. We are proud to have her story at onmyplanet.ca. RIP Mare.