Wednesday, November 19, 2025
5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
Rooster Bar & Kitchen
10732 Whyte Ave
Edmonton
Join the Queer Writers’ Collective on Wednesday, November 19th where special guest Rob Browatzke will be speaking about the collection Cruising the Downtown (NeWest Press, 2025) as part of the Edmonton Queer History Project. There will be a discussion of the book followed by a Q & A period.
Copies of the book will also be available for purchase.
About the Book
The city of Edmonton, a large and growing Canadian metropolis, has a robust and thriving 2SLGBTQ+ community, with a too often unknown history. Extending the work of The Edmonton Queer History Project, Cruising the Downtown: Celebrating Edmonton’s Queer History is a collaborative history and celebrates the people, places, and moments that have shaped and continue to shape the history of our city by moving through civic landmarks, sites of queer resistance, nightlife, celebration, and activist spaces.
Cruising the Downtown and The Edmonton Queer History Project continue the important work of recognition, space-making, and community building as we move together into a less certain future than any of us could have hoped for.
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As a note, the WGA Pub Night will start at 7:00 PM at the Rooster and is open to all.