Pembina Valley Pride

👋 Up for another game night?

Join us on August 30th from 2-4 PM at The Community Exchange in Altona!

Come hang out for games, snacks, & friendly competition in a relaxed, welcoming space. Bring your favourite game or jump into one of ours.

📍116 Main Street, Altona

All members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community & allies are welcome!

Today's Pride at Home pick is The Prospects by KT Hoffman. 🌈

This q***r sports romance is about a gay trans man playing professional baseball in the minor leagues. When his longtime rival gets traded to his team, the two have to figure out how to work together both on and off the field.

It's a funny, heartfelt story about q***r love, trans joy, ambition, and finding the courage to want more for yourself. It also offers a refreshing and authentic portrayal of trans life, something that's still too often missing from books like this.

Content note: This book includes sexual content, transphobia, homophobia, panic attacks, injury, and references to misogyny toward trans men.

Today's Pride at Home pick is The Hockey Player. 🌈

This new documentary follows Canadian hockey player Luke Prokop as he becomes the first openly gay player under contract to an NHL team.

It reminds us that visibility and representation continue to make a difference, especially in rural communities where hockey is such a big part of the culture, and where many 2SLGBTQIA+ folks haven't always felt like they belong.

Streaming: Rent or buy on Prime Video or AppleTV
Rated: 14A for mature themes, coarse language, and sexual references

👋 Up for another game night?

Join us on August 18th from 7-9 PM at 500 Stephen Community Center in Morden!

Come hang out for games, snacks, & friendly competition in a relaxed, welcoming space. Bring your favourite game or jump into one of ours.

📍500 Stephen Street, Morden

All members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community & allies are welcome!

👋 Up for another game night?

Join us on August 9th from 7-9 PM at Paul's Place in Carman!

Come hang out for games, snacks, & friendly competition in a relaxed, welcoming space. Bring your favourite game or jump into one of ours.

📍20 1 Avenue Southwest, Carman

All members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community & allies are welcome!

👋 Up for another game night?

Join us on August 5th from 7-9 PM for Winkler Game Night at our summer location, Winkler Arts & Culture!

Come hang out for games, snacks, & friendly competition in a relaxed, welcoming space. Bring your favourite game or jump into one of ours.

📍547 Park Street, Winkler

All members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community & allies are welcome!

Today's Pride at Home pick is Coexistence: Stories by Billy-Ray Belcourt. 🌈

This collection of intersecting short stories explores Indigenous experiences through a q***r lens, capturing moments both ordinary and life-changing. With themes of love, loneliness, family, and belonging, it offers a thoughtful and deeply human reflection on identity, connection, and community.

Content note: We know everyone has different comfort levels with certain subjects or themes. Since comprehensive content warnings aren't widely available for books, we encourage you to read the synopsis or reviews beforehand and decide whether it's the right fit for you. This collection explores mature themes related to identity, grief, colonialism, sexuality, and belonging.

Join us in Altona for our next game night!

📅July 26th
🕑2-4pm
📍116 Main Street

Feel free to bring your favourite game or enjoy one of ours, all members & allies of the 2SLGTBQIA+ community welcome! 💛💜

Today's Pride at Home pick is Dating Amber. 🌈

This is a coming-of-age comedy-drama about two Irish teenagers who pretend to date each other to hide the fact they're both q***r. Set in 1990s Ireland, just a few years after homosexuality was decriminalized, it balances humour with the realities of growing up q***r during a period of significant social change. It's a heartfelt reminder that acceptance, authenticity, and chosen family matter just as much today as they did then.

Streaming: Prime Video
Rated: 18+

We know everyone has different comfort levels with specific subjects or topics so we encourage folks to use features like IMDB.com’s Parents Guide or the website DoesTheDogDie.com (yes, that’s a real website) which crowd sources a wide range of trigger warnings.

We're excited to share that our "You Can't Spray the Gay Away" shirts are now available at Frank + Olive in Winkler! 🌈

Available in black and adult sizes S–5XL, while supplies last. If they sell out super quickly, we may restock them. As a grassroots organization, we start with smaller inventory runs to avoid over-ordering and make the best use of our limited resources.

These shirts are also available at McNally Robinson at their Grant Park location in Winnipeg.

Looking for a different colour shirt or other Pembina Valley Pride merch? You can still shop the full collection on our website, including additional shirt colours, stickers, buttons, and more.

Every purchase supports Pembina Valley Pride and our mission to create spaces where everyone in the Pembina Valley can belong.