# Should we have a QueerDope? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 25, 2002, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-have-a-queerdope/105483 "2002-04-25T02:31:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2002, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-have-a-queerdope/105483/1 "2002-04-25T02:31:20Z")
I suggest we have a QueerDope. I would like to propose here in Montreal, the Queer capital of Canada, possibly circa August 4. I expect to be back from Spain by then, and Aug 4 is the Pride Parade at the end of our huge and fabulous pride week, [Divers-Cité](http://www.diverscite.org/anglais/index.htm). The week has tons and tons of fabulous ticketed and free events and is by far one of the largest pride festivals in the world. (1 200 000 participants in 2001, including 750 000 at the parade!) Montreal is also an extremely gay positive city, with the largest village in North America and swarms of sexy boiz & grrls. Wouldn’t that be fun? I need help with the planning, tho. What kind of events should we do? Should there be any X-rated ones? More on Queer tourism in Montreal can be found here: [Tourisme Montréal](http://www.tourisme-montreal.org/B2C/00/default.asp?TitleBarItem=6) (don’t you love it? Does the city of San Francisco even run a gay tourism website?) Generic tourism info: [http://www.tourisme-montreal.org](http://www.tourisme-montreal.org) ---
**Author:** ![scott\_evil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@scott\_evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scott_evil)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2002, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-have-a-queerdope/105483/2 "2002-04-25T02:33:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by matt\_mcl \* > \*\*I What kind of events should we do? Should there be any X-rated ones? \*\* Yes. - s.e. ---
**Author:** ![reprise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@reprise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/reprise)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2002, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-have-a-queerdope/105483/3 "2002-04-25T02:41:15Z")
Why don’t you schedule it for Sydney in 2003 - we do a pretty good Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![happyheathen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@happyheathen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happyheathen)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2002, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-have-a-queerdope/105483/4 "2002-04-25T02:51:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by matt\_mcl \* > \*\*…Does the city of San Francisco even run a gay tourism website?) > \*\* _WE_ don’t need to - begging for attention is _ **SO** _ provincial… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2002, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-have-a-queerdope/105483/5 "2002-04-25T03:24:41Z")
No, not provincial, municipal. Didn’t you follow the link? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![happyheathen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@happyheathen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happyheathen)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2002, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-have-a-queerdope/105483/6 "2002-04-25T03:32:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by matt\_mcl \* > \*\*… Didn’t you follow the link? > > 😉 \*\* Ummm, no. you have your fun, I’ll have mine (snow-free, thank you very much) “If you’re going to San Francisco…”, you’re betta off than the fools going to friggin’ Canada! Carry on 😉 ---
**Author:** ![happyheathen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@happyheathen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happyheathen)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2002, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-have-a-queerdope/105483/7 "2002-04-25T03:34:22Z")
😃 ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2002, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-have-a-queerdope/105483/8 "2002-04-25T03:37:28Z")
> [@](#): > > snow-free, thank you very much I’m picturing Happyheathen showing up at the Vancouver border crossing in mid-August. Skis on the roof racks. Sweating in a parka. The customs officials are pointing and laughing. Bewildered, he blurts, “But they said it was going to be 30 degrees!” ---
**Author:** ![happyheathen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@happyheathen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happyheathen)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2002, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-have-a-queerdope/105483/9 "2002-04-25T03:43:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by matt\_mcl \* > \*\* > > I’m picturing Happyheathen showing up at the Vancouver border crossing in mid-August. Skis on the roof racks. Sweating in a parka. The customs officials are pointing and laughing. > > Bewildered, he blurts, “But they said it was going to be 30 degrees!” \*\* a) you should be so lucky b) I no longer ski - remember, ‘snow-free’ c) re. (b) - eat your heart out [sub]Well, they’re out there having sun, in the warm California sun…[/sub] [sub]exactly HOW MANY songs are there about Montreal?[/sub] 😃 ---
**Author:** ![andygirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@andygirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andygirl)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2002, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-have-a-queerdope/105483/10 "2002-04-25T03:52:02Z")
Well hell, I’d show up. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2002, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-have-a-queerdope/105483/11 "2002-04-25T04:01:20Z")
> [@](#): > > you should be so lucky That what, you’d stay on that side of the Rockies? Yes, I should. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2002, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-have-a-queerdope/105483/12 "2002-04-25T04:02:25Z")
> [@](#): > > exactly HOW MANY songs are there about Montreal? “Just like Frère André, I know my heart will always stay here in Montreal…” ---
**Author:** ![happyheathen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@happyheathen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happyheathen)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2002, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-have-a-queerdope/105483/13 "2002-04-25T04:11:20Z")
ONE??!!! One single, miserable song? yes, I will be east of the Rockies again, but ONLY during May-Sept. and don’t you get tired of always having to convert dollars and temperatures into REAL numbers? ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2002, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-have-a-queerdope/105483/14 "2002-04-25T04:18:21Z")
> [@](#): > > One single, miserable song? That was the first one I thought of that was in English. > [@](#): > > yes, I will be east of the Rockies again Don’t you threaten ME. > [@](#): > > and don’t you get tired of always having to convert dollars and temperatures into REAL numbers? I LIKE having water freeze at 0 and boil at 100. It beats that tennis game you call Fahrenheit. ---
**Author:** ![happyheathen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@happyheathen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happyheathen)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2002, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-have-a-queerdope/105483/15 "2002-04-25T04:32:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by matt\_mcl \* > \*\* > I LIKE having water freeze at 0 and boil at 100. It beats that tennis game you call Fahrenheit. \*\* Aw, is that nasty Fahrenheit scale too complicated? Pobrecito… I will now excuse myself to allow this thread to die a natural death. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2002, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-have-a-queerdope/105483/16 "2002-04-25T04:36:59Z")
_¡Dios mío, por fin!_ Now if **happyheathen** ’s done drawing attention to him- or herself, can we get back to the question at hand, please? ---
**Author:** ![Daowajan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@Daowajan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daowajan)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2002, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-have-a-queerdope/105483/17 "2002-04-25T04:56:30Z")
I’d love to meet you all, but I think I’m at Hippie School then. Or I’ll be living at home again. ---
**Author:** ![Civil\_Defense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Civil\_Defense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Defense)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2002, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-have-a-queerdope/105483/18 "2002-04-25T05:00:49Z")
Heh. I’d love to go, but I’d still be a minor in August. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2002, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-have-a-queerdope/105483/19 "2002-04-25T05:27:14Z")
You sure? Legal age for drinking in Quebec is 18. ---
**Author:** ![Civil\_Defense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Civil\_Defense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Defense)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2002, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-have-a-queerdope/105483/20 "2002-04-25T06:24:05Z")
> [@](#): > > You sure? Legal age for drinking in Quebec is 18. Perhaps, but I won’t be 18 until October. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-have-a-queerdope/105483.md?page=2)