Hello Cool World checked out Pride House during the Olympics in Vancouver, where we hung out and had a chat with one of the ambassadors. Pride House was exactly what we were hoping it would be – a positive and safe queer space for people to be themselves and enjoy the Olympics. The issue of gender and sexuality is not far from the Olympics – the homophobic comments made by critics about Johnny Weir, and the exclusion of women from ski jumping in the Olympics are such examples of the gender stereotypes that are still prevalent in sports. We learned that Pride House’s main goal was to provide refugee information for people who may be from other countries where it is dangerous to be queer. Pride House aims to also create a space where all people, regardless of sexuality and gender can come together and enjoy the Olympics. It is the hope of Pride House to encourage other Pride Houses in future international sporting events like the Olympics.
Well, as the whole world knows, there was a very big party last week in Vancouver, our humble headquarters are in the midst of it all. There's a history of problems with drink spiking and drug and alcohol faciliated sexual assault when big events like this happen. SafeVibe is a movement for everyone who wants to keep predators out of the bars and put an end to sexual assault. The more people who actively get involved (men, women, youth, everyone!), the closer we will be to making social change a reality.
So, we decorated our window for SafeVibe, and David and Lizzy hit the streets with the WAVAW street team, handing out coasters and posters. It was in the height of Oympic party mayhem, and they found a lot of folks on the street were happy to get the 'vibe'.
Katherine Dodds AKA "Kat" is the founder of Good Company Communications and HelloCoolWorld.com. Trained in renegade advertising & branding through her work with Adbusters in the '90s, Kat's early induction into the possibilities of the web-world was inspired by the term hypertext, which she immediately found comforting. She is dedicated to cause-related communication and to the development and use of tools that promote democratic processes.
Katherine Dodds AKA "Kat" is the founder of Good Company Communications and HelloCoolWorld.com. Trained in renegade advertising & branding through her work with Adbusters in the '90s, Kat's early induction into the possibilities of the web-world was inspired by the term hypertext, which she immediately found comforting. She is dedicated to cause-related communication and to the development and use of tools that promote democratic processes.
