Commercial Drive

This guide to Commercial Drive in Vancouver opens on an ordinary September afternoon in 1990, when two women kissing over coffee at a corner table were asked to leave a cafe on the street. You'll hear how the moment ignited sidewalk protests, a local activist's comparison to Stonewall, and staff who quit rather than stay silent. It follows the storefronts that answered in turn, from a women's coffeehouse called Josephine's to the queer-friendly cafe that took over its room.