Bad Boy Club Montréal
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Bad Boy Club Montréal, also known as BBCM or Fondation BBCM is a Montreal
-based Canadian
charitable organization
established in 1991 that creates events of high caliber that attract an international audience and participation from the world over.
The events renowned for their artistic and cultural value, creativity, ingenuity and innovations, also generate funds for charitable causes, most notably HIV
/AIDS
charities, providing financial aid, medical and social services to persons suffering from HIV/AIDS in Montreal. BBCM donates a portion of its proceeds in support of activities of GLBT community groups.
These activities are a celebration of lifestyle and culture of the gay
community. Black & Blue
is an event that both a gay and heterosexual audience. It remains an all-inclusive event, for men and women, gay and heterosexual without discrimination. Funds are consecrated to AIDS
, that touches all people. It also remains the biggest of the five annual events that BBCM organizes, with considerable national coverage in the media.
s to share in the celebration and the creation of a foundation supporting gay
and lesbian
community groups and the fight against HIV/AIDS. Vézina remains its director general for 2 decades.
The first year event attracted just 800 people and was named "black & blue". Through the years, it has blossomed into a unique international event in its genre attracting global following and an average of 60,000 to 75,000 Montrealers and tourists from all over the world and is renowned for its creative aspect. For two decades the Fondation BBCM has donated funds to many charities. Sums donated have passed $1,400,000. Through the years more annual events have been designed and added with "Black & Blue' remaining the biggest of the events.
Montreal
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-based Canadian
Canada
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charitable organization
Charitable organization
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established in 1991 that creates events of high caliber that attract an international audience and participation from the world over.
The events renowned for their artistic and cultural value, creativity, ingenuity and innovations, also generate funds for charitable causes, most notably HIV
HIV
Human immunodeficiency virus is a lentivirus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome , a condition in humans in which progressive failure of the immune system allows life-threatening opportunistic infections and cancers to thrive...
/AIDS
AIDS
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus...
charities, providing financial aid, medical and social services to persons suffering from HIV/AIDS in Montreal. BBCM donates a portion of its proceeds in support of activities of GLBT community groups.
These activities are a celebration of lifestyle and culture of the gay
Gay
Gay is a word that refers to a homosexual person, especially a homosexual male. For homosexual women the specific term is "lesbian"....
community. Black & Blue
Black and Blue Festival
The Black & Blue Festival is the world's largest gay-benefit dance festival, attracting thousands of tourists to Montreal every Canadian Thanksgiving weekend, which raises money for HIV/AIDS and the gay community. It is organized annually by the Bad Boy Club Montréal .The various events attract up...
is an event that both a gay and heterosexual audience. It remains an all-inclusive event, for men and women, gay and heterosexual without discrimination. Funds are consecrated to AIDS
AIDS
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus...
, that touches all people. It also remains the biggest of the five annual events that BBCM organizes, with considerable national coverage in the media.
Establishment and progress
BBCM was established in 1991 by Robert J. Vézina and Christian Beaudry, a group of enthusiasts with two primary goals: the celebration of a unique community and culture that would encourage people of all backgrounds and sexual orientationSexual orientation
Sexual orientation describes a pattern of emotional, romantic, or sexual attractions to the opposite sex, the same sex, both, or neither, and the genders that accompany them. By the convention of organized researchers, these attractions are subsumed under heterosexuality, homosexuality,...
s to share in the celebration and the creation of a foundation supporting gay
Gay
Gay is a word that refers to a homosexual person, especially a homosexual male. For homosexual women the specific term is "lesbian"....
and lesbian
Lesbian
Lesbian is a term most widely used in the English language to describe sexual and romantic desire between females. The word may be used as a noun, to refer to women who identify themselves or who are characterized by others as having the primary attribute of female homosexuality, or as an...
community groups and the fight against HIV/AIDS. Vézina remains its director general for 2 decades.
The first year event attracted just 800 people and was named "black & blue". Through the years, it has blossomed into a unique international event in its genre attracting global following and an average of 60,000 to 75,000 Montrealers and tourists from all over the world and is renowned for its creative aspect. For two decades the Fondation BBCM has donated funds to many charities. Sums donated have passed $1,400,000. Through the years more annual events have been designed and added with "Black & Blue' remaining the biggest of the events.
Annual events
BBCM organizes 5 annual events as follows:| Event | Duration | Coinciding with | Month |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Le Bal des boys" | Week-end party | New Year New Year The New Year is the day that marks the time of the beginning of a new calendar year, and is the day on which the year count of the specific calendar used is incremented. For many cultures, the event is celebrated in some manner.... |
end of December |
| "Red" | Week-end party | Valentine's Day Valentine's Day Saint Valentine's Day, commonly shortened to Valentine's Day, is an annual commemoration held on February 14 celebrating love and affection between intimate companions. The day is named after one or more early Christian martyrs named Saint Valentine, and was established by Pope Gelasius I in 496... |
mid February |
| "Hot & Dry" | Week-end party | Victoria Day Victoria Day Victoria Day is a federal Canadian public holiday celebrated on the last Monday before May 25, in honour of Queen Victoria's birthday. The date is also, simultaneously, that on which the current reigning Canadian sovereign's official birthday is recognized... (Fête de la reine) / National Patriots' Day (Journée nationale des patriotes) |
May |
| "tWist" | Week-end party | During Divers/Cité Divers/Cité Divers/Cité is an LGBT multidisciplinary arts and music festival taking place each year in the heart of Montreal, since 1993. An avant-garde event in the heart of downtown Montreal and in Montreal's Gay Village area held usually on the end of July and beginning of August every year and extending... Montreal Pride Week |
August |
| "Black and Blue Festival Black and Blue Festival The Black & Blue Festival is the world's largest gay-benefit dance festival, attracting thousands of tourists to Montreal every Canadian Thanksgiving weekend, which raises money for HIV/AIDS and the gay community. It is organized annually by the Bad Boy Club Montréal .The various events attract up... " (or FestiVal Black & Blue) |
Full week | Canadian Thanksgiving Thanksgiving (Canada) Thanksgiving, or Thanksgiving Day , occurring on the second Monday in October , is an annual Canadian holiday to give thanks at the close of the harvest season.... / Columbus Day Columbus Day Many countries in the New World and elsewhere celebrate the anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Americas, which occurred on October 12, 1492, as an official holiday... |
October |