For decades, the Backlot has been a safe space where members of Calgary’s LGBTQ+ community can gather. It is one of just three LGBTQ+ bars or clubs still operating in the city, but it could soon be forced to close after receiving a termination notice.

The property owners are preparing to develop an 18-storey tower with 120 residential units and commercial space. And while they’ve offered to try to find the Backlot a space in the new building, the club’s owner says they wouldn’t be able to move in for several years.

Calgary is losing its queer spaces as many LGTBQ+ bars and clubs are forced to close in similar circumstances.

As Heather Yourex-West reports, the closures couldn’t come at a worse time as the community is increasingly under attack.

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