''Wayves'' () was a Canadian print magazine, published 11 times yearly in Halifax,

Nova Scotia Nova Scotia is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada, located on its east coast. It is one of the three Maritime Canada, Maritime provinces and Population of Canada by province and territory, most populous province in Atlan ...

for the

lesbian A lesbian is a homosexual woman or girl. The word is also used for women in relation to their sexual identity or sexual behavior, regardless of sexual orientation, or as an adjective to characterize or associate nouns with female homosexu ...

gay ''Gay'' is a term that primarily refers to a homosexual person or the trait of being homosexual. The term originally meant 'carefree', 'cheerful', or 'bright and showy'. While scant usage referring to male homosexuality dates to the late ...

bisexual Bisexuality is romantic attraction, sexual attraction, or sexual behavior toward both males and females. It may also be defined as the attraction to more than one gender, to people of both the same and different gender, or the attraction t ...

and

transgender A transgender (often shortened to trans) person has a gender identity different from that typically associated with the sex they were sex assignment, assigned at birth. The opposite of ''transgender'' is ''cisgender'', which describes perso ...

communities in

Atlantic Canada Atlantic Canada, also called the Atlantic provinces (), is the list of regions of Canada, region of Eastern Canada comprising four provinces: New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island. As of 2021, the landma ...

. The magazine was published by a

non-profit A nonprofit organization (NPO), also known as a nonbusiness entity, nonprofit institution, not-for-profit organization, or simply a nonprofit, is a non-governmental (private) legal entity organized and operated for a collective, public, or so ...

organization. It was first published in 1983 as a local community newsletter under the name ''Gaezette'', and was in regular monthly production between 1988 and 2012. The magazine adopted its current name in 1995.Halifax RainbowCommunity wiki
"WayvesMagazine"
Retrieved April 9, 2008. Since 2012, ''Wayves'' has published articles and news online and via Facebook.

Notes

External links

''Wayves''

''Wayves'' Atlantic Canada LGBT Groups & Services Directory
1983 establishments in Nova Scotia 2012 disestablishments in Canada Defunct LGBTQ-related magazines published in Canada Monthly magazines published in Canada Online magazines published in Canada Magazines established in 1983 Magazines disestablished in 2012 Defunct magazines published in Nova Scotia Mass media in Halifax, Nova Scotia Online magazines with defunct print editions {{LGBT-mag-stub