Toronto’s Pride Parade: a celebration and joyful protest
KJ Mullins-Toronto (with photos by Shane Mullins): Toronto hosted the Toronto Pride Parade on Canada Day with sun, fun and a message. For many in the world Pride is just a dream. Many in the parade marched for those with the hope that one day everywhere in the world a Pride Parade can and will [...]
editorial: Saturday at Toronto Pride is for everyone
KJ Mullins-Toronto: Church Street is a rainbow crowd the Saturday of Pride Week in Toronto. Some who shun the event though thinking that crowd is all about half naked boys and girls getting their sex on. Yes, there there were less clothes on Church Street than a normal Saturday but that’s not what Church Street [...]
40 years later, formation of first PFLAG organization in New York remains a vital influence to Toronto’s LGBTQ community
Local chapter, Toronto PFLAG, continues more than 21 years of demonstrating the influence of love through celebrations of Pride 2012. TORONTO – Pride is a time when community and family should come together to celebrate. So in recognizing Pride Toronto’s 2012 theme, “Celebrate and Demonstrate”, Toronto PPLAG is proud to do both. 40 [...]
Corey Hart performs at Pride Toronto
Pride Toronto promises to be the biggest to date with seven full stages of programming ranging from DJs to drag artists. Performers who will be hitting some of the main stages include Lady Miss Kier, Bif Naked, Die Mannequin, DJ Larry Tee, and 80’s heartthrob Corey Hart, who will be performing live for the first [...]
Toronto Police host Pride Reception at police headquarters
Wednesday night at Toronto Police headquarters at 40 College Street the Toronto Police Services Board and Chief Bill Blair hosted their Pride Reception. Since 1981 the Toronto Police has been held a reception to welcome Pride Week and the LGBT community. The joyful event was attended by TPS and community leaders along with the community [...]
Toronto raises Pride Flag to begin Pride Week
KJ Mullins-Toronto: The Pride Flag was raised today at noon at Toronto City Hall with City Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam hosting the festivals and Councillor Shelley Carroll reading the Proclamation from the mayor for the start of Toronto’s Pride Week. With sunny blue skies Toronto welcomed the beginning of Pride Week at City Hall today during [...]
SERIAL SEAN PRIDE TORONTO 2012
It’s been confirmed that Underground Arts & Culture Media Entrepreneur and DJ, SERIAL SEAN, will be performing at Pride Toronto this year for their ‘Celebrate & Demonstrate‘ themed 2012 festival. With an impressive history of contributing to the festival, SERIAL SEAN is no stranger to working alongside Pride Toronto, including previous DJ performances in 2004 (SOY Toronto’s Youth Stage ‘Fruit Loopz‘ and [...]
INSPIRE Awards Summer Gala presents HISTORICA at Casa Loma
Mychol Scully-Toronto: The second annual INSPIRE Awards Summer Gala at Casa Loma is just one week away. The event was first organized last year by founder and president, Antoine Elhashem, as a response to the negative news stories about LGBTQ communities, and presents other stories to tell about individuals and organizations who are making a [...]
Mayor Ford will not be part of Pride Parade this year
It’s official Mayor Rob Ford is skipping this year’s Pride Parade just like he did last year. He is citing the same reason as he did then, it’s a family weekend at the cottage. Last year when Ford bowed out of taking part in Pride event it was big news. He also had a stand [...]
Thousands March In Taiwan Gay Rights Parade
Thousands of gay rights supporters have marched through Taiwan’s capital, calling for increased tolerance and the enactment of anti-discrimination legislation. The Saturday event is the ninth annual gay rights parade in Taipei, which has one of Asia’s most vibrant gay communities. The parade has attracted gays from around the world, with many marchers dressing up [...]
