For a moment, let’s set aside whether or not PRIDE should or should not have given into the demands of Black Lives Matter. It’s still an important question, one that will require a great deal of examination and community dialogue. But we also need to explore how it is that the concerns of the black ...

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Across The Country and Here At Home This discussion is taking place across Canada, and recently Toronto and Halifax Police said they will not participate in their respective communities pride parades. As reported in the Globe and Mail, February 6, 2017, Police Chief Jean-Michel Blais, said that “participating in the parade may contribute to divisions ...

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A week of festivities all comes down to this, the main event, the reason we celebrate Pride. The Parade has grown to epic proportions over the years and it’s expected the crowds will reach 650,000. This year a sitting Prime Minister will be marching in the Parade for the first time.  Justin Trudeau will march ...

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After Black Lives Matter Vancouver asked the Vancouver Police to voluntarily withdraw their float from the upcoming Pride Parade as a “show of solidarity and understanding,” the department says it will still take part in the parade. The open letter issued by the activist group last week came weeks after its Toronto counterparts halted the city’s parade until organizers signed off ...

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Prior to the City of Vancouver’s official Pride Week proclamation at the new Jim Deva Plaza in the West End today (July 25), Vancouver Pride Society president Alan Jernigan told the Georgia Straight that while they have not met with Black Lives Matter yet, they are planning to meet with them as soon as possible. ...

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Instead, they’ll be part of an alternative march in the Downtown Eastside Black Lives Matter Vancouver has two new allies in what appears to be a dispute with organizers of the Vancouver Pride parade. The queer-Muslim group Salaam and the South Asian group Trikone won’t participate in the annual event, which takes place in Vancouver’s ...

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We will not be taking part in the Pride parade, by participation or protest, and have instead chosen to focus our energy elsewhere. The Dyke March responded positively to the recent events in Toronto and, with compassion and dignity, have invited BLM-Vancouver to lead as Grand Marshall this year as part of their contribution to ...

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The reaction to Black Lives Matter’s open letter to the Vancouver Pride Society, asking for the Vancouver Police Department to change its participation in the Pride parade, was fast and furious. However, if you want to understand and learn more about black lives in LGBT communities, the Vancouver Queer Film Festival is presenting a spotlight, ...

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