Pride in Morgane On BC election day, Morgane Oger could make history as an openly transgender candidate running for public office in Canada.  Oger is seeking the nomination for the BC NDP in the riding of Vancouver False Creek.  She will likely be acclaimed and then will need to win a seat in the spring ...

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Vancouver Activist and LGBTQ2+ Community Leader, Morgane Oger Seeks NDP Nomination Morgane Oger has put her hat into the ring and will make a run for a seat in the provincial legislature in the upcoming provincial election. Oger has been approved to seek the nomination in Vancouver-False Creek as an NDP candidate and at present ...

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Vancouver Film-Maker Christine Lord’s In Alliance Wins At Cannes In Alliance wins best LGBT Short at the 2016 Cannes Short Film Festival.  Produced and directed by Christine Lord of Sealord Productions, the film has been a hit on the festival circuit this year. The film screened in France on September 14th and was well received ...

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Make no doubt about it—it’s Morgane Oger’s year. Oger was chosen as a 2016 Vancouver Pride parade grand marshal, won the inaugural trans-activist award at the 2016 Pride Legacy Awards, and flew to Ottawa to witness Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould introduce legislation to include the terms gender identity and gender expression in the Canadian Human ...

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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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In addition to the winners named at the Pride Legacy Awards ceremony on June 18, the Vancouver Pride parade’s grand marshals for 2016 were announced by Vancouver Pride board member Michelle Fortin. Each marshal received a medallion donated by Benée Rubin Jewellery Design. Fortin explained that Rubin has been donating jewellery for Pride’s grand marshals ...

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