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LGBT 101: Why Did Black Lives Matter Target PRIDE?

Posted by Rick Hurlbut
| Date: June 29, 2017

LGBT 101: Why Did Black Lives Matter Target PRIDE?

For a moment, let’s set aside whether or not PRIDE should or should not have given into the demands of Bl ...

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 exami ...

June 29, 2017
| by Rick Hurlbut

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Time to celebrate: Young LGBTQ people talk Halifax Pride as event takes centre stage

Posted by Rick Hurlbut
| Date: July 13, 2016

Time to celebrate: Young LGBTQ people talk Halifax Pride as event takes centre stage

Three Halifax residents weigh in on what Pride means to them, and issues facing them. Young LGBTQ people ...

Three Halifax residents weigh in on what Pride means to them, and issues facing them. Young LGBTQ people in Halifax say more needs to be done around transphobia, stereotyping, and inclusion - but righ ...

July 13, 2016
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Banning police from parade not my call, Pride exec says

Posted by Rick Hurlbut
| Date: July 04, 2016

Banning police from parade not my call, Pride exec says

List of demands from Black Lives Matter was only signed to end blockade of parade, but “I’m not deciding ...

List of demands from Black Lives Matter was only signed to end blockade of parade, but “I’m not deciding what’s in the parade,” says Mathieu Chantelois. Pride Toronto’s executive director says he sign ...

July 04, 2016
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Black Lives Matter Toronto stalls Pride parade

Posted by Rick Hurlbut
| Date: July 03, 2016

Black Lives Matter Toronto stalls Pride parade

'We are not taking any space away from any folks,' said Alexandra Williams, co-founder of BLM Toronto Mem ...

'We are not taking any space away from any folks,' said Alexandra Williams, co-founder of BLM Toronto Members of the Black Lives Matter Toronto group briefly halted the Pride parade today, holding up ...

July 03, 2016
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Nanaimo’s first Pride parade marks a new era

Posted by Rick Hurlbut
| Date: July 02, 2016

Nanaimo’s first Pride parade marks a new era

In the 1990s, I longed for a gay-friendly hometown. Has Nanaimo really changed? My first gay Pride parade ...

In the 1990s, I longed for a gay-friendly hometown. Has Nanaimo really changed? My first gay Pride parade was an unforgettable experience, but it certainly didn’t take place in my hometown. “Rather th ...

July 02, 2016
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RCMP rethink sidewalk-only Pride permit

Posted by Rick Hurlbut
| Date: June 24, 2016

RCMP rethink sidewalk-only Pride permit

Mounties initially denied authorization to hold march on Steinbach's streets RCMP said Wednesday they are ...

Mounties initially denied authorization to hold march on Steinbach's streets RCMP said Wednesday they are reassessing their decision to deny a permit to the first Steinbach Pride parade to march on th ...

June 24, 2016
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Starbucks Celebrates LGBT Pride With Rainbow Latte Art

Posted by Rick Hurlbut
| Date: June 23, 2016

Starbucks Celebrates LGBT Pride With Rainbow Latte Art

Starbucks, a longtime ally to the LGBT community, has published a video online featuring LGBT baristas in ...

Starbucks, a longtime ally to the LGBT community, has published a video online featuring LGBT baristas in a show of support for Pride London. “We are delighted to be joining together to celebrate Prid ...

June 23, 2016
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Lethbridge Pride

Posted by Rick Hurlbut
| Date: June 19, 2016

Lethbridge Pride

"It is really exciting for us, as a community, to have the mayor come out and paint the sidewalk with our ...

"It is really exciting for us, as a community, to have the mayor come out and paint the sidewalk with our board of directors," Hargreaves says. The four rainbow-painted crosswalks were paid for by Let ...

June 19, 2016
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Surrey to host its first Pride parade

Posted by Rick Hurlbut
| Date: June 10, 2016

Surrey to host its first Pride parade

Parade another historic step forward for Vancouver suburb with checkered LGBT past Surrey has hosted Prid ...

Parade another historic step forward for Vancouver suburb with checkered LGBT past Surrey has hosted Pride festivities for the last 17 years — but never a parade. Until now. On June 26, 2016, the Vanc ...

June 10, 2016
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Moose Jaw Pride Receives $50,000 for Saskatchewan Pride Network

Posted by Rick Hurlbut
| Date: June 06, 2016

Moose Jaw Pride Receives $50,000 for Saskatchewan Pride Network

Moments after completing their city’s first-ever Pride Parade, Moose Jaw Pride announced the launch of th ...

Moments after completing their city’s first-ever Pride Parade, Moose Jaw Pride announced the launch of the Saskatchewan Pride Network with a $50,000 grant from the Community Initiatives Fund (CIF). Th ...

June 06, 2016
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TD proud to fly the rainbow flag year round

Posted by Rick Hurlbut
| Date: May 06, 2016

TD proud to fly the rainbow flag year round

For those looking to attend a Pride parade or festival this summer, there are certainly many to consider. ...

For those looking to attend a Pride parade or festival this summer, there are certainly many to consider. In Canada, Vancouver, Montreal and Toronto are the biggest, and there are countless smaller an ...

May 06, 2016
| by Rick Hurlbut

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