Pride Toronto
Gabriella Rivera
Review: Aqua and Prozzäk sent off summer with a joyful retro pop hootenanny
Aqua and Prozzäk joined fellow colourful 90s pop throwback Whigfield at Toronto's Echo Beach for a chilly night of unabashed retro joy – including an honest-to-goodness Much Video Dance party! more
Toronto's new gay pastor hopes to inspire the next generation
Metropolitan Community Church Toronto's new pastor Jeff Rock has taken over leading the its Pride service, Church on Church Street, from Brent Hawkes. more
Toronto police-LGBTQ relations reach breaking point over McArthur murders
Toronto police's dismissal of community concerns over Village disappearances and deaths "has severely shaken our community’s already tenuous trust in the city’s law enforcement," says Pride Toronto more
The week’s best news-related events: January 11-18, 2018
Consultations, panels film screenings and more more
Transgender job fair aims to crack the last glass ceiling
The event connects big companies like Apple, Indigo/Chapters and TD Bank with trans and gender non-conforming jobseekers more
Cheol Joon Baek
BLM–TO's Pride action is a reminder that a good time cannot always be had by all
If the celebration of the radical idea to accept and support the rights and existence of marginalized Canadians is not extended to queer Canadians of all intersections, then what celebration is there to be had? more
Rob Salerno
Toronto's Pride parade needs a shot of L.A.-style resistance
Pride Toronto should do more to incorporate and promote the voices of equality-seeking groups within our community at the parade and other Pride events more
Ethan Eisenberg
The new face of gay lib in Toronto is profoundly racialized
The wave of radicalism sweeping the LGBTQ community has new demographic and class foundations more
Ethan Eisenberg
How did CBC Radio's Black Lives Matter versus Pride funding coverage go so wrong?
The issue was framed as one of inclusivity, but the idea of inclusivity in the LGBTQ movement has to do with its origin among mostly white, middle-class male activists more
R. Jeanette Martin
LGBTQ members of Toronto police want the city to cut Pride funding
Committee representing Toronto's LGBTQ officers ask city councillors to reconsider funding Pride after police float ban. more
RAINA+WILSON
A lesson in inclusion for Mayor John Tory
Unfortunately, when it comes to relations between Black people and police, the mayor is not the man of evidence he claims to be more
R. Jeanette Martin
Kristyn Wong-Tam warns Pride controversy with police may affect group's future funding
In a statement issued in response to chief's remarks earlier today, the Ward 27 councillor says Pride's decision to disinvite police from annual event will likely be met with a threat from the city to revoke funding from the festival more
Zach Ruiter
How Pride Toronto can fix its relationship with the trans community
The resignation of executive director Mathieu Chantelois offers a big chance to change what's been an adversarial alliance – and make Pride more inclusive more
Angelica Ne
Black Lives Matter through a young Toronto girl's eyes
As easily as she put on the rainbow cape, she took ownership of the superpower in the colour of her own skin more
R. Jeanette Martin
Black Lives Matter has reshaped what it means to be an ally
Just as Pride seemed to reach the pinnacle of mainstream acceptance, BLM-TO forced us to ask critical questions about who gets left behind when a battle is declared won more
Jonathan Goldsbie
Why won't Black Lives Matter protest the Santa Claus Parade?
Because it's a fucking stupid question. more
Ethan Eisenberg
Exclusive: Black Lives Matter Toronto co-founder responds to Pride action criticism
"Our action was in the tradition of resistance that is Pride. We didn’t halt progress; we made progress." more
Cheol Joon Baek
In photos: Toronto’s Dyke March and Pride Parade
Black Lives Matter Toronto asked Pride Toronto to ban police floats from future Pride parades – and they agreed more
Courtesy of Pride Toronto
Pride Toronto parade will be dedicated to Orlando shooting victims
"By dedicating the pinnacle of Toronto’s Pride Month celebration to our brothers and sisters in Orlando, we are telling the world that we will not be silenced or intimidated," says Pride co-chair Aaron GlynWilliams more
Pride Toronto goes big – starring George Takei, Joe Jonas and Mashrou’ Leila
It’s Pride Month now, with events all through July more