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Toronto's Pride Week evolved out of the mass protests that followed the 1981 Toronto bathhouse raids, and celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2005.In the 2005 parade, newly appointed Toronto police chief Bill Blair became the first chief of police in the city's history to personally take part in the parade.
Toronto's pride parade has been held yearly or every June since 1981; the first pride parade in Toronto was held in June 1981. In 2003, its activists helped score a major victory when the Ontario Court of Appeals upheld a lower court ruling which made same-sex marriage legal in Ontario, the first jurisdiction in North America to do so. [ 202 ]
During Stonewall 50 – WorldPride NYC 2019 in Manhattan, over 5 million took part over the final weekend, [5] [6] with an estimated four million in attendance at the parade. [7] [8] While NYC Pride still has the largest Pride March, since 2023 Pride Toronto has had the largest Pride Festival in North America with 2.9 million attendees in 2023 ...
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A line of rainbow-colored inflatables are seen on the rooftops of the bars on Arenas Road at the 36th annual Greater Palm Springs Pride Festival in Palm Springs, Calif., Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022.
A dyke march is a lesbian visibility and protest march, much like the original Gay Pride parades and gay rights demonstrations. The main purpose of a dyke march is the encouragement of activism within the lesbian and sapphic community. Dyke marches commonly take place the Friday or Saturday before LGBTQ pride parades.
This year’s theme is ‘Never March Alone’ in support of trans and non-binary allyship
Pride Toronto, in partnership with the city's tourism agency, Tourism Toronto, submitted a bid to host WorldPride 2014 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada from June 20 to June 29, 2014. The 28th annual conference of InterPride, held in October 2009 in St. Petersburg, Florida , United States, voted to accept the bid of Pride Toronto to host WorldPride ...