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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.
The Toronto Trans March was founded in 2009 by Karah Mathiason. [6] The annual event typically takes place on the Friday of Toronto Pride Week. The trans community in Toronto had seen resistance for years to the idea of a trans march, and in 2009 Karah Mathiason decided to create the march for herself.
Pride gatherings have historical roots in the first large-scale protests for 2SLGBTQIA+ rights. The We Demand Rally was the first large-scale LGBT rights demonstration in Canada. The rally occurred on August 28, 1971, in Ottawa , and was organized by the gay rights activist groups Toronto Gay Action (TGA) and Community Homophile Association of ...
The largest current pride event, Pride Week in Toronto, was launched in 1981 following that year's Operation Soap by Toronto Metropolitan Police; the bathhouse raid and reaction by LGBT people is considered the Canadian equivalent of the 1969 Stonewall riots in New York City.
United Airlines is Pride’s headline sponsor this year but the decision has faced backlash from environmentalists
Nepal Pride Parade: Kathmandu: June 29 2019 Queer Womxn Pride: Kathmandu: Queer Rights Collective March 8 2019 Mitini Nepal Pride Parade: Kathmandu: Mitini Nepal February 14 2005 Blue Diamond Society Pride Parade: Kathmandu, Pokhara, Biratnagar: www.bds.org.np: Gai Jatra: 2016 National LGBTI Day (Nepal) Nepal: Puash 6 (Bikram Sambat) 2015
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