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The first Pride celebration in Edmonton was a small picnic and campfire held in 1980 at Camp Harris and was attended by about 75 participants. [3] [4] In 1981, following the police raid at the Pisces Spa, [5] a small group of queer Edmontonians participated in the Klondike Days Sourdough Raft Race with a raft by the name of S.S. Pisces.
Many Pride events in Canada occur in Pride Month (June) to honour the Stonewall Riots in the United States. [4] Several major cities in Atlantic Canada hold their Pride celebrations in July. [5] And others hold their events in August to honour the We Demand Rally. Dates may change depending on the calendar year.
The Canadian Pride Curling Championships, also known as the Canadian Gay Curling Championships, is an annual national bonspiel organized by the Canadian Pride Curling Association (CPCA). First contested in 2006, by the Curling With Pride league in Edmonton, Alberta, the event features teams representing CPCA members, which are LGBTQ -friendly ...
In addition to the events noted above, festivals are currently held in Cranbrook, Kamloops, Kelowna, Nanaimo, New Westminster, Prince George, Victoria and Whistler in British Columbia; Fort McMurray, Grande Prairie, Jasper, Lethbridge, Medicine Hat and Red Deer in Alberta; Moose Jaw, Prince Albert, Regina (Queen City Pride), and Saskatoon ...
The Edmonton Queer History Project, then known as the Queer History Project, began in 2015 as an interactive multi-media art exhibit to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the Edmonton Pride Festival. [4] [5] [6] Dr. Kristopher Wells organized the project with funding support from the Edmonton Community Foundation and Dr. Michelle Lavoie curated ...
August 9: CKMS-FM, a radio station in the Kitchener-Waterloo region of Ontario, launches Gay News and Views, Canada's first known LGBT-oriented radio program. [55] November 13: Jim Monk, an openly gay candidate for election to the Windsor Board of Education, loses the election. [56]
In 1971, Canada's first gay rights march, the We Demand Rally, took place in Ottawa. The Body Politic, Canada's first gay liberation newspaper, was published in Toronto and continued for about 15 years. A short run documentary series, Coming Out, became Canada's first LGBT television series when it aired on Maclean-Hunter cable in Toronto in 1972.
Pride Week 1973 was a national LGBT rights event in Canada, which was held in August 1973. [1] The event, which took place from August 19 to 26, [ 2 ] was marked by LGBT-themed programming in several Canadian cities, including Vancouver , Toronto , Ottawa , Montreal , Saskatoon and Winnipeg . [ 1 ]