Toronto has one of the biggest LGBTQ Pride parades, and in 2014, it was Canada’s turn to host the International World Pride festival. So many organizations marched in support: school districts, companies, non-profits, unions, even the police department. And so many countries around the globe represented. An estimated 2 million people were there, sharing support and joy and friendship with each other, whatever their persuasion, participants and spectators alike.
I joined in the parade with my brother’s union. Our group came right after the gay Jamaicans; their music was our backbeat of the day! As I usually do for these types of events, I wandered up and down the stretch of the march to photograph and get a feeling for the breadth of the event. A wonderful celebration!
Getting ready for the parade
The parade
Joyous spectators
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Love all the colorful love on display 🙂 Beautiful photos.
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I love your phrase “colorful love”!! Thank you for coming along.
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You are welcome 🙂 Have a lovely day.
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What a great pictorial narrative of International the Pride Festival in Toronto 🏳️🌈
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Thanks! It was a glorious day. You can feel the energy.
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A colourful display, for sure. We were at the 40th Pride celebration and parade in San Francisco and one of the other viewers watched in awe and said, Kinda makes you want to be Gay, doesn’t it? Thanks for sharing. Allan
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I imagine San Francisco has a quite a celebration! Thank you, Allan, for sharing your story too.
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Beautiful photos of beautiful people! I’ve only attended Pride once, and I’ve heard that Toronto’s is fantastic, even outside of hosting World Pride. Hopefully, the COVID situation will lift soon and we can resume such celebrations for the LGBTQ community. Thanks for sharing!
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Thank you, Rebecca! It’s a wonderful time to appreciate and spread love to our LGBTQ friends Here’s hoping that next year we’ll be able to have these gatherings again.
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Loved the Pride Parades in TO. I hope they will resume once Covid has retreated.
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Denver has cancelled their parade these last years, as had most places. Maybe next year!
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What a colourful and happy day! More power to them. We need more of both in this World.
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It was quite a wonderful time! And good to remember now, since we aren’t doing those kinds of gathering yet, and spread some love to the LGBTQ community. Thanks for your sentiments, Mel!
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They managed to have the Mardi Gras in Sydney last February. They had to change the format slightly, but they still celebrated in style.
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Love seeing these photos of a wonderful celebration. One of my longest-lasting friends lives in Toronto, but I haven’t ever visited during Pride weekend. Maybe I will add that to my “to do” list for 2022…
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It would be a great time to visit, although I imagine New York would have it’s own wonderful version. Hoping that we’ll be doing gatherings like this next year!
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What a great show of support!
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Very Canadian!
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Wonderful photos. Not surprisingly it reminded me of Vancouver’s Pride Parade. I love that at least for one day the year the LGBTQ+ community gets to be truly celebrated.
Alison
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Thanks, Alison! I agree and appreciate the openness and acceptance I sense in Canada.
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I love Canada for that.
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Your images are amazing!
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Thanks once again, Luisa! It was an amazing event and the people were so open and friendly.
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🙏🤗🤗🤗🙏
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I love it – what a special thing to have been able to see 🙂
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It was, Hannah! And even more special to have been a part of it.
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What a gorgeous bunch of people, Ruth. So photogenic. I guess when you struggle for acceptance, you are not going to worry about a camera being pointed in your direction.
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Thank you, Tracy. Most people were pleased and even posing, happy to be showing off who they are, for once. If someone looked reluctant I would ask, lifting my camera with a question. I wanted to be respectful if they didn’t want their photo taken. It’s always a fine line to take personal photos when travelling, I think.
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My comment wasn’t a criticism, more a commenr on the happy, smiling, relaxed people. Lovely photos all round, Ruth.
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No worries, it wasn’t taken as such! 🙂
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Thanks for sharing your beautiful poem and website!
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Thank you alot🥰🥰
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