Stonewall Riots

• U.S. Pride parades march on with new urgency: ‘We’re here to make a statement’

  With the U.S. Supreme Court ruling striking down the right to abortion, many fear that the U.S. might reconsider its 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage.

  World

  Jun 26, 2022
  
• Pride Month: Remembering four Black LGBTQ2 activists who changed the world

  Here is a look at four Black LGBTQ2 activists who fought on behalf of the community, even though it meant risking their lives.

  Lifestyle

  Jun 26, 2020
  
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• Canada’s queer rights movement exists because of Black people — but that history is often ignored

  Toronto Pride has a long history of excluding Black Queer people. It's time for Pride to be reimagined in the city, experts told Global News.

  Lifestyle

  Jun 20, 2020
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• New Calgary beer created to honour LGBTQ rights movement

  Tool Shed Brewing Co. worked with other Canadian brewers to create the Protest Pale Ale. A beer made to remember the LGBTQ rights movement.

  Canada

  Aug 9, 2019
• Saskatoon Pride festival celebrates ‘trailblazers’

  To mark the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, Saskatoon Pride organizers welcome "trailblazers" to lead the parade.

  Canada

  Jun 17, 2019
• Hamilton Pride celebration will not include police recruitment booth

  “We want Pride to be a time when people can come together and feel safe, and feel comfortable, and be proud, and just celebrate who we are."

  Jun 14, 2019
• Officials kick off Pride month at Toronto city hall with flag-raising ceremony

  Mayor John Tory officially proclaimed June as pride month as he raised the rainbow and transgender flags at City Hall on Tuesday.

  Canada

  Jun 4, 2019
• What are the Stonewall riots? How a gay bar raid started an uprising and LGBTQ2 Pride

  An act of defiance by patrons of New York City's Stonewall Inn in 1969 sparked an LGBTQ2 rights uprising and pushed a community to show its pride.

  Features

  May 9, 2019
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• Edmonton Pride Festival theme for 2019 gives nod to historic revolutionary event for LGBTQ community

  The Edmonton Pride Festival has a new theme for its 2019 events and it pays homage to the Stonewall riots in New York City to mark the 50th anniversary of the demonstrations.

  Canada

  Jan 22, 2019