This is a blog post full of people shots from Sunday of Pride week-end. Some taken during Church Street festivities and some along the parade route. There are posed shots, selfies, and a few candids. To me, Pride is about the people – the diversity of the crowd, the non-judgemental ‘come as you want’ attitude. Put on your party hats and join the celebration.
Another June, another Dyke March!
Dykes on Bikes led the parade as usual.
below: Olivia Chow walks in the parade along with a Phenomenal Gaysian!
Photos from the annual Church Street Hallowe’en party this year:
Spider
Santa Claus Parade photos
below: What could be more appropriate than a few clowns with shovels to follow the police horses?
below: Crazy wabbits didn’t still in one place long enough to let me focus on them
below: Mrs. Claus
below: And at the very end, the main attraction, jolly old Santa Claus himself
I’m a few days late but here are some photos from this year’s Pride Parade, Sunday June 23rd.
below: The crowds line both sides of Dundas at the end of the parade route as the beginning of the parade has just reached them.
below: Thousands of pieces of bright and sparkly mylar.
below: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau walked at the beginning of the parade, along with a lot of security.
Dyke March 2019, sunshine and smiles, and a lot of positive energy.
I’ll let the pictures do the talking.
below: Pride over Mannum and a sign for Amma
below: I don’t exist for your pleasure and something about liking girls!
below: Let me be perfectly queer, respect existence or expect resistance
below: Society has Evolved in 2019, Love Wins, catch up!
below: Playing with dolls
below: Many flags! Pink, yellow and blue horizontal stripes for pansexual and pink, purple, and blue for bisexual.
below: Another flag, this time it’s asexual.
below: A large transexual flag and a group from Womens College Hospital
below: Ford Cabinet for sale, real cheap! Just a buck!
below: Proud to be queer and Jewish
below: Still a Pakistani, Still a Muslim, and Still a Dyke, along with a proud Polynesian dyke.
below: Say Know to Sex Ed
It was the last night of October, the rain had stopped earlier in the evening, and Church Street was closed between Gloucester and Wood streets. It was ‘Halloween on Church’, an annual street party filled with costumes on display wanting to be seen and other people wanting to see and take pictures. These photos represent only a small selection of what there was to be seen that night (obviously!).
below: A one night stand to remember
below: Glowing red and green
below: Japanese ghouls, dressed to kill?
below: White man on keyboard.
below: A group of people went as the 3D Toronto sign.
below: More playing with lights, this time as stick people.
below: Looking at instagram in a new light, from a different point of view.
below: With a doll and a lit candle
below: With a doll and a dog.
below: This one is for Jude, something about wanting to take this one home with her…..
below: With pale pink hair, a shimmering dress, and a big smile
below: Crossing light sabres with Darth Vader.
below: Kermit only has eyes for Miss Piggy….. or else!
Fan Expo came to Toronto for a few days this weekend. If the person beside you on the subway was dressed up in some sort of costume, perhaps they were heading to Fan Expo. Prizes were award to the best costumes and from what I saw when I hung out around the convention centre, the competition was quite steep.
Here are some examples of the people that I saw.
below: Looloo from ‘The Fifth Element’
below: The Littlest Mermaid, Ariel
below: Robin, Boy Wonder
below: The Queen of Hearts
below: You’re never too young to dress up!
below: The Joker and mini Joker with a Harley Quinn or two.
below: A Sailor Moon gets a touch up
below: Batman comes in many shapes and sizes!
below: Anime inspired costumes.
below: Anonymous mask
Pictures from the annual Pride Parade down Yonge Street – my apologies for the large number but everyone is just so photogenic and engaging!
as I walk Toronto 