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!
Another year of jack o’lanterns and giant spiders
and other creative spooky and creepy decorations. Clowns and pumpkin heads.
And even bunnies can be fearsome.  Bunny with baseball bat.
It’s a time for dressing up in costumes and having fun…. for kids
…. and for adults (night time photos taken on Church street)
below: What’s scarier than Donald Trump? Three Trumps! Thrice the thrills.
Not everyone was scary – look at these cute and cuddly animals!
Smurfs!
Even Marilyn stopped for a picture.
Did you do something lazy like sleep in and then stay in your jammies all day?
Did you stay home and stay warm?
I know a few people that did just the opposite! More than 60 people took the plunge and got wet, frigid cold wet that is. The 12th annual Polar Bear dip at Sunnyside Park was well attended this year and these are some of the brave and crazy people who were there (and the less brave and crazy who came to watch, support, and take pictures of the swimmers).
below: The event is a fundraiser for Habitat for Humanity and over $64,000 was raised this year. Habitat for Humanity had a team who participated, they could be spotted wearing orange T-shirts and orange hard hats.
#dothedip | #topolarbear
