Pictures from the annual Pride Parade down Yonge Street – my apologies for the large number but everyone is just so photogenic and engaging!
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dyke march 2016
Posted: July 3, 2016 in events, peopleTags: banners, bikes, crochet, cyclists, decorations, diversity, dog, dressed up, dyke, dykes on bikes, leather, LGBT, march, motorcycles, parade, people, pride, protest, rainbow, signs, topless, umbrellas, women
This year’s Dyke March (the 20th!) was an energetic, supportive, and positive celebration once again. It was led as usual by motorcycles and then Dykes on Bikes. Numerous groups and individuals walked and there was a good turnout that lined the sidewalks to watch the parade pass by. Colourful. Joyful.
#pride | #prideTO | #prideToronto
trans rally and march
Posted: July 2, 2016 in events, peopleTags: #lovealwayswins, bi, boas, craft action collective, crochet, flags, gender identity, hearts not parts, LGBT, march, memorial, men, orlando, parade, people, pink, pride, protest, pulse, rabbits, signs, support, traffic, trans, transgendered, whistle, wig, women
The Trans Rally and March, first of the Pride parades was last night (Friday).
below: If you were driving on Yonge street last night, perhaps you got stuck in traffic. Northbound cars on Yonge were stopped to allow the parade to cross from Bloor to Yonge. The parade continued in the southbound lanes which gave the stuck drivers and passengers a front row seat.
Last year it rained for the Trans March and in previous years the turn out was low. Whether it is because trans issues have been in the news a lot lately, or because the trans community is more visible, or because of other reasons, there were more people walking than usual.
below: Dave holding ‘Pulse’ a memorial artwork in honour of those who died at the Pulse nightclub Orlando. The piece was crocheted by Dave and the Craft Action Collective.
#loveislove | #lovealwayswins
Pride Parade 2015
Posted: June 30, 2015 in eventsTags: #HIVanonymous, #lovewins, #oneteam, colours, costumes, crowds, Cyndi Lauper, Elizabeth May, facebook, floats, flowers, fruit, gay, Green party, groups, heart, John Tory, kids, LGBT, marchers, mayor, men, parade, people, pflag, police, politics, pride, proud, rainy, spiderman, superman, Toronto, triggerfish, women, Yonge St.
Toronto Pride Parade,
Bloor St. and Yonge St., June 2015
fun & games,
smiles & laughter,
community involvement
pride parade pics in no particular order
Toronto mayor John Tory walks in the parade armed with a super soaker.
Actress Cyndi Lauper rides on the ‘Kinky Boots’ float.
Spiderman makes an appearance too.
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Elizabeth May, leader of the federal Green Party.
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Anonymous characters because #HIVanonymous
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Fruit having a wonderful time in support of Communityone Foundation
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“The Heat”, Peel Regional Police
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You don’t need clothes to take a selfie!
it rained on the parade
Posted: June 29, 2015 in eventsTags: banners, bikes, colours, dressing up, dyke march, gay, lesbian, LGBT, motorcycles, parade, pride week, rain, rainy day, Toronto, umbrellas, wet, Yonge St.
Pride Week 2015
Most of these photos are from the Dyke March on Saturday, both of the people walking in the parade and the people who came out in the rain to watch the parade. And rain it did. But there were still lots of smiles and lots of laughter.
I’m one too
Posted: February 18, 2015 in graffiti and street art, locationsTags: #pinbuttonpride, book covers, buttons, Church and Wellesley, Church Street Mural Project, couples, gay and proud, Ho's team, Kiss and Tell, kissing, LGBT, Natalie Wood, silhouettes, slogans, talking, the village, Will Craddock, WorldPride 2014
As you walk east on Wellesley towards Church St., you can’t miss the large mural on the side of Ho’s Team Barber and Hairstylist. The red circle with it’s white words “I’m One Too” catch your attention. The mural, by Will Craddock, is part of the Church Street Mural Project.
The circles in the mural are paintings of buttons from the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives.
There is actually a small lane that runs beside the button mural. If you walk a little but down that lane and then look at the wall on the other side, you will see another artwork from the Church Street Mural Project. ‘Kiss and Tell’ by Natalie Wood is a series of silhouette couples with their heads close together, either talking or kissing.
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Bathhouse raids mural
Posted: February 12, 2015 in graffiti and street art, history, locationsTags: 1981, arrests, bathhouse raids, Church St., firetruck, history, LGBT, mosaic, murals, painting, police car, public art, street art, tiles, Toronto
The Bathhouse Raids by Christiano De Araujo is a mural on Church Street just south of Carlton.
Completed in the fall of 2013, it was the largest of the Church St. Mural Project pieces commissioned for WorldPride 2014.
The following photos were taken with a very wide angle lens
because of the size of the mural and because there are always cars parked in front of it.
On the 5th of February, 1981, Toronto police raided four bathhouses in what was known as ‘Operation Soap’.
Around 300 men were arrested. Most charges connected to the incident were eventually dropped or discharged, although some bathhouse owners were fined.
The event marked a major turning point in the history of the LGBT community in Canada.
The raids led to protests – the night after the raids, 3,000 people marched on 52 Division police headquarters and on Queen’s Park, smashing car windows and setting fires. That spring the city held its first Pride Parade.
Ultra Church
Posted: October 17, 2014 in graffiti and street art, locationsTags: alley, chicken, Church St., ear rings, faces, glittery, jewelry, lane, LGBT, men, mural, necklace, party, people, public art, smiles, sparkly, street art, Toronto, ultra church, women
A mural near Church and Wellesley
Most of the mural.
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dyke march, more
Posted: June 29, 2014 in events, peopleTags: #dmto, #wemarch, banners, bicycles, bikes, costumes, dyke march, June, LGBT, parade, pink, pride, protest, sign, Toronto, voices, women, Yonge St.
….continued from the previous post
Here is the second sample of the photos that I took at the dyke march yesterday.
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dyke march – the befores
Posted: June 29, 2014 in events, peopleTags: #dmto, #wemarch, bikes, crochet, downtown, dyke march, dykes, flags, gay, LGBT, parade, people, pink, pride, queer, rainbow, Toronto, umbrella
Getting ready, or waiting, for the Dyke March. Saturday 28th June, from Allan Gardens west to Yonge St then north to Charles St. It was a very warm and sunny day.
Carlton street awaits the start of the march.
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reflecting on the CUPE bus, painted in pink and flying a pink flag.
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I bought a flag.
Him: Oh, this is going to be put online?
Me: If it works.
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It was a hot day and the parade was late getting started…….
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I spoke briefly to a woman who was wearing this bracelet. One of the women she was with was wearing a sticker that said, “Eat Me, I’m Kosher” but I didn’t take a picture of it.
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something about gender, details of a crocheted banner that was made to be carried in the march
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pretty in pink
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custom crocheted umbrella to keep the sun off…. sitting on the grass before the parade
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waiting to ride
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as I walk Toronto 