Twenty-three people -- including former Grand Marshals and Honoured Dykes -- protested the censorship of Queers Against Israeli Apartheid and the banning of the group from Pride 2010.
Pride Toronto
Banning Queers Against Israeli Apartheid 'sets a very dangerous precedent'
May 27, 2010
Open Letter to the Toronto Pride Committee from founders of Pride in 1981:
As founding members of the Toronto Lesbian and Gay Pride Day Committee, and people involved in organizing the first Pride event in Toronto at the end of June in 1981, we stand totally opposed to the decision of the current Toronto Pride Committee to ban the use of "Israeli Apartheid" at Toronto Pride events.
The radical roots of Pride
Marxism 2010: As Pride Toronto bans the term "Israeli Apartheid" from this year's march, Christine Beckermann looks back on the radical roots of the gay liberation movement, and how the rights we have today didn't come without a fight -- or without radical politics.
This summer will mark the 30th anniversary of the Pride Day celebrations in Toronto. For young people who may be heading out to their first Pride, it would be easy to think that the history of the struggle for LGBT rights has been an onward and upward advance of rational ideas over bigotry and hatred; that through reasoned argument, society and the state have come to accept the case for equal rights.
QuAIA deputation -- Pride 2011
On May 25, 2011, QuAIA (Queers Against Israeli Apartheid) presented this video at Toronto City Council's Executive Committee as our deputation on the Toronto City Manager report on 'Pride Toronto's compliance with City anti-discrimination policy.' The City Manager concluded that the term Israeli apartheid did not violate any laws or city anti-discrimination policy (app.toronto.ca/tmmis/viewAgendaItemHistory.do?item=2011.EX5.1) Mayor Ford stopped the video after the four minute mark. You can watch the whole thing.
Activist Communique: Queers Against Israeli Apartheid bow out of pride, gain strategic advantage over Mayor Ford
| April 15, 2011Pride and Remembrance Run
Jul 3 2010 - 10:00am
Location
Church and Wellesley
Toronto
Canada
43° 39' 9" N, 79° 22' 54.0012" W
See map: Google Maps
The Pride & Remembrance RUN is an annual 5K fundraising run/walk kicking off Pride Weekend. The RUN has become an annual tradition promoting and fostering community spirit, goodwill, volunteerism and sportsmanship in the LGBT community. This year's RUN will be raising funds for Fife House, The Pride and Remembrance Foundation and the Mark S. Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies.
All Ages/Wheelchair Accessible/$30-40
Startline: Church & Wellesley, 10 a.m.
After Party: 519 Community Centre, 11 a.m.
