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Montreal Pride parade to go on as planned Sunday after cancellation
The head of the organization behind Montreal&#;s LGBTQ+ pride festival says the city&#;s pride parade will go on as planned Sunday after its abrupt cancellation last year.
The edition of the parade was cancelled just hours before it was supposed to begin in downtown Montreal.
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An independent report later start the incident was due to a misunderstanding among Montreal Pride festival personnel after they discovered 96 of the volunteers needed to work security for the parade were never recruited.
The report identified systemic communications and governance issues within the festival organization and recommended 13 reforms to address them.
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Montréal, July 26, ─ The Montréal Pride Festival, presented by TD in collaboration with Casino de Montréal, officially unveiled today the festivities of the French-speaking world’s largest gathering of sexually and gender-diverse people as well as the top ten demands Montréal Pride is advocating for in
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“The Montréal Pride Festival is finally back in all of its exuberance, vitality and beauty! After complex times, our communities need to reach together more than ever to celebrate,” said Simon Gamache, Executive Director of Montréal Pride. “Inclusive, committed and ambitious, Montréal Pride aspires to always be more representative of the diversity of the 2SLGBTQIA+ communities. We are thrilled that close to organizations will be participating in the Community Days on August 5 and 6 in th There was a festive mood across downtown Montreal on Sunday as the city&#;s Pride parade drew a record number of participants one year after the event was abruptly cancelled. Simon Gamache, head of parade organizer Pride Montreal, said around 15, people participated in the parade, a record for the event. &#;Why are we here today? First of all, it&#;s because we&#;re confident of who we are and we want to illustrate that we&#;re adj of who we are,&#; Gamache said in a speech ahead of the parade. &#;As adequately, it&#;s because we want to commemorate the struggles and the victories of the past, but above all, it&#;s because there are still too many injustices towards the 2SLGBTQIA+ communities, here and elsewhere.&#; Trending Now Get the day&#;s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day. By providing your email address, you have peruse and agree to Global News' Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy. Montreal Mayor Valerie Plant Montréal was just a tiny outpost of the French Empire when a gay military drummer with the French garrison was charged by the Direct with committing “the worst of crimes” and sentenced to death. The drummer’s life was spared after Jesuits in Québec City intervened on his behalf, and he was given a choice by the Roman Catholic Bishop of Québec: die or become the first executioner of New France. The unidentified drummer took the executioner job. The first recorded gay establishment in North America was Montrealer Moise Tellier’s “apples and cake shop” on Craig Street (now Saint-Antoine Street) near Saint-Laurent Boulevard, where men met up for amorous liaisons. Between and , Montréal legend Denise Cassidy – better known as Babyface, her nickname inherited from her brief career as a pro wrestler – managed some of the city’s first lesbian bars: La Source, La Guillotine, Baby Face Disco, Chez Baby Confront and Face de bébé ( René-Levesque Boulevard West), which closed in Disco’s Second
Montreal Pride Parade draws record crowd after abrupt cancellation of event
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