Tynomi Banks was also featured, as well as the top three queens from Drag Race Thailand Angele Anang, Kana Warrior and Kandy Zyanide. RuPaul’s Drag Race season eleven runner-up, Brooke Lynn Hytes headlined the show alongside some of her local sisters. This year’s Drag Ball was definitely a crowd favourite where you could watch some of your favourite local and international drag queens serve up some Pride realness! Can you say fun for the whole family? Drag Ball New this year was programming designed specifically for tweens and teens. For the entirety of Pride weekend, families were invited to come together to participate in a wide variety of activities such as crafts, sports, storytime, face painting and performances at Church Street Public School. The family resemblance is uncanny! But really though, this year’s Family Pride celebrated the strength and uniqueness of LGBTQ2+ families and children. The march was a call for the recognition of the diversity of dyke experiences and identities, both of the present and the past. Overall, the day was an opportunity to celebrate and honour WLW’s accomplishments throughout history, as well as their power, strength and passion. On June 22nd, the 23rd annual Dyke March invited all self-identifying dykes, friends and allies to take over the streets of Downtown Toronto in another grassroots political demonstration.
We love a good political march full of dyke goddesses. The community came together in a show of solidarity and resistance against the hate and adversity against people of diverse gender identities in a display of pride. This year, trans women of colour and people with different abilities were encouraged to lead the march.Īs this year marks the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, it was more important than ever to assert the political roots of Pride from the start. Toronto’s Trans March is one of the largest, most exciting Pride events in the world.
Pride 2019 weekend kicked off as thousands of trans and non-binary marchers and their allies took to the streets.
Here is our recap of Pride Toronto 2019: Trans March And can we just say that y’all killed it this year? From June 21 to 23, Toronto saw thousands of attendees showcasing just how proud they are.Īs we’re looking back at all we had to celebrate, we wanted to share some of our favourite moments and events. For the last 38 years, Toronto is overrun with all things rainbow and queer folks of all shapes, sizes, backgrounds and labels to celebrate Pride for the entire month of June.