28th, the Pussy Palace Panty Picked Protest was held in front of police headquarter, 52 Division. The raid and charges brought against the Pussy Palace organizers were condemned by the LGBTQ community. September 2000, Pussy Palace Raid – The Pussy Palace Raid so called because the women’s event that night was Named “The Pussy Palace”. Heroes Sky Gilbert and Michelle Douglas join the parade as Grand Marshals. “Heroic Past, Proud Future” – a time to look back on all that LGBT communities have accomplished and gird our loins for battles yet to be won. In spite of the politically charged atmosphere that year, the day is billed as a time to relax, celebrate, and as “an afternoon of fun and frolic.” 1,500 celebrate Pride Day on Sunday, June 28th, at Grange Park. Lesbian and Gay Pride Day Toronto is legally incorporated. Future mayor Barbara Hall is among the legal counsel defending those arrested. Activists start working, and the group Gays and Lesbians Against the Right is formed. The names of those arrested are publicized by the police and local media, destroying several lives.Ī major demonstration is held at Yonge and Wellesley the next day by hundreds of Toronto queers and their supporters, closing down the street. For added public humiliation, the “found-ins” are herded into the streets in towels to be processed. Again, extensive property damage is inflicted by police.
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“I thought how much I love you in all your beautiful gayness and how I would give my life to protect your right to be who you are and that I would stand up to anyone to defend you, be it God or the Devil.On February 5, Metro Toronto Police raid various bathhouses – known as “Operation Soap”, arresting 306 men, in the largest Canadian mass arrest except for the October 1970 FLQ crisis. “I remember saying to you that if you are going to be consigned to hell because you are gay, that I would return my ticket to heaven (presumably received on account of my born-again status) and, in protest, join you in hell. I remember attending my first Gay Pride parade with you in New York City, and I remember the emotional pain you endured from the ensuing reactions after you came out of the so-called closet a couple of years before. “As I reflected on the occurrence of this momentous parade, my thoughts ran on you. Ric Couchman wrote: “My country is about to have its first ever Gay Pride parade, but sadly it is taking place against the backdrop of bitter and hostile opposition from the leaders in Guyana’s Evangelical community. In a viral Facebook post during the event, one Guyanan father wrote to his lesbian daughter. High Commissioner Greg Queen tweeted: “Proud to be showing UK support to today’s pride march in Guyana by flying the rainbow flag at the High Commission.” The British High Commission in Guyana flew a Pride flag in support of the march – a poignant symbol given the Colonial origin of the country’s anti-LGBT laws. “We had a completely incident-free, safe, non-violent, first ever Guyana gay pride parade.” There was a lot of chatter on Social Media here and there and so on but Guyana did us well, Guyana did us proud.
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Simpson said: “The parade was incident free. The parade went off without incident, he confirmed. “Our rights need to be respected like everybody else’s rights so this is a very, very visible way of demanding our rights.”Ī Proud Moment to celebrate the exsistence of LGBTQ+ Citizens in Guyana /S5PdblZn7b It is time to make good on the legislative changes that we heard about from both parties in the 2015 elections and we want to see action and we want action now. He told Demerama Waves: “We are saying enough of the rhetoric, enough of the promises. Joel Simpson of SASOD said the time had come for politicians to act on the issue. Groups including Caribbean Equality, the Guyana Rainbow Foundation, Guyana Trans United and the Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD) Guyana took part. Marchers called for legal reform to decriminalise homosexuality, relax restrictions on transgender people, and permit same-sex couples to gain legal recognition.