The wonderful birthday celebration of our beautiful nation
was also accompanied by the spectacular celebration of Pride weekend in Toronto!
What a magical weekend. The celebration of pride for my country grows stronger
and stronger as we continue to move closer to a more unified, loving nation.
The beauty of the Pride parade and demonstration can be seen for miles with the
many gorgeous colours and people filling the streets, coming together as one to
embrace the rights and justices they so truly deserve.
The first Pride march was held July of 1972, Toronto following
suit in the year of 1981. This year’s 32nd annual parade was the
gathering of individuals from all communities coming out to express their
creativity, energy and talents. The weekend was filled with activities and a
very dynamic lineup on several stages around the city. Year after year this
demonstration continues to WOW the world. The impressiveness of Pride only
intends to grow and create more awareness, as Toronto Ontario will be the first
North American city ever to host World Pride! 2014 will mark this amazing
event, and I can’t wait!
Unfortunately, with the celebration of both Canada day, as
well as Pride falling on the same weekend this year, I was unable to attend
both. I had an amazing weekend in our nations capital, Ottawa Ontario, bringing
in the big birthday with friends, and crowds filled of red and white. What an
amazing experience it is to stand amongst thousands of individuals, all
standing in unity. This was an act of pride for the many reasons we are blessed
to be Canadian.
I had no idea the first Pride was so long ago! It makes me so happy to live in a country where a pride parade has been possible for 32 years... I just can't believe it! Well, I mean, I can, but when compared to countries like Serbia it is amazing.
ReplyDeleteThe issue of walking through the streets of Belgrade as a part of the LGBT community is so serious that even the police force refuses to be involved to protect those in the parade (corruption). People are injured and seriously hurt each time an amazing event like the one we had in Toronto is attempted.
In fact, the most popular movie in Serbia in the past year was "Parada," a story about a mafia leader who owns a security company and is forced to look for a crew to protect those in the parade when his fiance demands that he helps the organizer of the parade because he's planning their wedding. It's hilarious, but says A LOT about how far soo many countries have to go before they are as just and wonderful as Canada in that sense.
Love the post!!!