"Family of Friends" dinner at a Luxury Condo in downtown Toronto to kick off the Pride festivities!
Dinner @ Luxury Condo from chantalsunita on Vimeo.
Showing posts with label pride toronto. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pride toronto. Show all posts
Monday, July 4, 2011
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Message for Caroline #3
Dave and I have a message for Caroline during Toronto Pride weekend.
Message for Caroline #3 from chantalsunita on Vimeo.
Nicki's Thoughts on Cyndi Lauper
Cyndi Lauper graced the City of Toronto with a FREE outdoor concert in Queen's Park in honour of the XXX (30th) anniversary of Pride Toronto! Nicki shares her thoughts.
Nicki's Thoughts on Cyndi Lauper from chantalsunita on Vimeo.
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Anne Tenna & Chadrick March @ PRIDE Toronto
My friends Anne Tenna & Chadrick (aka Garth & Ankur) strut their stuff down Yonge Street.
For more information about Ms Tenna's origins, go to http://tvgarth.blogspot.com/
And you'll find Chadrick at http://www.anksmcskanks.blogspot.com/
Deborah Cox Electrifies Audiences @ Pride Toronto
Our homegrown girl, Deborah Cox, lights up the Saturday night Pride Toronto stage with a FREE LIVE performance. She's a sexy diva with an amazing set of pipes who knows how to sing and dance and work the crowd. Her set was awesome!
Garth aka "Anne Tenna"
Garth has taken his passion for TV Reception and created a character called "Anne Tenna" whom he'll be dressed as and marching in Toronto's Pride Parade on Sunday. His other passions and drag characters in the past include Madonna (Man-donna), Lucy, Wonder Woman).
A quote from Garth's blog:
Ever since I was a kid, I loved antennas and TV reception. It was always a thrill to hook up an antenna and see what stations I could get, and see if I could pick up anything from a far distance. With the transition to digital broadcasting happening, my love for OTA (over the air) reception came back and this blog will focus on what channels I'm able to receive via antenna from my home just outside of Toronto, Canada. http://tvgarth.blogspot.com/
Garth aka "Anne Tenna" from chantalsunita on Vimeo.
2 Idiots Getting Excited for Deborah Cox
Ankur and I getting excited for Deborah Cox's free live performance on the Wellesley Stage Saturday night, and for our upcoming trip to San Francisco in a few days.
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Looking Forward to Pride 2009
Ankur and I are looking forward to all the festivities!
Go to http://www.pridetoronto.com/ for more info.
Looking Forward to Pride from chantalsunita on Vimeo.
2 Idiots @ a Pre Pride Party
Ankur and I arrive at the undisclosed location for a Pre Pride Party. We're wondering if we have the right spot.
Pride Party from chantalsunita on Vimeo.
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Pride 2008: Toronto Again Outed as Major Travel Destination
Chesapeake Bay Retriever, Emma, supporting Pride in NYC, 2007
Toronto - Pride Week (Toronto) celebrates diverse sexual and gender identities, histories, cultures, family, friends, and lives.
Festivities are celebrated all over the world, including cities like New York, Vancouver, Sydney, San Francisco, Montreal, Amsterdam, Paris, Stockholm, London, Scotland, Madrid, and Budapest, just to name a few.
Here in Toronto it is one of the biggest summer events in Canada which generates tourism and pumps revenue into Toronto’s economy. It has an estimated attendance of over one million people. It is one of the major, if not “the” major summer events in this city. Friday June 20th will mark the beginning of the Pride festivities and it will end on Sunday June 29th with the big parade which will travel down Yonge Street, one of Toronto’s most famous streets. Pridetoronto.com has all the information you will need to know about this 10 day event. You can also download the “Pride Guide” which will give you a day by day breakdown of each day’s festivities and events.It is important to celebrate Pride to unite and support one (of many communities) that has historically been marginalized and denied the basic human rights that seem to be automatically awarded to other groups without second thought. Today Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin, a lesbian couple from San Francisco, can legally exchange wedding vows and legally be awarded the same rights as heterosexual couples. These rights include hospital rights, insurance rights, benefits, equality, recognition, and the privileges that a heterosexual couple would have, even if it is coming 55 years later. “Lyon and Martin have been a coupe for 55 years and fell in love at a time when lesbians risked being arrested, fired from their jobs and sent to electroshock treatment.” (Associated Press June 16, 2008) It is largely due to worldwide Pride events and celebrations that this issue and injustice has been brought to light, and finally some equality granted.
The most specific Pride event aims to bring the political to the forefront is the Dyke March which will be happening on Saturday June 28th at 2pm. The Dyke march historically has been a women’s/womyn’s led protest march which is more political than the Sunday parade. It tries to raise awareness for specific groups within the lesbian, bisexual, womyn, and trans community regardless of sexual orientation.
The Sunday Parade is also a lot of fun! Part corporate, part political, and part community, marching is a ton of fun! It is even better than sitting at the sidelines watching. Join a group, dress up in costume, makeup, or uniforms, and dance or walk down the parade route! There is no better way to see, and be a part of the festivities, than to march in the parade. Great way to socialize and make new friends and have fun!
There is a three day street festival with over eight stages of live entertainment, an extensive street fair including community booths, vendors, food stalls, and a special Family Pride program taking place at the Church Street Junior Public School (Church and Alexander). Spice Girl Mel C, Jully Black, Leisha Hailey’s band “Uh Huh Her”, and Thelma Houston (“Don’t leave me this way”) are some of the artists that will be featured on the Pride stages (all performances are free). There are events for youth such as the Fruit Loopz stage, and family events as well. Details are in the Pride guide which you can download on the site or which will be available this week on the streets of Toronto. There are bar events, club events, films, theatre performances, and comedy performances. Funny gal Sandra Bernhard will be performing at Massey Hall on Sunday June 22, 2008 at 8pm. For a complete breakdown go to www.pridetoronto.com and you can download a full Pride guide. Have fun, and, Happy Pride!
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