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Sault Pride returns with Pridefest this weekend

Pridefest launches Sunday with Flag Raising Ceremony at City Hall followed by a Pride Walk from City Hall to the Bushplane Museum for the Loud and Proud Family Fun Day
2017-09-16 Pride Flag Raising DMH-7
File photo of the annual Pride Flag Raising Ceremony at City Hall. Donna Hopper/SooToday

NEWS RELEASE
SAULT PRIDE
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Sault Pride’s Pridefest Committee are proud to announce the launch of the sixth annual Sault Ste. Marie Pridefest.

Pridefest will launch on Sunday July 21, 2019 with the Flag Raising Ceremony at City Hall starting at 11:30 a.m. followed by a Pride Walk from City Hall to the Bushplane Museum for the Loud and Proud Family Fun Day from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Sault Pride's 'Pridefest' evolved out of support for LGBTQ athletes participating at the 2014 Sochi Olympics. Sault Pride requested our city to fly the pride colours in support of the athletes, recognizing the oppression felt by LGBTQ folks in Sochi, Russia.

Faced with a denial from city council, Sault Pride was fueled with a passion to be heard for the LGBTQ2SIA community in Sault Ste. Marie and Algoma. No longer wishing to remain silent, a core group of community members volunteered and organized the first Sault Pride 'Pridefest' in 2014 with a two-day event.

Since that time, we have gained support and allies, including city council in celebrating our diverse and inclusive event for all in Sault Ste. Marie and Algoma. Over the years since Pridefest began, we have continued to grow and become more organized in the production and presentation.

In this 6th year of celebrating pride in Northern Ontario we have eight full days of events, see Facebook, Instagram or our new website at www.saultpride.ca for a full schedule of events. Sault Pride also is pleased to announce and welcome OLG as the Presenting Sponsor of Sault Pride's Pridefest 2019 @OLGtoday #allforhere.

Sault Pride is a community organization with a mission to bring people together from Sault Ste. Marie and Algoma district to celebrate the lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ2SIA) community.

We honour our history and educate the future; empowering people with diverse sexual orientations, gender identities and gender expressions. The annual Sault Ste. Marie Pridefest has become a celebration of unity and diversity, inclusion and vibrant creativity. As a growing Pride movement, we aspire to unite and empower people with diverse sexual orientations, gender identities and gender expressions.

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