Pride Guide

Pack your pride week with all the queer-centered events throughout the city. Right at your fingertips in NOW's pride guide!

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NOW's guid to gay and lesbian services, cultural and political groups and spiritual alternatives reflects the richness of the queer community...

TEMPERMETTLE

With a view to welding strong community relations, the designing women of Tempermettle celebrate the beauty of power tools as they get set to float down Yonge in the Pride Day parade ...

QUEER AS FOLK

When the American version of Queer As Folk premiered last January, we were all set to dismiss it. Why diddle with the UK version? Why take 22 hours to tell what happened ...

VAZALEEN

Until recently, Cherie Currie of the Runaways, the L.A.-based proto-grrl punk group that crashed and burned in the late 70s, had no idea her band are heroes to generations of gay and lesbian teenagers ...

QUEER QUIPS

What guarantees your Pride celebration will be a success?
How did you come out?
Chainsaw? Judy Garland 8-track? What's your queerest possession?
Special Pride message for Stockwell Day or Tom Wappell?


Pride ParadeThe annual Pride parade, featuring floats, costumes, entertainment and more, gets rolling at 2 pm at Bloor and Church, heads west to Yonge, then south on Yonge to Dundas. 416-927-7433. www.torontopride.com



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