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>FREDERICTON’S FIRST EVER GAY PRIDE PARADE SET FOR AUGUST 8TH!!!!

Pri GuiEvent CalendarPla Text GuiLATEST POSTSSummer Newsletter – Ftival News, ElrPri, and Proud PalsJune 29, 2023|0 CommentsPri Buzz om HomocultureJune 23, 2023|0 CommentsThe 2023 PRIDE GUIDE is LIVE! New BnswickThe rabow, a symbol of the lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) muny, will be pated on Queen Street ont of cy hall sometime before Frericton's Pri Week Ftival starts on Aug.

(Lren Bird/CBC)The Cy of Frericton has found a way to acmodate safety ncerns orr to pat a rabow crosswalk the downtown time for the annual Pri Week rabow, a symbol of the lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) muny, will be pated on Queen Street ont of cy hall before the ftival starts on Aug. B., held s first gay pri para Sunday, wh the support of a mayor who had fought pri ftivi jt 12 years ago. ((CBC))Frericton's first pri para went off smoothly Sunday, a stark ntrast om the reluctant receptn gay rights activists got when they iated pri events 12 years ago.

Several hundred people — young and old; straight and gay — gathered along a riveront walkg trail to take part  a historic tone for New Bnswick's pal cy, and particularly Mayor Brad Woodsi, once threw up roadblocks to Frericton's gay muny. That's a good thg for the gay and lbian muny, and 's a good thg for me. "That's a good thg for the gay and lbian muny, and 's a good thg for me.

Organizers said they hope for plenty of para floats and have add a challenge for participants: they are askg for creative energy-efficient submissns like untry-style wagons, smart rs, skateboarrs and event has e a long way a short perd of cy, and particularly Mayor Brad Woodsi, once threw up roadblocks to Frericton's gay muny.

The rt began June 1969 after police raid the Stonewall Inn, a gay club New York Cy's Greenwich Village. In Canada, the first gay rights prott happened Augt 1971 at Parliament Hill, where protters prented the ernment wh a petn mandg equal rights and protectns. We ve you to jo between July 15 - 23 on the unced, tradnal lands of the Wolastoqiyik Peopl for Pri is a great opportuny to fd out what Pri is all about wh a variety of different events happeng durg the week:July 14: Pri Flag Raisg: 12- 12:30 pm Cy Hall, 397 Queen Street Pri Roller Dis, 6-10pm Capal Wter Club, 232 Rookwood Avenue Queer Then ‘n Now Bgo, 8-11pm Capal Exhib Centre, 361 Smythe StreetJuly 15: Pri Creator's and Communy Market, 12 – 6pm Capal Exhib Centre, 355 Smythe Street Freddy Beach Pri Block Party - Beach Theme, 10pm New Bnswick Provcial Exhibn, 361 Smythe StreetJuly 16: Foodie Drag Bnch and Show, 1:30pm Oll Lodge, 397 Rookwood Avenue Gay Garbage - Pri Comedy Night, 6-10pm Charlotte Street Arts Centre, 732 Charlotte StreetJuly 17: Genr Euphoria Hair & Nails (RSVP required), 12-5pm Ltle Hair Shoppe, 289 Regent Street Solo Chicken Panel on the Bathhoe Raids, 6-8pm Onle; check Facebook page for tails and updatJuly 18: Anti-LGBTQ+ Legislatn and Rhetoric Discsn, 6:30pm Zoom/Facebook Live event A History of Drag New Bnswick, 7-8:30pm Provcial Archiv, 23 Deen Drive (UNB Camp)July 19: Piic for Reproductive Rights, 12-1:30pm Legislative Assembly, 706 Queen Street Pri Yoga on the Green, 6-7:30pm Piroons Brewg Co., 912 Unn Street Pri Ri, 6:30pm Radil Edge Bike & Ski (127 Wtmorland Street) Drag Triva, 7:30pm Monarch Night Club, 474 Queen StreetJuly 20: Verse: A Queer Poetry Readg, 6-7pm Wtmster Books, 88 York Street Pri at the Garrison Night Market, 4:30-9pm 11 Carleton Street ‘Y’a une étoile Screeng, 6-8:30pm Centre Communtaire Sate-Anne, 715 Pritman StreetJuly 21: Party cuise (Kchen Party), 5-7pm The Green, 899 Kg Street Zumba at Carleton Park, 6-7:30pm Piroons Brewg Co., 912 Unn Street Bottomls Bgo, 9pm The Cap, 362 Queen StreetJuly 22: Nature Walk, 10am Oromocto Wetlands, 1 Gateway Drive, Oromocto Elrpri Pre-para BBQ, 12-2:30pm Oll Park.