Lks to Gay, LGBT groups and anizatns Nelson, Vernon, Kamloops, Greenwood, Sparwood, Fernie, Goln, Cranbrook, and the Crow's Nt Pass areas.
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Nelson's first gay pri para 1996 was the first North Ameri outsi of a large cy, acrdg to anizers. * nelson bc gay pride parade *
Everyone is wele here, gay, straight, lbian, bisexual or transgenr. Nelson’s Pri Para is 22 years old this year, and anizer Stephanie Myers believ the muny has e a long way towards embracg s LGBTQ cizens and banishg homophobia om the Kootenays.
In 1996, about 50 gay and lbian people met at the Women’s Centre to talk about whether to have Nelson’s first pri para. Some gays and lbians were vered pletely so no one would know who they were. Moore mented that ’s lled the Pri Para now, and the word “gay” has been taken out, not only Nelson but many muni.
“It is like we are whewashg pletely, and fettg that is gay and lbian and trans people. I am not sure ‘gay’ is the right word, and y is clive whout , but we also need to say who we are. “In our lol schools you still hear ‘faggot’ and ‘that’s so gay, ’ and we still have trans people town that people pickup tcks yell at.