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Councillor proposes painted crosswalk for Pride May 11, 2021 at 11 h 42 min Reading time: 2 min Photo from Pixabay. CORNWALL, Ontario – Cornwall City Councillor Carilyne Hébert put forward a motion at the May 10 Council meeting asking administration to consider allowing a crosswalk in the city to be painted in honour of Pride Week. In her motion, Hébert argues that Pride Week is an important time for Cornwall’s local 2SLGBTQ+ advocacy...

Pride Week in Western New York less than 1 month away By Spectrum News Staff City of Buffalo PUBLISHED 8:24 PM ET May. 09, 2021 PUBLISHED 8:24 PM EDT May. 09, 2021 SHARE Like last year, there will be alternative ways to safely participate in the celebration. It is scheduled for June 1-6. Home Sweet Pride is a reversal of the regular Pride Parad...

* Lil Nas X has revealed it used to concern him that his sexuality and gay lyrics would “alienate” his straight fans. But now he could care less if folks are offended by his artistry.  Speaking to Entertainment Weekly,  the “Old Town Road” rapper opened up about his fear of not being accepted by heterosexual fans before he released his homoerotic Satan-themed “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)” song.  “At first I was really afraid of alienating any of my straight fans,” he said....

USD’s Spectrum: Gender and Sexuality Alliance brought out all the stops for this year’s Pride Week. From April 19- 24, Spectrum hosted a gamut of events at USD such as bingo, movies and the annual Drag Show.  President of Spectrum, Isabel Young, said because of COVID-19, last year’s festivities were canceled, so Spectrum went above and beyond this year.  “Because of COVID-19, last year’s pride week was cancelled, and our yearly trip was postponed, so we decided for this Pride Week t...

Summer is just a few months away, but the usual summer festivals in Sudbury won't be going ahead as usual this year. Northern Lights Festival Boréal announced this week that it has cancelled its July festival. Despite hopes that a smaller scale festival may be possible, marketing and communications coordinator Cassandra Vanderpluym said it came to a point where organizers had to make a decision.

Organizers of Southington Pride week planning events across town Organizers of Southington Pride week planning events across town Southington Community Cultural Arts center is one of several organizations in town planning events to celebrate Pride Week beginning late next month. | Dave Zajac, Record-Journal Advertisement By Devin Leith-Yessian, Record-Journal staff SOUTHINGTON — The committee behind the town’s first organized Pride Week is finalizing a schedule of events to b...

Athlete AllyWhen It Comes to LGBTQ+ Support, BU Athletics Soars Sarah Wade (Sargent’21), Diego de la Torre (SHA’21), and Veronica Kriss (Sargent’21) are among five e-board members of BU’s chapter of Athlete Ally, now in its fifth year of operation. Photo by Patrick Donnelly Varsity Sports Terriers are among 10 US institutions given highest marks for LGBTQ+ inclusion by Athlete Ally April 15, 2021 Twitter Facebook Boston University has received a perfect score on Athl...

Monday, 12 April 2021, 4:02 pm Nelson City Council is flying the Pride flag in honour of Nelson Pride Week. The flag will be raised at Civic House on Wednesday, 14 April, in celebration of the inaugural Nelson Pride Week, which runs from 14-20 April. Mayor Rachel Reese said flying the Pride flag was just one of several ways Council is showing support for the LGBTQIA+ community. "Hopefully, flying the flag will help raise awareness and prompt some meaningful conversations about how we can all b...

SHARES Paul Gregory Leroux entered Extendicare Medex relatively young due to a neurological disease. The experience heightened his sense of ‘commonality — what we share as human beings aging together.’ On Leroux’s left is his husband Alex Wisniowski, on his right is the article’s author. Photograph via Christopher Guly. Someone knew laughter and joy in the past, Someone knew sorrow, suffered and cried, Memories now sadly locked away fast — Someone’s a ...

More than a year after the pandemic shut down normal life, we’re all pulling back our window curtains and searching for any signs of hope on the horizon. There are now three available COVID-19 vaccines with emergency-use authorization from the FDA. While the CDC has put out cautious guidelines for the fully vaccinated, governors are lifting dining restrictions in states like Texas and Arizona, and Utah’s statewide mask mandate is set to expire April 10.  The (tentative) return of some of t...