.jpg) 2018 Pride March through Downtown Sudbury | |
| Formation | 1997 (Incorporated in 2012) |
|---|---|
| Type | 2SLGBTQ+ not-for-profit community organization |
| Legal status | Active |
| Purpose | Advocate, educate, and entertain |
| Headquarters | Greater Sudbury |
Region served | Greater Sudbury |
Official language | English, French |
| Website | Sudbury Pride |
Sudbury Pride (French: Fierté Sudbury) is a 2SLGBTQ+ Pride advocacy organization based in Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. Their now annual Pride festival, held for the first time in 1997[1] and organized by a committee that included sociologist Gary Kinsman, was the first Pride event in Northern Ontario, and the only one in the region until the launch of Thunder Bay's Thunder Pride festival in 2010.
The first parade occurred on July 19, 1997. After the first event it was then held in August of each year until 2007, and has since been held in July.
In 2006, This Magazine cited Sudbury Pride as an event which, because of the city's working class culture, feels "real, dangerous, like Pride's supposed to feel."[2]
- ^ "Gays parade their pride". Sudbury Star, August 11, 2002. p. A1.
- ^ "We're here...and here...and here...", This Magazine, May/June 2006.