The Influence Of Pride Week In Canada

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Starting June 19th, 2015 Pride Toronto will be hosting an 11 day festival in downtown Toronto otherwise known as Pride Week Toronto. Pride Week celebrates our diverse sexual and gender identities, histories, cultures, creativities, families, friends, and lives. It includes a three-day festival with over eight sates of live entertainment, and extensive street fair (including community booths, vendors, food stalls), a special Family Pride program, a politically charged Dyke March, a Trans March and the famous Pride Parade.
Pride Week has become a storied tradition in Toronto and has been recognized across the world as one of the largest Pride celebrations in the world with an estimated attendance of over 1.2 million people in 11 days. Pride

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