Why Pride?
In Canada we're allowed to get Married, AIDS is a more manageable illness than it was 25 years ago, Homophobia is illegal. If all this is true, then why do we have a Pride parade?
Pride gives us the opportunity to be willingly visible in our community; to show the world our diversity; to give thanks to those before us who have campaigned for our rights, and to give voice to our ongoing quest for equality.
Kingston, like any other city, has a significant Gay population. We work in all sorts of organisations; in Businesses, our Schools, Colleges and Universities, our Hospitals, our Prisons, the Police service, the Military and, of course, the City of Kingston. Despite recent legislation many LGBT people in Kingston live in fear of discrimination and prejudice. Kingston Pride is our opportunity to confront that fear, to gather as a community and to be out and proud to ourselves, and to those around us. We really are everywhere.