Queen City Pride

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Queen City Pride
StatusActive
Genre Pride festival
Location(s) Regina, Saskatchewan
Years active33
Inaugurated1990 (1990)
Organised byRegina Pride Inc.
Website queencitypride.ca

Queen City Pride is an LGBT pride festival, held annually in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. [1] The event is held mid-June each year, normally in the week following Saskatoon Pride. [2] The festival is administered by Regina Pride Inc., a non-profit corporation in the province of Saskatchewan.

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The event kicks off with a raising of the rainbow flag at the Regina City Hall on the Monday of Pride Week, [3] and concludes with a parade and community fair on the Saturday. [3] An estimated 3-4,000 people attend the event each year. [4] [5]

History

The event was first held on June 23, 1990, though other pride marches and rallies were held in Regina during the 1970s and 1980s. [6] [7] The police chief refused to sign off on the event, so the march went ahead illegally. [7] [8] Somewhere between 50 and 90 people attended the original event, with some covering their faces out of fear of their identities being known. [7] [8] [9] [10]

The 2014 event marked the first time in the city's history that the incumbent mayor, Michael Fougere, presided over the raising of the rainbow flag to kick off the event. [11] Nearly 2,000 people attended the event in 2017. [12] In 2019, the event's 30th anniversary, the theme was "Growing from Many Voices". [9]

The event was canceled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [5] The event went forward in a limited capacity in 2021, [13] and fully returned in person in 2022, with the theme "Together Again". [5] [14] In 2024, Queen City Pride cancelled the flag raising and banned members of the Saskatchewan Party government from participating in the event, citing recent anti-LGBT policies such as the Parents' Bill of Rights. The organization stated that "we do not believe it would be appropriate to allow them to take part in such an important event for our community." [15]

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References

  1. ↑ "Pride colours to fly high in Queen City". Metro , June 15, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Après Saskatoon, Regina célèbre la fierté gaie". Radio-Canada.ca (in Canadian French). 19 June 2012. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
  3. 1 2 "Backstage pass: Pride out of Prairie prejudice". Metro , June 20, 2011.
  4. ↑ Ho, Joseph. "Queen City Pride celebrates 30 years in Regina". 980 CJME. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
  5. 1 2 3 Odlum, Fiona (11 June 2022). "Queen City Pride celebrates 1st in-person parade since pandemic began". CBC. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  6. ↑ "25 years later, 1st Regina pride parade remembered". CBC News. June 15, 2015. Retrieved October 13, 2017.
  7. 1 2 3 Melnychuk, Mark (15 June 2015). "The story of Regina's first gay pride parade". Regina Leader Post. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
  8. 1 2 Yard, Bridget (28 May 2018). "'People were afraid': Audio walking tour delves into Regina's queer history". CBC News. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  9. 1 2 Bamford, Allison (15 June 2019). "'Loud music and smiling faces': Queen City marks 30 years of Pride - Regina | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
  10. ↑ Baxter, David (19 June 2016). "44 years of the Gay and Lesbian Community of Regina - Regina | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
  11. ↑ "Parade celebrates 25 years of pride". Regina Leader-Post , June 14, 2014.
  12. ↑ Salloum, Alec (17 June 2017). "Regina Queen City Pride has record parade attendance despite rain". CBC News. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  13. ↑ Dhaliwal, Taz (13 June 2021). "2021 Queen City Pride Parade goes ahead with COVID tweaks - Regina". Global News. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
  14. ↑ O’Donovan, Connor (2 June 2022). "'Together Again': Queen City Pride back with full-scale parade, concerts, 'Tea' - Regina". Global News. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
  15. ↑ "Queen City Pride cancels provincial flag raising, bars Sask. Party members from pride celebrations". Regina Leader-Post. 2024-05-13. Retrieved 2024-05-13.


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