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Thursday, May 8, 2014

Tourism Toronto Premieres “What Pride Means to Us: WorldPride 2014 Toronto”

WorldPride 2014 is coming to Toronto, June 20 - 29. Tourism Toronto marks this historic occasion by premiering “What Pride Means to Us: WorldPride 2014 Toronto."
 
Told from a personal perspective, the video is an invitation – to rise up, to celebrate, to contribute, and to inspire. Featuring LGBTTIQQ2SA activists, including: Laverne Cox, star of ‘Orange is the New Black’; community leaders such as Justice Harvey Brownstone, who presided over the marriage between Edith Windsor and Thea Spyer; and community members, it shares their unique viewpoint with Pride. Windsor and Brownstone will also join other leading international activists, artists, educators, journalists, and policymakers as presenters at the Human Rights Conference during this unprecedented gathering.


“We always hear from our LGBTQ visitors how welcoming, surprising, and exciting Toronto is, which makes it the ideal host for the first WorldPride to be held in North America. It’s a chance for people from every corner of the planet to celebrate what has been achieved and strengthen their resolve for the future – in a multicultural city that wears its commitment to equality, openness, and diversity with pride every day,” said Kevin Beaulieu, Executive Director of Pride Toronto.