Blog Posts on pride 30

Pride 30: Justin Stayshyn by Photojunkie on Jun 30, 2010Marching in the Parade with the LGBT YouthLine when I was a phone volunteer was my first ever Pride. It was quite surreal and – as I’d only been out a few years – a deeply moving experience. I’ve been down Yonge Street countle...

Pride 30: Dana Herlihey by Photojunkie on Jun 29, 2010I have a confession to make: I’ve only been to one Pride before, and unfortunately, it was a short lived experience at best. It seems that the logistics of time and space have been conspiring against me, keeping me out of the city and away from...

Pride 30: Luke Southern by Photojunkie on Jun 28, 2010My favourite Pride memory… I was living in Windsor and decided to make the trek (which would become an annual pilgrimage) to Toronto for my first Pride. I was a newbie, so I really wanted to document the experience, and kept my camera at the ready.

Pride 30: Patrick Goguen by Photojunkie on Jun 27, 2010My favourite pride moments are all about the music. I’m not talking about the international headliners, although it’s nifty that Cyndi Lauper and Kelis will be here this year. What really gets me going are the indie acts that are vibrat...

Pride 30: Randy Guevara by Photojunkie on Jun 26, 2010Selecting a favourite pride moment is difficult for me because being Proud is a life, not a moment… it is the everyday, being your pure, honest self. If I had to pick a one, it was when attending Blockorama 11 at George Hislop Parkette for Jojo Flo...

Pride 30: Christopher Hayden by Photojunkie on Jun 25, 2010I’ve been attending Pride since I was 16. Most of my strongest memories revolve the arts-based work I have done during the festival. As a baby gay, I spent many summers volunteering with Supporting Our Youth to put on the incredible FRUIT LOOPZ sta...

Pride 30: Michael Ain by Photojunkie on Jun 24, 2010My first Pride was at 16. I had recently “come out” to a group of friends, many of them were Gay & Lesbian, and the first of my friends to share my “dark secret”. There was an overwhelming sense of wanting to belong. An...

Pride 30: Allie Hughes by Photojunkie on Jun 23, 2010It was summer 2006 when my musical theatre aspirations and willingness to work anywhere to “climb the ladder” landed me in cheesy revue show. All 9 of us lived in a tiny cottage with one bathroom, and would travel from one muskoka resort...

Pride 30: Duane Brown by Photojunkie on Jun 22, 2010My first few prides are murky in my mind as my mom took me when I was about 9. She took me to Pride, Santa Clause and Carabanna ….ect well the last one was my dad but you get the idea. My mom wanted to expose me to all the different communities...

Pride 30: Trevor Campbell by Photojunkie on Jun 21, 2010My first Pride experience was just after my first year of university. I took the train into Toronto with some friends of mine, excited but not sure of what to expect. I’d never felt much of a kinship with body shots or house music – maybe...