Canada and World Pride

World Pride: Ever since the Stonewall Riots that started on June 28, 1969, people Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer have been taking their politics and their parties to the streets in June to mark that first famous night in New York when drag queens and other trans and queer folk stood up to the police who were regularly arresting patrons at the reputed "gay bar" and said, "We're not going to take it!" , according to Hamilton Spectator. So here we are over 40 years later and Pride is celebrated in cities, towns and rural communities, by individuals and organizations, around the world. Next week in Toronto is World Pride, nine days of celebrating people from around the globe. Except Ugandan queers to whom Canada is refusing entry because they might apply for refugee status. Imagine! But that another column. This year is one of the most robust schedules of events I ve ever seen. Happy Pride Hamilton! What do you mean you didn't know it was the most wonderful time of the year again? Don we now our gay apparel! In Canada, just the day before that first night of protests in Greenwich Village, the Supreme Court took sodomy off the books as a criminalized act. The times, they were a changin' and even though there was no Twitter back then, I'm sure the message and energy from Canada groundbreaking act was known and felt on the streets outside Stonewalls that night, characterizing the beginning of what became popularly known as "the gay rights movement." (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.