Justin Trudeau will be the 1st PM to march in Toronto's Pride parade

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Justin Trudeau will be the 1st PM to march in Toronto's Pride parade

Toronto's Pride organizers say Justin Trudeau will become the first prime minister to participate in the festivities.

Trudeau is expected to march in the parade on July 3.

The city's first-ever Pride Month launches June 1 with a theme of belonging and inclusion.

Along with Trudeau, Finance Minister Bill Morneau, Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne and Toronto Mayor John Tory are also slated to take part in the festivities.

Organizers have said gay Syrian refugees will have a place at the Pride events.

Justin Trudeau will be the 1st PM to march in Toronto's Pride parade - Toronto - CBC News
 

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Justin Trudeau will be the 1st PM to march in Toronto's Pride parade

Toronto's Pride organizers say Justin Trudeau will become the first prime minister to participate in the festivities.

Trudeau is expected to march in the parade on July 3.

The city's first-ever Pride Month launches June 1 with a theme of belonging and inclusion.

Along with Trudeau, Finance Minister Bill Morneau, Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne and Toronto Mayor John Tory are also slated to take part in the festivities.

Organizers have said gay Syrian refugees will have a place at the Pride events.

Justin Trudeau will be the 1st PM to march in Toronto's Pride parade - Toronto - CBC News

And this is important because?? Oh right being PC is so much more important than running the country.
 

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He's still trying to be all things to all people....................does he really support them or is he just trying to give the impression he supports every demographic? Maybe he should just concentrate on supporting everyone for being a citizen and forget the rest of the bull sh*t! :)

And this is important because?? Oh right being PC is so much more important than running the country.


Bang on Taxslave! :)
 

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Justin Trudeau will be the 1st PM to march in Toronto's Pride parade

Toronto's Pride organizers say Justin Trudeau will become the first prime minister to participate in the festivities.

Trudeau is expected to march in the parade on July 3.

The city's first-ever Pride Month launches June 1 with a theme of belonging and inclusion.

Along with Trudeau, Finance Minister Bill Morneau, Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne and Toronto Mayor John Tory are also slated to take part in the festivities.

Organizers have said gay Syrian refugees will have a place at the Pride events.

Justin Trudeau will be the 1st PM to march in Toronto's Pride parade - Toronto - CBC News

Told'ya he was in the closest..

Another Neil Patrick Harris in the making.
 

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Wonderful news! Just over a decade ago, the government of The Right Hon. Paul Martin P.C., Q.C. tooks steps to make civil marriage legal irrespective of gender. It seems appropriate and fitting that it, too, would be a Liberal prime minister to be the first to attend the Toronto Pride Parade.

This demonstrates that The Right Hon. Justin Trudeau P.C., M.P., the Prime Minister, is committed to the rights and freedoms of all Canadians; he celebrates, with us, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms; and he seeks to create a Canada where LGBTQ Canadians are free of discrimination and persecution on the basis of sexual orientation.

And this is important because??
Because it's the first time that a sitting Canadian prime minister has attended that pride parade with a message of "Actually, yeah, it's totally okay to be an LGBTQ person in Canada." Let's not forget that it was not so long ago that diverse sexual orientations were forbidden by law; in the context of Canadian history, the recognition of the rights and freedoms of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and trans* Canadians is fairly new (as is the Charter more generally).

Big deal. If this were 25 years ago it would hold meaning.
The fact that it's 2016, and this is the first time a Canadian prime minister is going to be attending that pride parade, is why it holds meaning. The fact that folks on this forum are so comfortable with systemic discrimination against queer people, even here in this thread, is why it holds meaning.

Told'ya he was in the closest..

Another Neil Patrick Harris in the making.
Bull****.

That kind of homophobic garbage, where you perpetuate the idea that to even behave decently toward an LGBTQ person is in and of itself something indicative of homosexuality, is exactly why systemic discrimination continues to put up walls and barriers for LGBTQ people being fully engaged in our country's institutions and political systems.

"You went to the pride parade? What, dude, are you some kind of homo?"

Rates of attempted and completed suicide among LGBTQ youth are alarming. Studies have shown that these rates increase in regions where laws authorizing discrimination against LGBTQ people are passed. LGBTQ students are three times more likely to feel unsafe at school than heterosexual students. LGBTQ people are overrepresented still, in Canada, in terms of homelessness.

You are a part of that problem, with your schoolyard gay-labeling BS, so kindly **** off.
 

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Justin Trudeau will be the 1st PM to march in Toronto's Pride parade


Justin Trudeau will be the 1st PM to march in Toronto's Pride parade - Toronto - CBC News
 

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Wonderful news! Just over a decade ago, the government of The Right Hon. Paul Martin P.C., Q.C. tooks steps to make civil marriage legal irrespective of gender. It seems appropriate and fitting that it, too, would be a Liberal prime minister to be the first to attend the Toronto Pride Parade.

This demonstrates that The Right Hon. Justin Trudeau P.C., M.P., the Prime Minister, is committed to the rights and freedoms of all Canadians; he celebrates, with us, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms; and he seeks to create a Canada where LGBTQ Canadians are free of discrimination and persecution on the basis of sexual orientation.


Because it's the first time that a sitting Canadian prime minister has attended that pride parade with a message of "Actually, yeah, it's totally okay to be an LGBTQ person in Canada." Let's not forget that it was not so long ago that diverse sexual orientations were forbidden by law; in the context of Canadian history, the recognition of the rights and freedoms of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and trans* Canadians is fairly new (as is the Charter more generally).


The fact that it's 2016, and this is the first time a Canadian prime minister is going to be attending that pride parade, is why it holds meaning. The fact that folks on this forum are so comfortable with systemic discrimination against queer people, even here in this thread, is why it holds meaning.


Bull****.

That kind of homophobic garbage, where you perpetuate the idea that to even behave decently toward an LGBTQ person is in and of itself something indicative of homosexuality, is exactly why systemic discrimination continues to put up walls and barriers for LGBTQ people being fully engaged in our country's institutions and political systems.

"You went to the pride parade? What, dude, are you some kind of homo?"

Rates of attempted and completed suicide among LGBTQ youth are alarming. Studies have shown that these rates increase in regions where laws authorizing discrimination against LGBTQ people are passed. LGBTQ students are three times more likely to feel unsafe at school than heterosexual students. LGBTQ people are overrepresented still, in Canada, in terms of homelessness.

You are a part of that problem, with your schoolyard gay-labeling BS, so kindly **** off.
So why didn't the right honorable Paul Martin attend a gay pride event while he was PM ?
 

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Wonderful news! Just over a decade ago, the government of The Right Hon. Paul Martin P.C., Q.C. tooks steps to make civil marriage legal irrespective of gender. It seems appropriate and fitting that it, too, would be a Liberal prime minister to be the first to attend the Toronto Pride Parade.

This demonstrates that The Right Hon. Justin Trudeau P.C., M.P., the Prime Minister, is committed to the rights and freedoms of all Canadians; he celebrates, with us, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms; and he seeks to create a Canada where LGBTQ Canadians are free of discrimination and persecution on the basis of sexual orientation.


Because it's the first time that a sitting Canadian prime minister has attended that pride parade with a message of "Actually, yeah, it's totally okay to be an LGBTQ person in Canada." Let's not forget that it was not so long ago that diverse sexual orientations were forbidden by law; in the context of Canadian history, the recognition of the rights and freedoms of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and trans* Canadians is fairly new (as is the Charter more generally).


The fact that it's 2016, and this is the first time a Canadian prime minister is going to be attending that pride parade, is why it holds meaning. The fact that folks on this forum are so comfortable with systemic discrimination against queer people, even here in this thread, is why it holds meaning.


Bull****.

That kind of homophobic garbage, where you perpetuate the idea that to even behave decently toward an LGBTQ person is in and of itself something indicative of homosexuality, is exactly why systemic discrimination continues to put up walls and barriers for LGBTQ people being fully engaged in our country's institutions and political systems.

"You went to the pride parade? What, dude, are you some kind of homo?"

Rates of attempted and completed suicide among LGBTQ youth are alarming. Studies have shown that these rates increase in regions where laws authorizing discrimination against LGBTQ people are passed. LGBTQ students are three times more likely to feel unsafe at school than heterosexual students. LGBTQ people are overrepresented still, in Canada, in terms of homelessness.

You are a part of that problem, with your schoolyard gay-labeling BS, so kindly **** off.
And did Justine Trudeau not attend gay pride events in company with Kathleen Whynn ?

I have no idea. That's why it's so exciting that a prime minister is now going to attend.
Exciting ?
 

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And did Justine Trudeau not attend gay pride events in company with Kathleen Whynn ?
I believe those he attended before he was our head of government.

Exciting ?
Yes, it is. To have our prime minister attending the Toronto Pride Parade, this being the first time in the history of the country, is exciting. To have our prime minister participate, and to acknowledge and affirm the rights and freedoms of LGBTQ Canadians, is exciting. To have our prime minister doing his part to break down the walls of stigma attached to diverse sexual orientations is, again, exciting.
 

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Bull****.

That kind of homophobic garbage, where you perpetuate the idea that to even behave decently toward an LGBTQ person is in and of itself something indicative of homosexuality, is exactly why systemic discrimination continues to put up walls and barriers for LGBTQ people being fully engaged in our country's institutions and political systems.

"You went to the pride parade? What, dude, are you some kind of homo?"

Rates of attempted and completed suicide among LGBTQ youth are alarming. Studies have shown that these rates increase in regions where laws authorizing discrimination against LGBTQ people are passed. LGBTQ students are three times more likely to feel unsafe at school than heterosexual students. LGBTQ people are overrepresented still, in Canada, in terms of homelessness.

You are a part of that problem, with your schoolyard gay-labeling BS, so kindly **** off.

Yeah we get it you like Trudeau... :roll:

I still think his in the closet..

Just another Neil Patrick Harris in the making.

I think Justin is the one who is homophobic, affraid to disappoint his mother and his father, and family name, so he hides his try nature behind a family.
 

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Yeah we get it you like Trudeau... :roll:

No, actually, my comments to you have nothing to do with me liking Trudeau. They have to do with me being a queer person who doesn't appreciate your homophobic bullying tactics, and your implication that someone who supports gay rights and freedoms must be a closeted homosexual.