Transgender empowerment and resilience are taking centre stage at this year’s Pride Winnipeg Festival. Read this article for free: Already have an account? To continue reading, please subscribe: * Transgender empowerment and resilience are taking centre stage at this year’s Pride Winnipeg Festival. Read unlimited articles for free today: Already have an account? Transgender empowerment and resilience are taking centre stage at this year’s Pride Winnipeg Festival.
“Transcend Together” is the theme for the annual LGBTTQ+ cultural festival, which kicked off Sunday with a public vigil and concludes this weekend with a rally, parade and two-day party at The Forks. Festival themes are based on community recommendations and selected by Pride Winnipeg’s board. “It embodies the collective strength and unity of the community,” Sean Irvine, Pride Winnipeg’s new executive director, says of the theme.
Daniel Crump / Free Press files The Transgender Day of Visibility and Transgender Day of Remembrance take place Saturday at 10 a.m. The goal of the theme is to celebrate those in the local trans community while calling attention to the rise of discriminatory anti-trans rhetoric and legislation in Canada and abroad.
Within the last year, governments in Alberta, Saskatchewan and New Brunswick have proposed or passed bills to police pronoun changes in schools and restrict access to gender-affirming health care for transgender youth. “In parts of Canada, we’re really behind.
