Halifax Pride 2014

Halifax Pride – Halifax, Nova Scotia

Join us in Halifax for Atlantic Canada’s largest LGBTQ Cultural Festival. These ten days of queer celebration will turn streets into parades, parks into parties, and strangers into friends. The Halifax Pride Festival is the 4th largest pride festival in Canada!

Halifax Pride 2014

The Halifax Pride Society is a not-for-profit organization of volunteers dedicated to producing a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transsexual, Transgender, Intersex, Queer, Questioning, 2 Spirited, and Allies (LGBTTIQQ2SA+; herein referred to as LGBTQ+) Pride Festival.

Our mission is to produce a Pride Festival that is: Accessible to all; Fiscally responsible; Rewarding for all who participate, and Reflect and celebrate the best of the LGBTQ+ community and culture in Halifax and throughout Nova Scotia.

The Halifax Pride Festival is a celebration which draws in more than 120,000 participants and is Canada’s 4th Largest pride festival.

Beginning in 1987 with Halifax’s very first Pride March, members of the city’s gay and lesbian community organized Pride Week without the benefit of legal protections.  Amidst growing unrest about rampant prejudice and discrimination, that first Pride March was primarily a protest over the lack of legal protection from discrimination, and the all-too-common threat of homophobic violence.

About 75 people marched through Halifax’s North End that first year. A handful wore paper bags over their heads, not out of shame, but out of the very real fear for their livelihoods and their safety. Since that time, the Halifax Pride Festival has grown into a celebration that includes numerous events that highlight the unique character of our diverse community, welcoming upwards of 100,000 participants every summer.

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Halifax is the vibrant capital city of Nova Scotia, and Halifax is the largest population centre in Atlantic Canada and largest in Canada east of Quebec City. Halifax was ranked by MoneySense magazine as the fourth best place to live in Canada for 2012,placed first on a list of “large cities by quality of life” and placed second in a list of “large cities of the future”, both conducted by fDi Magazine for North and South American cities

To find out more about Halifax please visit Destination Halifax and Rainbow Halifax.

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