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The sunshine and the city came out for Toronto’s annual Pride Parade on Sunday.
The 2019 Toronto Pride weekend has wrapped up for another year and now it’s time to recover from throbbing hangovers, stray glitter, and of course, an Instagram feed full of rainbows.
This year’s festivities concluded with the epic capstone parade which featured amazing colourful marches, music, costumes, and plenty of fun.
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Celebrating 50 years of global marches, thousands marched tall and proud in one of the largest pride parades in North America, with the over 200 groups joining together for the event.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau proudly marched in the parade, alongside Toronto Mayor John Tory, and Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland.
Happy Pride, Toronto! 🇨🇦🏳️🌈 Bonne Fierté, Toronto! #PrideTO pic.twitter.com/j4Aa6BSbDo
— Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) June 23, 2019
Everyone has the right to live free from persecution & discrimination – both in Canada and around the world. Proud to march today in @pridetoronto parade with @JustinTrudeau, team @liberal_party & so many others. Much love and happy pride to all! 🏳️🌈❤️🌞🌈 pic.twitter.com/rYZg5eud2L
— Chrystia Freeland (@cafreeland) June 23, 2019
Trudeau wished Canadians a “happy Pride” and added, “be proud of who you are, love who you want to love, and know that we’ll always stand with LGBTQ2 Canadians.”
Thank you to everyone who made this year’s #Pride Parade and the entire #PrideMonth such a huge success. Can’t wait to see you all again next year! #ProudMayor #PrideTO pic.twitter.com/Q7OBwgW0eM
— John Tory (@JohnTory) June 23, 2019
Tory said he’s proud to lead a city that “embraces and celebrates diversity the way Toronto does.”
Jagmeet Singh, leader of Canada’s New Democratic Party was also in attendance, marching alongside Ontario’s NDP leader Andrea Horwath.
Happy Pride // Bonne Fierté#Pride #PrideTO pic.twitter.com/w4c3I3aKoZ
— Jagmeet Singh (@theJagmeetSingh) June 24, 2019
Multiple Liberal MPs also marched in the parade, including Minister of Tourism Melanie Joly, Carolyn Bennett, Randy Boissonnault, and Shaun Chen.
In our country everyone can be proud of who they are and can be who they want to be. Through pride celebrations, we celebrate the power and beauty of diversity by enabling our #LGBTQ2🏳️🌈 communities to shine. #Pride2019 🇨🇦 pic.twitter.com/XlS2ELK6DA
— Mélanie Joly (@melaniejoly) June 23, 2019
When we advocate for each other the walls come tumbling down #loveislove #Pride is an opportunity to reflect on strides we have made to promote inclusion, and the work left to be done. Great to march with PM @JustinTrudeau and my fellow Liberal colleagues and supporters pic.twitter.com/guG6H3aI6v
— Carolyn Bennett (@Carolyn_Bennett) June 24, 2019
Happy #Pride Canada! Incredibly proud to join PM @JustinTrudeau alongside our amazing caucus colleagues, Mayor @JohnTory to celebrate & march together for peace, love, acceptance & inclusion @PrideToronto #PrideToronto #PrideTO #LoveWins #LoveIsLove #Pride pic.twitter.com/NgokjP9r9N
— Shaun Chen (@Shaun_Chen) June 23, 2019
The energy at @PrideToronto, is off the charts! As we mark 50 years since the decriminalization of homosexuality in Canada, we recognize how far we’ve come, while recommitting ourselves to a better and safer future for all #LGBTQ2 people. We have more work to do. #Pride2019 pic.twitter.com/hMdJ77jL4P
— Randy Boissonnault 🏳️🌈 (@R_Boissonnault) June 24, 2019
Some notable Toronto Maple Leafs also joined in on the fun including general manager Kyle Dubas and defenceman Morgan Rielly.
Was an honour – as always – to march in the Toronto #PrideParade today with @mriles4 & many of our great MLSE teammates, @YouCanPlayTeam, & @NHL. To see that amount of peace, love, and joy from people in our city is incredible. ✌️➕💙 pic.twitter.com/Nw29xTF6oo
— Kyle Dubas (@kyledubas) June 24, 2019
Celebrating #PrideTO with @YouCanPlayTeam and sports associations from across Canada! #HockeyIsForEveryone pic.twitter.com/AWZLmRskrK
— Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) June 23, 2019
Canadian YouTube sensation and LGBTQ+ icon, Gigi Gorgeous, served as the parade’s grand marshal.
There she is!!! @PrideToronto grand marshal @TheGigiGorgeous !! #pride pic.twitter.com/nqlen3MJgU
— KiSS 92.5 (@KiSS925) June 23, 2019
And Canadian pop singer, Carly Rae Jepsen, wowed the crowd with two performances during the parade festivities.
@carlyraejepsen in Pride Toronto! Blessed! pic.twitter.com/aYNAo4wf6s
— Alvin B. [Cipher] (@CipherGem) June 23, 2019
Check out these 22 photos to see what else you missed at Pride 2019.
Today at #pridetoronto I captured this. Made my day. pic.twitter.com/qx0SNuzfPy
— Pedro Rosa (@lifewithpedro_) June 24, 2019
Happy Pride everyone 😊
🌈🌈🌈 #pride #pridetoronto pic.twitter.com/rV7Y8kIbpu— May Li (@MayLiBest) June 23, 2019
#pride #pridetoronto proud to be gay, ya’ll been known 🏳️🌈🥰 pic.twitter.com/v4j4J4S4hq
— spencer ⓥ (@veganengineer) June 24, 2019
Happy #Pride Toronto! Checkout the 1000 proud TD colleagues who formed a “Sea of Green” support @ Pride Toronto! #inclusion #connectedcommunities #TheReadyCommitment pic.twitter.com/hjAfxuYX62
— Marco (@MarcoDM_TD) June 23, 2019
Happy Pride Toronto!! #PrideTO #PrideToronto #Pride2019 #Pride pic.twitter.com/kHw5iBOUUY
— Leanna Gill (@laxcopTPS) June 23, 2019
Some cool shots from @PrideToronto #teampixel 📸 pic.twitter.com/72A8tx1UHi
— Mayeesha Cho (@mayeezus) June 23, 2019
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