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PRIDE Week 2003!

June 15 to 21, 2003

Pride Week in York Region 2003

Proclamations were received from:

  rainbow bullet Georgina rainbow bullet East Gwillimbury
  rainbow bullet Markham rainbow bullet Whitchurch-Stouffville
  rainbow bullet King Township rainbow bullet Aurora
  rainbow bullet Newmarket rainbow bullet Richmond Hill


rainbow bullet For the second year in a row, 8 York Region municipalities showed their support for Pride Week and the LGBTQ community by issuing official Proclamations.

rainbow bullet York Region granted "Official Recognition" of the week for the third year running.

rainbow bullet Vaughan Council voted on June 9th to officially Recognize Pride Week, June 15-21! This is an important first for Vaughan.

Animation: PRIDE Flag

Event Schedule

Richmond Hill || Keswick || Markham || Queensville/East Gwillimbury

In addition to the following events, Pride Displays were mounted at Public Libraries in Aurora, Keswick, Markham, East Gwillimbury, Richmond Hill, and Newmarket during the month of June! Community info was made available at libraries in Whitchurch-Stouffville, Vaughan and King.

Community Pride
Church Service

Sun., June 15
7:00 pm

A multi-faith community celebration kicked off Pride Week, at St. Matthew's United Church, 333 Crosby Avenue in Richmond Hill, followed by a social hour hosted by PFLAG-York Region.

Singing the Rainbow at St. Matthew's United Church, June 23, 2002

Keswick Event
PROM FIGHT

Tues., June 17
7:00 pm

Prom Fight: The Marc Hall Story - June 17, 2003 in Keswick
Marilyn Byers of PFLAG-York Region introduced a special Pride Week video screening of PROM FIGHT: THE MARC HALL STORY on Tuesday, June 17 at the Wexford Drive Library in Keswick.

 

A month-long Pride display was featured in the Keswick Community Library (Wexford Drive Branch), with books from the PRIDE York Region McBean GLBTQ Literature and Reference Collection, as well as information about resources and activities in York Region. 

Markham Event
JUST MARRIED - meet the authors

Wed., June 18
7:00 pm

Just Married - meet the authors June 18 in Markham!
A special Pride Week book event featuring Kevin Bourassa and Joe Varnell, authors of JUST MARRIED: GAY MARRIAGE AND THE EXPANSION OF HUMAN RIGHTS took place in the Lunau Room at the Markham Community Library (Highway 7 & Markham Road), Wednesday, June 18 at 7:00 pm.

A month-long Pride display was featured in the Markham Community Library (Highway 7 & Markham Road Branch), with books from the PRIDE York Region McBean GLBTQ Literature and Reference Collection, as well as information about resources and activities in York Region. 

Our thanks to Kevin and Joe for donating a copy of JUST MARRIED to our library collection.


Pride Week Wrap-Up
Baseball & Dance

Sat., June 21

Afternoon Baseball Tournament at the Queensville Community Centre Diamond 2:00 - 5:00 pm, hosted by the Gay and Lesbian Association of York Region.

Annual Pride Dance at the East Gwillimbury Community Centre, 8:00 pm, hosted by the Gay and Lesbian Association of York Region.

Pride Week 2003 is a
Special Project of
Logo: PRIDE York Region

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