Pride parade Vancouver

The parade begins on Robson Street and will end at Sunset Beach, with performances from musicians and drag queens and kings along the way. Pride had mostly been ...

The Vancouver Pride Society encourages attendees to be their full authentic selves. “All of the performers from music to drag queens and kings will be Indigenous and racialized folks.” Attendees are being asked to make sure they prepare for the heat as well as take into account road closures for the commute.

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They would refer to themselves as 'the queens of the Castle,'" he says. Given the legal system and society's homophobia, the list of subscribers was kept in a safety deposit box. He used 50/50s and money collected though pull tab machines to keep it all going. In 2013 the City of Vancouver voted to make the annual Pride parade a civic event, a special designation for the event. In the 80s and the 90s he was the manager of the Castle Pub, a prominent hangout for the community, with parties and drag shows and more, says Keple. At the same time the Pride parade was struggling financially. Lee Keple, Interim Executive Director at the Vancouver Pride Society, notes that it wasn't just in Vancouver, when they went to the first Pride Parade in Edmonton in the 90s many wore bags, out of fear of being outed and fired.

After a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Pride Parade was back in downtown Vancouver on Sunday, July 31, 2022.