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PRIDE 2007
Toronto Pride Week 2007 was held June 15 to 24, 2007 in Toronto, Canada. Pride Week 2007 was the 27th annual Pride Week celebration. It included special events, three days of entertainment, a weekend street fair, Family Pride, the Dyke March and the Pride Parade.
Pride Toronto is a non-profit entity which produces Toronto Pride Week, "an annual mosaic of cultural events in Toronto that celebrates, empowers and supports the diverse and delightful community of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, transgender, intersex and queer people." [www.pridetoronto.com] Pride Toronto's one million dollar budget is paid by "aggressive fund raising" such as the toonie drive, individual & corporate donations, the Pride 27 Gala Awards Show which was held June 20, 2007 at the Fermenting Cellar and support by the City of Toronto, the Government of Canada, the Ontario Trillium Foundation, and the Toronto Arts Council. According to Pride Toronto, Pride Week contributes about $ 80 million to the local economy.
Pride Gala Awards
Pride Toronto held its third annual Pride Toronto Gala and Awards on June 20, 2007 at Toronto, Canada to raise funds for Pride! Pride Toronto recreated Truman Capote's 1966 Black and White Ball. The 2007 Pride Toronto Gala & Awards included a reception, silent and live auction and an fine paired dining experience. Entertainment was provided by Jaymz Bee and The Royal Jelly Orchestra featuring Marieve Herington & Sophia Perlman.
Besides raising funds for Pride, the most important part of the event, is the awards:
Pride Toronto's Awards of Excellence honour community members who have demonstrated extraordinary achievement to queer life in the following areas:
- Arts and Culture: William Thorsell, CEO of the Royal Ontario Museum of Canada for the past seven years, has played a leading role in Toronto's arts and culture scene
- Human Rights: Little Sister's Book & Art Emporium: Janine Fuller, Jim Deva and Bruce Smith. Little Sister's Bookstore which opened in 1985 is still open after over 20 years of persecution, bombings and lawsuits!
- Science, Medicine and Technology: Mark Wainberg, Co-Chair of the XVIth International AIDS Conference that took place in Toronto in 2006 (see past events)
- Spirituality: Michael Ingham, Anglican Bishop of Vancouver and is a proponent of gay marriage .
- Sports: Savoy Howe, Founder of Newsgirls, the first Women's Boxing Club in Toronto.
Special Recognition Award Winners include:
- Youth Leadership: Jade Hines, Student & Trans Women.
- Lifetime Achievement Award: The Honourable Bill Graham is retiring MP of Toronto Centre Rosedale. He has had a long career as International Law professor at the University Of Toronto Law School and has an extensive political history including being Canada's Leader of Opposition in 2006 as well as the interim leader of the Liberal Party of Canada between the resignation of Paul Martin and the election of Stephan Dion and has been MP of Toronto Centre Rosedale since 1993.
- Unstoppable! Pride Week Theme: Nina Arsenault, a trans woman who bares a journey for all to see.
© 2007 Photos Pride710 & Pride 712 Jody Glaser ~ABOUT TOWN All Rights Reserved
© 2007 Other Photos & Article by G.C. Eyre All Rights Reserved
- Arts and Culture: William Thorsell, CEO of the Royal Ontario Museum of Canada for the past seven years, has played a leading role in Toronto's arts and culture scene
- Human Rights: Little Sister's Book & Art Emporium: Janine Fuller, Jim Deva and Bruce Smith. Little Sister's Bookstore which opened in 1985 is still open after over 20 years of persecution, bombings and lawsuits!
- Science, Medicine and Technology: Mark Wainberg, Co-Chair of the XVIth International AIDS Conference that took place in Toronto in 2006 (see past events)
- Spirituality: Michael Ingham, Anglican Bishop of Vancouver and is a proponent of gay marriage .
- Sports: Savoy Howe, Founder of Newsgirls, the first Women's Boxing Club in Toronto.
Special Recognition Award Winners include:
- Youth Leadership: Jade Hines, Student & Trans Women.
- Lifetime Achievement Award: The Honourable Bill Graham is retiring MP of Toronto Centre Rosedale. He has had a long career as International Law professor at the University Of Toronto Law School and has an extensive political history including being Canada's Leader of Opposition in 2006 as well as the interim leader of the Liberal Party of Canada between the resignation of Paul Martin and the election of Stephan Dion and has been MP of Toronto Centre Rosedale since 1993.
- Unstoppable! Pride Week Theme: Nina Arsenault, a trans woman who bares a journey for all to see.
Toronto Pride Week 2007 was held June 15 to 24, 2007 in Toronto, Canada. Pride Week 2007 was the 27th annual Pride Week celebration. It included special events, three days of entertainment, a weekend street fair, Family Pride, the Dyke March and the Pride Parade.
Pride Toronto is a non-profit entity which produces Toronto Pride Week, "an annual mosaic of cultural events in Toronto that celebrates, empowers and supports the diverse and delightful community of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, transgender, intersex and queer people." [www.pridetoronto.com] Pride Toronto's one million dollar budget is paid by "aggressive fund raising" such as the toonie drive, individual & corporate donations, the Pride 27 Gala Awards Show which was held June 20, 2007 at the Fermenting Cellar and support by the City of Toronto, the Government of Canada, the Ontario Trillium Foundation, and the Toronto Arts Council. According to Pride Toronto, Pride Week contributes about $ 80 million to the local economy.
Pride Gala Awards
Pride Toronto held its third annual Pride Toronto Gala and Awards on June 20, 2007 at Toronto, Canada to raise funds for Pride! Pride Toronto recreated Truman Capote's 1966 Black and White Ball. The 2007 Pride Toronto Gala & Awards included a reception, silent and live auction and an fine paired dining experience. Entertainment was provided by Jaymz Bee and The Royal Jelly Orchestra featuring Marieve Herington & Sophia Perlman.
Besides raising funds for Pride, the most important part of the event, is the awards: Pride Toronto's Awards of Excellence honour community members who have demonstrated extraordinary achievement to queer life in the following areas:
© 2007 Other Photos & Article by G.C. Eyre All Rights Reserved
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