TONIGHT! Women's Events Committee’s Take Back The Night rally & march
#ldnont #takebackthenight
This week we lost a member of our family.
Richard "Bruce" Flowers, founder of the Pride London Festival Art Show & 2016 Ken Sadler Award recipient, passed away yesterday.
A member of the Sculptors’ Society of Canada, he taught Visual Arts for thirty years. Huron Park Secondary was his first permanent position in his home town of Woodstock, ON., before pursuing his dream of taking his Master of Fine Arts (Sculpture) degree in New York (Pratt Institute) ‘82 - ‘84. He retired from Saunders Secondary in London in 2002 where he had been active as an openly gay teacher from the early 1990s. He considered his effort as a gay role model his most important contribution to education. The founder of the London Pride Art Show in 1992, he was presented the Ken Sadler Award, retiring as its curator one last time in 2017 after many decades of involvement. His passions were sculpture and heritage architecture, delighting in the restoration of his beautiful historic home. A private funeral service will be held prior to the interment of ashes at Hillview Cemetery.
If desired, memorial contributions to the Rainbow Youth Bursary Fund would be appreciated, and may be arranged through the Brock and Visser Funeral Home, 845 Devonshire Avenue, Woodstock (519-539-0004). Personal online condolences at www.brockandvisser.com
Those members of the public wishing a sculpture by Bruce Flowers may freely choose one from his pictorial inventory in remembrance of his celebration of figurative form from those made available by the estate. For selection and additional details, please contact Al Stewart.
Contact: Al Stewart The Art Exchange 247 Wortley Road London, ON N6C 3P9 Tel: (519) 434-0000 Fax:(519) 434-8226 theartexchange@rogers.com
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TRANS* LONDON COFFEE SOCIAL TOMORROW NIGHT! (Monday Sept 10th)
Come out to Innovation Works London 7:00-9:00pm (201 King Street).
A reminder: Coffee .50 or $1.50 for a bottomless cup. Tea .50/cup.
Trans* London coffee socials are for Trans* folx, LGBQ folx, Straight allies, Binary and Non-Binary folx, children, adults, teens and seniors! We are fully accessible.
Are you following us over on Instagram yet? We may be biased, but we really think you should! 🙌 @prideldnfest #instapride
The Regional HIV AIDS Connection needs your help! RHAC is working on an education campaign and is looking for a few minutes of your time.
Your valuable insights will help create the most impactful campaign possible and improve the lives of fellow Londoners!
Please check it out here: https://sagecomm.typeform.com/to/z4aJve.
#SexualHealth #ldnont #RHAC
Pride understanding at #PrideLdn18 🏳️🌈
Sending all the love to India, today! ❤️🌈❤️
The Rainbow Youth Umbrella’s upcoming meet-up at Innovation Works London! (LGBTQ youth 6-14yrs)
[via London Lesbian Film Festival] ”April White is a lesbian artist having her first art showing in her hometown of London, Ontario, after having worked and exhibited in Australia for the past 12 years.”
April invites you to please check out her exhibition at TAP Centre for Creativity, on until September 1st.
📣 LAST REMINDER!
Submit your application before tomorrow’s deadline (August 28, 2pm), to apply for the Pride London Festival Endowment Fund!
#ldnont #LondonCommunityFoundation
Happy Pride/Bonne Fierté this weekend to Capital Pride • Fierté dans la Capitale! 🌈
Submit your application now! Deadline to apply is Tuesday, August 28, 2018 (2:00pm).
#ldnont #LondonCommunityFoundation
Congratulating CK Gay Pride Association on their first Parade, being held this Saturday! 🏳️🌈
”The parade begins Saturday at the civic centre at 9 a.m. and heads down King Street to William Street and then to Tecumseh Park, where the family festival will run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Willson said they have about 20 organizations signed up to walk in the parade and more can still register.”
Just curious: can you please advise if you are excluding or discriminating against any other professions from proudly walking in and participating this year's parade? Perhaps create a list of professions, just so there's no confusion. Is it ALL emergency services workers like fire, ambulance, hospital, ER departments, all nursing staff? Or is is just the police? And within the the police, is it ALL police are are some policing careers OK? Are you discriminating against all those who work shift work, put their lives on the line and show up to protect and serve, save lives, put out fires, spend hours saving strangers . or are there other characteristics you'd like to exclude and discriminate against?
I can guarantee when you need police assistance, London Police will not show the ignorant discriminatory judgemental attitude displayed by Pride London. Shame on you for shaming a profession for being proud of who they are professionally and personally. Perhaps a rethink of your organization's meaning of "inclusive" may be in order..
I am absolutely appalled by your bigoted and insecure decision to exclude the uniformed police force to be part of the pride parade in Londonfor those who profess inclusion you are doing yourself an injustice and now repressing others from representing their part in furthering the advancement of the LGBTQ+ communityto me this is hypocrisy at it's worst. I took time off from work to attend this years festivities will no longer do so and spend time with my friends at the beach insteadI am a member of our committee in Oxford County and the moment we do this to our police force I will no longer stay on board I will do everything possible to avoid this from happening herewe have a wonderful group of police officers who I am proud to stand beside and love when they are part of our endeavours here in Woodstock.
For an organization that claims to represent me and the LGBTQ+ community and be all inclusive, you are asking an entire group of people to hide and repress who they are and represent! The exact thing that I and so many others have fought against all our lives. I am NOT proud of London Pride and find it appalling that they are even asking police to not be proud of who they are and what they do! We take one step forward for you to push us back two.
You allowed Ursula Von(brain)damage to walk in your parade. Considering that she is the mother of a trans youth, you would think that is a good thing but no, Ursula calls her daughter a freak and a monster for being trans. Her daughter, who refers to herself as "Leo"( but her real name is Lilley)'s friends are even disgusted with the way that Leo talks about her mother and the fights they have and the horrible things that Ursula says to her trans daughter. Ursula isn't supportive or helping her daughter at all. Her daughter even posts continuously on intsa, facebook and twitter about wanting to die and suicide. Her Mother and Nikki Brew and the other slime they hang with have never tried to get help for Leo's suicidal tendancies but instead ignore it or make up lies to make themselves look perfect when they obvs are NOT. You need to vet the supporters who are fake a$$ hypocrites only trying to outwardly look good, while in reality they are evil, lying sub-humans. Ursula works at Windley Ely Professional Corporation if you need to get in touch with her.
I have never been in such a Hatefulled group there fore I’m leaving I know really sad you don’t care but I think you should because your members might scream for inclusion but they sure do not show any tolerance for any other view that isn’t theirs they use hate speech call name and become abusive trolls perhaps you guys should do a better job of keeping check of trolls and those putting a horrible name to the community cause you just lost my support and this breaks my heart not because of anything you did but because your allow your members to abuse each other it’s really shameful and disappointing that a group that’s been discriminated against would perpetuate that hate!! Over and over
THANK YOU LONDON PRIDE
For making the right call and aligning with BLM-TO and Toronto Pride in disallowing uniformed police officers to march in the parade. Their presence is dangerous to trans folx and people of colour and marginalized identities within our community as their historical actions have incarcerated them unfairly and without respect to their gender identity. Pride was founded as a protest; it is in that spirit that this move upholds the Pride values of anti-oppression. I will be happy to be there this year!!
I feel the pride committee has turned the parade into an event to use for their personal agendas it's time to show our dismay and boycott the event ,period
This was my first year attending Pride. As a Derby Girl I had an amazing opportunity to be a Ranger in the Parade. I had the BEST time handing out Pride and Transgender flags to the happy, excited and super positive crowd of people lining the streets. I had a very unique perspective of the parade as I skated my way back to the fairgroundsI was awestruck at all the amazing people that made this beautiful celebration possible. Can't wait until next year!����
I missed the last one but I would absolutely LOVE to help out a booth. Specifically related to trans* issues as my wife is. Please pm me soon so I can make a work request off.
It's fantastic to see how much Pride has grown and evolved over the years. So many participants now and such a diverse crowd for the parade! Wonderful to see so many family's embracing this celebration! Loved the Drag Queen show Friday night!
Not inclusive. Doesn't even speak to community members when making decisions.
Every Year its getting bigger, although I do think there still needs some improvements, in time I hope that the organization will get there. Pride should be celebrated all year round, having more events throughout the year would be a great way to keep its members active. It also should be inclusive to all and not just some, criticism should be allowed, and not deleted off the wall. How can an organization grow if it can't take feedback from its members.
The day you discriminated against the police, you lost me! DO UNTO OTHERS AS YOU WOULD HAVE THEM DO UNTO YOU. Shame on you Andrew Rosser and executive.
Absolutely fantastic Pride this year, hilight for me was being able to play in the Parade
I have never been to London pride Festival before and I heard it's excellent. One year, I would like to attend.
Thanks. Cool! I love it! "Where there is a will, there is a way."
It's in the book "Sasha, What Is To Be Done", by S. T. Wilson.
Super.
This was our first time in the parade. What a great day with terrific people!
Lots of fun lots of good people, lots of acceptance for everyone.
Always welcoming, and such positive environment full of love.
Love going every year to support my friends so much fun..