Making space for marginalized groups is what Pride has always been about. And this year, it’s continuing to do the extra work to push that space even further. The Pride parade’s low-sensory viewing area returns for its second year at the festival. The space gives an elevated view of the parade and ensures reduced noise, […]
Pride 2019
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Halifax’s Dyke and Trans March goes beyond capitalism with a fun rainbow
Pride month in Halifax is made up of more than just parties in colourful packages—and the Dyke and Trans March on July 28 is one of several events that prove it. Frank Heimpel, the outreach coordinator at South House Sexual and Gender Resource Centre, hopes the Dyke and Trans March will provide space for folks […]
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What 2SLGBTQ+ youth want
According to a new report, 70 percent of transgender youth in Canada have experienced sexual harassment. More than one-third of trans youth ages 14 to 18 have been physically threatened or injured in the past year. Twenty to 40 percent of homeless youth identify as 2SLGBTQ+. This comes from a recent report by Halifax group […]
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Finding a place and a voice as a queer PoC artist
Iam a white-passing Japanese Canadian queer cis-woman born and raised in the north end. However, I haven’t gotten to live there as a queer adult yet—I left Halifax almost immediately after coming out at 20, during my first year of my BFA at NSCAD. I often feel this leaving as a kind of loss. Yet […]
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Halifax’s first gay male choir is set to make its Pride Festival debut
Halifax Pride MainStage Showcase July 20 @ 4:30pm Garrison Grounds Festival site Free www.hgmc.ca The Halifax Gay Men’s Chorus is preparing to make its mark on the city when it introduces itself to the 2SLGBTQ+ community in a very public way at this year’s Pride Festival. As Nova Scotia’s first gay men’s chorus, it’s an […]
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Elle Noir AKA Chris Cochrane is unapologetically herself
Educator, drag queen, aesthetician, actor, consultant: Halifax’s 2019 Pride ambassador commands the spotlight everywhere she goes. Now in her 14th year as a performer, Chris Cochrane—Halifamous for her drag persona Elle Noir—is finding balance and breaking boundaries as a dazzling new era brings drag into vogue. Strangers linger in a bustling Hydrostone coffee shop, shooting […]
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Safer Space Massage caters to all bodies and identities
Safer Space Massage Therapy @saferspacemassage Online booking is available here Six months ago, Leah Inman dove into a business idea by starting a massage clinic run out of their Fairview home. “I’ve always been very entrepreneurial,” Inman says. “I love working for myself, making my own hours. And it just made sense for me to […]
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Steph McNair prioritizes non-binary beauty with Maneland
Maneland 1528 Queen Street Getting entangled in the world of hair was something of a surprise for Steph McNair. While making a living working in art galleries and as a carpenter, the visual artist—inspired by a good friend’s at-home salon—applied to go to hair school on a whim, and got in. “I never went to […]