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Gay pride 2022 montreal

Launch of the Fierté Montréal Festivities from August 1 to 7 at the Esplanade of the Olympic Park, Downtown and in the Village

This year again, we will be “together for all” in the streets, on stages and through our community initiatives!

Montréal, July 26, ─ The Montréal Pride Festival, presented by TD in collaboration with Casino de Montréal, officially unveiled today the festivities of the French-speaking world’s largest gathering of sexually and gender-diverse people as well as the top ten demands Montréal Pride is advocating for in

Representative of our Communities

“The Montréal Pride Festival is finally help in all of its exuberance, vitality and beauty! After hard times, our communities need to come together more than ever to celebrate,” said Simon Gamache, Executive Director of Montréal Event . “Inclusive, committed and ambitious, Montréal Pride aspires to always be more representative of the diversity of the 2SLGBTQIA+ communities. We are thrilled that close to organizations will be participating in the Community Days on August 5 and 6 in th

Parade with Pride

Parade with Pride

Parade with Self-acceptance

Parade with Pride

Parade with Pride

Parade with Pride

Community Days are back

A Festival for all

Fierté Montréal is committed to make its programming as accessible as possible so that everyone can fully enjoy the festival.


Learn more about the actions we undertake to provide or improve accessibility in the various activities of Fierté Montréal Festival.

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June is Pride Month around the globe, including in many communities across Canada such as Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal. Every June since Canadians have been gathering for Movement Month to observe the progress towards equality and to fight for progress not yet made.

We have gathered some resources so that you can comprehend more about, commemorate and better help 2SLGBTQAI+ people in your community.

History of Pride in Canada

Canada has a affluent history and turning points in the struggle for and eventual celebration of 2SLGBTQAI+ rights. Vancouver is hosting their 44th annual Self-acceptance Parade in July and Toronto is hosting its 41st. Montreal’s Pride March is one of the largest in Canada including more than 12, marchers with a crowd estimated at , people.

Throughout history Event parades in Canada weren’t always a big celebration as they are today. There were a lot of riots and protests to get where we are today. Here is a brief timeline of some of the Movement events that shaped today.

Canada’s first Homosexual Liberation Protest and March was on August 28, There were about people

Historic Montréal LGBTQ+ milestones

Montréal was just a tiny outpost of the French Empire when a gay military drummer with the French garrison was charged by the Arrange with committing “the worst of crimes” and sentenced to death.

The drummer’s animation was spared after Jesuits in Québec City intervened on his behalf, and he was given a choice by the Roman Catholic Bishop of Québec: die or become the first executioner of Recent France.

The unidentified drummer took the executioner job.

The first recorded gay establishment in North America was Montrealer Moise Tellier’s “apples and cake shop” on Craig Street (now Saint-Antoine Street) near Saint-Laurent Boulevard, where men met up for amorous liaisons. 

Between and , Montréal legend Denise Cassidy – improved known as Babyface, her nickname inherited from her concise career as a pro wrestler – managed some of the city’s first lesbian bars: La Root, La Guillotine, Baby Meet Disco, Chez Baby Encounter and Face de bébé ( René-Levesque Boulevard West), which closed in

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