Bursting With Pride

With the music pumping on an incredibly beautiful September day, Pointe-Claire’s Edgewater Park was the site of the West Island LGBTQ2+ Centre’s first-ever West Island Pride celebration on September 7th. 

Beginning at 10 am, the event hosted a number of community organizations, vendors, and artisans, while offering up a huge variety of fun and engaging activities, making this first West Island Pride celebration an event that was inclusive and entertaining for people of all ages.

The event kicked off with a Rainbow Story Time event with drag queen Bambi Dextrous, and continued into the afternoon with a panel discussion and a variety show. This Pride event had something for everyone, delighting children and helping to provide valuable insights to the hundreds of people attending this Pride celebration.

In a press release, David Hawkins, Executive Director of the West Island LGBTQ2+ Centre said: “West Island Pride is about celebrating our local community and unifying the community in love and support for our 2SLGBTQIA+ friends, family, and neighbors. It’s an increasingly scary world out there for a lot of queer people with everything going on socially and politically, and so it’s important we make intentional spaces locally to celebrate and uplift the 2SLGBTQIA+ community here in the West Island.”

Learn more about the West Island LGBTQ2+ Centre at www.LGBTQ2Centre.com.