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The Victoria Pride Parade was held on July 10, 2016, moving from Government Street to MacDonald Park. Over 100 groups and floats--including local businesses and non-profits--helped celebrate the day.
A few days after speaking out against anti-LGBTQ violence, Mayor Gregor Robertson declared the Vancouver Pride Parade a civic parade for the first time.
The streets of downtown Vancouver were transformed into a sea of bright feather boas, glitter, and colourful budgie-smugglers as a crowd of over half a million people from around the world gathered...
As a result of Jenna Talackova's public battle to be re-entered into the Miss Universe Canada beauty pageant, organizers will be changing rules to allow transgender contestants, according to GLAAD.
In a press conference this morning, Talackova and her lawyer called Miss Universe out for discrimination against trans people and for being unclear if Talackova will be allowed to compete after all.
Transsexual beauty contestant Jenna Talackova is set to talk today about Miss Universe Canada, which just announced that she may re-qualify to compete.
