Gay Pride Week or Pride Week is an event held in Toronto, Ontario during the last week of June each year. It is a celebration of the diversity of the LGBT community in the Greater Toronto Area. It is one of the largest Gay Pride celebrations in the world, together with Montreal, San Francisco, California and Parada do Orgulho GLBT de São Paulo. Template:Hide = Motto: Template:Unhide = Diversity Our Strength Image:Toronto, Ontario Location. ... LGBT (or GLBT) is an initialism used as a collective term to refer to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender people. ... The Greater Toronto Area (called the GTA by local residents) is the largest metropolitan area in Canada and is centred around the fifth largest city in North America, Toronto, after Mexico City, New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago. ... Gay Pride in San Francisco Gay Pride banner, Duke University, NC Gay Pride, Place de la Bastille, Paris The gay pride or simply pride campaign of the gay rights movement has three main premises: that people should be proud of what they are, that sexual diversity is a gift, and... City motto: Concordia Salus (Latin: Well-being through harmony) Province Quebec Mayor Gérald Tremblay Area  - % water 500. ... City nickname: The City by the Bay Location Location of the City and County of San Francisco, California Government County San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom Physical characteristics Area      Land      Water 600. ... 2004 Gay Pride Parade in São Paulo, Brazil. ...

Gay Pride Week is organized by Pride Toronto, a non-profit volunteer organization.

Main events of Pride Week include the Dyke March and the Pride parade, the latter having some 400,000 in attendance in 2004. A Dyke March is an all lesbian and/or bisexual gathering, much like a gay pride parade. ... Baton twirlers perform in the 2002 Divers/Cité pride parade in downtown Montreal The pride parade is part of a festival or ceremony held by the LGBT community of a city to commemorate the struggle for gay liberation, gay rights, and gay pride. ...

Toronto's Pride Week evolved out of the mass protests that followed the 1981 Toronto bathhouse raids, and celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2005. In the 2005 parade, newly appointed Toronto police chief Bill Blair became the first chief of police in the city's history to personally take part in the parade. On February 5, 1981, police in Toronto, Ontario, Canada simultaneously raided four gay bathhouses. ... 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Bill Blair William Sterling (Bill) Blair is the current police chief of Toronto, Ontario. ...

External links

• Pride Toronto (official site)