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Windsor’s Downtown Filled with Colors and Celebrations for Annual LGBT Pride Fest

🕔11:39, 12.Aug 2024

Windsor Pride Fest brought together people from all over to celebrate love, unity, and acceptance.  The day started with a parade through the city streets. People waved rainbow flags, carried banners, and wore bright costumes, proudly showing their support for

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Windsor law students help Ontario transgender community

Windsor law students help Ontario transgender community

🕔12:58, 17.Feb 2023

For many transgender individuals, changing one’s legal name or gender marker can be a significant headache, something a student-run ID clinic in Windsor hopes to minimize. On Feb. 4, 2023, the Trans ID clinic held its most recent round of

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Art gallery hosts support program despite being temporarily closed 

Art gallery hosts support program despite being temporarily closed 

🕔12:53, 12.Feb 2021

The Art Gallery of Windsor is putting its programming online.  This year, the AGW will be hosting multiple events online.  One of them being Thrive: A Drop-In Arts Programming for Youth which is funded by the Ontario Trillium Foundation.   According to the AGW website, the Ontario

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Gaymes Night

Gaymes Night

🕔13:27, 28.Jan 2020

Technology makes current times easier, but making hard conversations easy helps too. “Gaymes Night is all about a group of people coming together, playing board games, which is very unifying,” said Rachel Stiller, 19 an SRC representative.  What was still

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Local business owners will continue protesting Chick-Fil-A

Local business owners will continue protesting Chick-Fil-A

🕔13:45, 6.Dec 2019

LGBTQ advocates protested outside Windsor’s city hall Monday night to oppose plans for the new Chick-Fil-A opening in Windsor.  Protesters oppose the site plan approval because of the company’s history of supporting anti-LGBTQ organizations and their cruel practices towards animals.

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4 in 10 Canadians struggle with finances

4 in 10 Canadians struggle with finances

🕔09:11, 8.Nov 2019

Four in 10 Canadians are struggling with some — or all — of their finances, according to the TD Financial Health Index. Presented on Oct. 29, the index previewed a picture of Canadians’ financial well-being by enrolling more than 10,000

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Pride flags will fly at GECDSB elementary schools

Pride flags will fly at GECDSB elementary schools

🕔13:30, 20.Feb 2019

By Ryan Percy All but one trustee of the Greater Essex County District School Board voted to expand Pride month flag flying. The 9-1 vote on Feb. 19 was in favor of having flags flown at city and county elementary

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Entertainment Roundup

Entertainment Roundup

🕔11:05, 7.Dec 2018

By Travis Conant Sneak a peek at all things entertainment—see what is new and happening in the entertainment world. Marvel Studios just released the new trailer for the upcoming Avengers movie. The movie takes place after the events of the

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An event designed for you not to be BOARD

An event designed for you not to be BOARD

🕔12:51, 27.Mar 2018

By Chelsea Girard Gaymes Night is bringing the community together through a social program of board games and food. Since October 2018, The Windsor Sandwich Shop, along with Windsor-Essex Pride Fest, has hosted a free Gaymes Night for the LGBTIQ2S

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25th Annual Pride Festival

25th Annual Pride Festival

🕔22:40, 23.Jul 2017

This year’s Pride Festival will mark its 25th anniversary in Windsor-Essex and showcase an array of events. With various events, diversity projects and speaking engagements, the Windsor-Essex Pride Fest is a weekend-long event with several different locations. Kicking off Pride Fest is the raising of the Pride flag on Aug. 9 at

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Awareness in the Windsor-Essex and LGBTQ community

Awareness in the Windsor-Essex and LGBTQ community

🕔10:59, 2.Dec 2016

By Cyrus Chase People of the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender and Queer community are feeling more accepted today. The Windsor Essex Pride Community office was established in the fall of 2008. Things started off rough because at the time homophobia

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The Final Run For Rocky

The Final Run For Rocky

🕔12:21, 21.Oct 2016

  The Run for Rocky, will be holding the run for the last time in 2017.   The Campana family, along with the Windsor Pride Community, Education and Resource Centre created the Run For Rocky, as the first of its

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