Hate, Paint and Perseverance
When my phone rang on June 22, a full year after our first and incredibly successful Pride Festival in Airdrie, I would have never guessed I was about to hear …
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Introducing Dayle Connelly
I’d like to introduce myself as a new board member of Airdrie Pride.My name is Dayle and I am fairly new to Alberta and specifically to Airdrie. I moved here …
EMBRACING CHANGE: AIRDRIE PRIDE MONTH 2020
The first Airdrie Pride Festival in 2019 was one of the most rewarding and amazing days of my life. As the skies cleared after days of rain, the sun shone …
The Glass Submarine
A guest post by Erika Allan I’ve been asked a few times what it was like to know I was a trans woman from a young age, but not be …
NEW THOUGHTS FOR A NEW DAY AS A GAY MAN
By Tammy Plunkett I first met Shaun Proulx when he emceed a business event that I spoke at in Ottawa Ontario almost a year ago. He is not your typical …
Reflections from an Ageing Dyke
Guest Blog from Ann Zee As I close in on 50 years of spinning around this sun, I can’t help but reflect on what a great day June 22nd, 2019 was. I had …
The Diversity of Authors Parenting Trans Kids
by Tammy Plunkett One of the first things I did when my child came out to me as transgender was to hit Google for more information about what we were …
BUILDING HISTORY WITH PRIDE
(Artwork by the amazing and talented Sage Lansard @artificial_customs ❤️) Over a year ago, early on a Sunday morning while sharing our first cups of coffee of the day, the …
HOW TO BE AN ALLY DURING PRIDE CELEBRATIONS
During Pride celebrations, it can feel like the whole thing is one big party. Everyone and their dog (literally) comes out to celebrate Pride and it leaves us all with …
Why A Solidarity Walk
By Sullivan Brenner Pride month is here and a short two and a half weeks from now, the rainbows will paint Airdrie for the first time ever! Which makes this …