Community Pride

Community groups play a huge and essential role in bringing queer people together in the Toronto area. Xtra! lists close to 200 active groups in and around our city. We organize politically, we take care of each others health, we celebrate our various cultures, we pray, we entertain, and we have a lot of fun. This post is a tribute to our communities.

Healthcare organizations range from major well-esablished groups like the AIDS Committee of Toronto to the less well-known Toronto Compassion Centre.

AIDS Committee of Toronto

Toronto Compassion Centre

Toronto has many groups for queer sports and recreation. The Out and Out Club's 1000+ members have been camping, cycling, canoeing, hiking and enjoying the outdoors together for 30 years.

Out and Out Club Toronto

Downtown Soccer Toronto

Toronto is home to queers with roots in this land going back millenia, and to people from all over the world. Different community groups work to bridge at least two kinds of gaps: between queers and non-queers within their cultural communities, and between different cultures within queer communities. I'm not sure, but I think this float was sponsored by 2Spirits.com.

Canadian Tamil Congress

A float representing Thailand. Unfortunately, I didn't get the name of the sponsor.

Grupo Latino Hola, Toronto's queer Latin American group. Unfortunately, I could not find a link for them.