Start Time: 10am
Start line at Church Street and Wellesley Street East
After party to follow at Jarvis Collegiate (corner of Jarvis Street & Wellesley Street East)
Established in 1996, the Pride and Remembrance Association is a not-for-profit, volunteer-run organization dedicated to supporting Toronto’s lesbian and gay community. The only annual athletic event during Pride Week, the Pride Run promotes and fosters community spirit, goodwill, volunteerism and sportsmanship.
For ticketing information, please go to online registration at www.priderun.org
519 Pride Beer Gardens
Saturday, June 28, 2008 and Sunday, June 29, 2008
1pm – 9pm
Cawthra Square Park
519 Church Street
The 519’s Pride Beer Gardens in Cawthra Park is a party space that all ages can enjoy. DJs will spin their best for The 519 all weekend long, and on Saturday, there will be a section for women and trans people to celebrate after the Dyke March.
12 Alexander Street
$75 for VIP Pre-Party & Show Tickets; $25 for Show Only
He Shoots! He Scores! is Toronto’s queer comics’ face-off in a hilarious night of high-schticking hosted by the one and only B-Girlz. Book your tickets early, as this popular Pride Week tradition is always a sell-out! All proceeds to benefit Buddies in Bad Times Theatres and Inside Out!
The Drake Hotel – SKY YARD + LOUNGE + UNDERGROUND
1150 Queen Street West
$10 at the door
Known for their explosive Queen West dance parties, Big Primpin’ invades The Drake Hotel for a night of dance floor debauchery with the Big Primpin’ resident DJs spinning everything from dancehall, electro, bling-hop, booty and much much more. Also featuring Wendy Ho (NYC)
Block Party - Pride Edition will be hosted by DJ Dalia, and features DJ Barbi and special guests. They promise to keep you moving and celebrating all night long with the freshest electro, pop and hiphop beats! This is the hottest weekly in Toronto and it is partying for Pride on June 28th.
We’re wide open and loving it. A full-facility, art party featuring naughty pop-up performances and DJs in the Mainspace and Tallulah’s Cabaret. Party sponsor, Cruiseline, brings you a live, hot, sextacular, multi-media performance by amateurcanadians.com
1st Annual Canadian Professional Association for Transgender
Health (CPATH) Conference
Friday, June 27, 2008 – 9am – 7pm
Saturday, June 28, 2008 – 9am – 5pm
Ramada Plaza Toronto
300 Jarvis Street
Physicians and Psychologists - $150
Health Care Professionals - $100
Students and Non-waged - $50
CPATH is devoted to the health care of individuals with gender-variant identities. We invite all members of the community to exchange knowledge and break new ground in improving the health of Trans-Canadians. There will be four concurrent workshop streams. Keynote speakers include Arlene Lev, Aaron Devor, Helen Kennedy and Dr. Jamie Feldman.
Registration available at www.cpath.ca or in-person at the Conference
Adults: $16 Students, Seniors or anyone in Boy or Girl Drag: $13
Tickets available at 647-346-6110 up to 6pm and at the door.
A gender-bending semi-autobiographical solo show about a doctor-cum-drag queen struggling to keep his lives in order, it is described by critics as “a bubbly cocktail of wit and sass, with a little medical ethics thrown in”. Don’t keep this “Lady” waiting!
