Since we will not be traveling with a car is there an area that is best to stay which is close to the festivities and the clubs?
Any hotel suggestions?
Is there a website where we might find possible vacation rentals?
Is there a good hostel based in Toronto for the budget travelers?
Thanks for any input you have!
This trip is a celebration of my 30th Birthday - can’t wait to see what Toronto has to offer!
Was thinking how great it would be if you had a link on your front page for first timers wanting to attend Toronto Pride. I’ve never been to Toronto. I want to go and be part of this awesome event. I have absolutely no idea where to start. Which hotels are walking distance to the grounds? Or are the festivities so spread apart that there is no such thing as a delimited ground space?
I’ve read lots of info on your site already. I’m having difficulties comprehending the various Festivals you have planned. Are these happening all at the same time over the weekend in various part of town? Where is the best place to go to watch the parade?
I think you get the idea by now of what I mean by first timer info.
]]>I really feel that Pride Toronto needs to cut the BS, and really get down to business. During pride the VIP area’s are full people who really shouldn’t be in the area. I wonder why they posted a deficit of $138,605 for 2009. WTF? You should focus on the people who this parade is suppose to be about, the LGBT community and not trying to line your pockets with money and become famous. I would love to hear other peoples comments on how Pride Toronto is doing their job at making Pride community based. Seriously!
]]>So since every human being is important on the large scale of things and on their own spiritual life journey, don’t forget that you are important too. If you ever feel that you’re about to meet or are with someone of great importance think “We’re just two important people sitting down to discuss something of mutual interest and benefit”.
Everyone wants to feel important so it pays to make them feel this way because when you make others feel important you help yourself feel important too.
6 Tips to making others and yourself feel important:
•Learn people’s names & use them often!
•Make little people feel like big people
•Successful people follow a plan for liking people
•Don’t put people down
•No one is perfect, others have a right to be different, don’t always try to reform or change them or expect them to be like you
•Take the time & go out of your way to congratulate other people’s achievement
In business and all relationships, making the other person feel important will go a long way. One of the greatest differences in successful and unsuccessful people and businesses, are those who have figured out and those who never ‘get it’ is in how they get their own feeling of importance. Successful people are usually those who help others and satisfy the other person’s need to feel important.
Someone can absolutely rave about your business or company if you stand out from the crowd by making every single customer or client feel important. And remember they all are! When people feel this way they won’t notice the other details nearly as much, such as how much they liked where you studied, how long you have been in practice, how your office looks or was conveniently located, all of which can be impressive but nothing quite like if you just made them feel SPECIAL. In a fast paced and often selfish world people can neglect to make those who are important to them feel special. So don’t miss out on the opportunity to make everyone feel special every day!
Remember that people may forget what you do and what you say but people will never forget the way you make them feel. So don’t make them feel bad - make them feel good! Good about themselves and life!
]]>So Pride Toronto has allowed itself to be bullied by fringe activists. In the name of free speech, you are willing to allow groups to promote hatred. In the name of free speech, you are willing to risk the security of the parade. In the name of free speech, you are willing to act against the will of the House of Commons and the Ontario Legislature. Do you truly understand what it means to target a minority group, and what the consequences are? People get bashed and murdered when they are hated. They get gassed and bombed. Two levels of government have condemned the use of the word ‘apartheid’ as odious and hateful. Why do you prefer the opinion of activists who’s MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE in a gay pride parade is the deligitimization of Israel? While gays are being bashed even in our own village, while our neighbours to the south still struggle for equal rights, while our brothers and sisters all over the world are being thrown in jail, slashed or killed by the state, while we dare not hold hands in most of our own country, and continue to be ostracized by our own families, those with the most energy, use it bash the country with one of the best gay rights policies in the world! Does this make any sense at all? Do you honestly believe that this vocal minority is representative of the greater community?
]]>Perhaps the Pride Human Rights committee could - for next year - see to it that there is a float that brings to everyone’s attention the plight of gays in Gaza and West Bank at the hands of their own governments. It might also be highly educational for our city to be informed about public executions of gay people in places like Iran and Sudan. The strict Islamist regimes in the middle east have a ghastly and horrid record of human rights when it comes to gay people.
In that Pride Toronto stands for free speech it would be great to also see fair speech by having floats or information about the real gay human rights abusers in the middle east.
]]>I saw the Take back the Dyke March. It appeared to go well. Lots of participants, no barricades, no sponsors, music, everyone said whatever they wanted to.
How about a Take Back the Pride Parade for next year, as well? It runs at the same time as the regular parade. No sponsors, no barricades, everyone says whatever they want. It is organized by volunteers, and is not affiliated with Pride Toronto. The sponsors return to Pride Toronto. The City is happy. Government funding is maintained.
What do you think?
BJ
]]>” Israel today is one of the world’s most progressive countries in terms of equality for sexual minorities. In recent years, Israel has produced more progressive legislation and court decisions in the areas of sexual orientation and gay and lesbian rights than many Western countries. Israel has an active gay community and it is by far the most tolerant Middle Eastern country towards homosexuals.” (http://www.glbt.org.il/contentItems.php?sectionID=673&itemID=606)
Furthermore, an Israeli apartheid does not exist. Wouldn’t it be more effective for the group to support Palestinian democracy in the middle east?
If the group wants to express their political opinions they should do so in another forum it is abusive to use this parade in order to spread their nonsense.
]]>Each year the collective creativity, talents and energy of these communities come together to wow the world. This is YOUR chance to gather a group together and show your Pride.
The 30th annual Pride Parade will be held on Sunday 4th July 2010, starting at 2pm at Bloor & Church
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