Pride 2022 Pride Guide
Pride 2022 Programming
The long-awaited return will include all of your signature favourites including the annual Trans March, Dyke March, Bi+ Pride Programming, Blockorama by Blackness Yes, Pride Parade, StreetFair, and multiple stages featuring over 300 2SLGBTQ+ artists.
We are also excited to include the annual City of Toronto Flag Raising on June 1, 2022, and Cabana Pool Party with Symone on June 15, 2022, Island Party on June 19, 2022, with so much more in store for 2022
Book your stay now by visiting PrideToronto.com/VisitUs to find a list of hotel and travel partners with exclusive Pride Toronto discount codes. It’s been a long two years, you won’t want to miss this.
Land Acknowledgement
We acknowledge that we are on the traditional territory of many Nations, including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples, and is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. We also acknowledge that Toronto is covered by Treaty 13 with the Mississaugas of the Credit, and the Williams Treaties signed with multiple Mississaugas and Chippewa bands.
We also acknowledge all Treaty peoples – including those who came here as settlers – as migrants either in this generation or in generations past – and those of us who came here involuntarily, particularly forcibly displanted Africans brought here as a result of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade and Slavery. We pay tribute to those ancestors of African origin and descent.
Headliners
The Legendary House of Miyake Mugler
When: June 24 – 7 pm – 11 PM
Where: TD Main Stage
Patrice Roberts
When: June 26 – 9 PM
Where: Bud Light Seltzer Wellesley Stage
Events List
Community Pride
Stages
Bud Light Seltzer Wellesley Stage
Located at 15 Wellesley St E.
Festival Weekend - June 24, 25, 26
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Parades and Marches
Pride Parade
June 26, 2022
Start Time: 2:00 PM
Starting at Bloor and Church St., The parade will head west then
turn south on Yonge St ending at Yonge Dundas Square
Dyke Rally and March
June 25, 2022
The Rally starts at 1 pm
The March starts at 2 pm
Starting at Charles and Church St., The march will head north on Church St
then head west along Bloor St. The March then will head south on Yonge St
then head east along Carlton St then ending at Allen Gardens
Trans Rally and March
June 24, 2022
The Rally starts at 7 pm
The March starts at 8 pm
Starting at Charles and Church St., The march will head north on Church St
then head west along Bloor St. The March then will head south on Yonge St
then head east along Carlton St then ending at Allen Gardens.
Areas of Interests
Food Zone
A place to rehydrate and refuel in the heart of Festival Weekend.
Located at
The Food Zone runs along Church Street from Gerrard Street south to Dundas Street East
Hours of Operations:
June 24, 2022 – 7 pm to 12 am
June 25, 2022 – 12 pm to 12 am
June 26, 2022 – 12 pm to 11 pm
Wellness Zone
A place to unwind and reset amongst the hustle and bustle of Festival Weekend.
Located at
Alexander Street Parkette
Hours of Operations:
June 24, 2022 – 7 pm to 9 pm
June 25, 2022 – 1 pm to 9 pm
June 26, 2022 – 1 pm to 9 pm
Art Zone
During Festival Weekend on Church Street from Carlton Street south to McGill Street will be a 170 foot long interactive mural that will develop over the course of the weekend. Standing at 8 feet in height this mural will have a huge visual impact within the festival footprint.
Located at
Festival Grounds. The Festival Grounds runs along Church St from Bloor Street East all the way down to Dundas Street East
Hours of Operations:
June 25, 2022 – 1 pm to 12 am
June 26, 2022 – 1 pm to 12 am
StreetFair
The StreetFair hosts a multitude of vendors, artisans and community organizations during Festival Weekend.
Located at
Festival Grounds. The Festival Grounds runs along Church St from Bloor Street East all the way down to Dundas Street East
Hours of Operations:
June 24, 2022 – 7 pm to 12 am
June 25, 2022 – 12 pm to 12 am
June 26, 2022 – 12 pm to 12 am
Charity of Choice and International Grand Marshal
Pride Toronto is proud to announce the first of many honoured positions for the Pride 2022 commemorations. Chosen by our community advisory panel; the Charity of Choice is The Black Coalition for AIDS Prevention (Black CAP) Canada’s largest organisation dedicated to mitigating the impacts of HIV/AIDS on Caribbean, African, and Black communities.
Pride 2022 International Grand Marshal
Lady Phyll
Phyll Opoku-Gyimah is the nucleus of the award-winning celebration and protest that is UK Black Pride. Widely known as Lady Phyll – partly due to her decision to reject an MBE in the New Year’s Honours’ list to protest Britain’s role in formulating anti-2SLGBTQ+ penal codes across its empire – she is also the executive director of Kaleidoscope Trust, an organisation working to uphold the human rights of 2SLGBTQ+ people around the world; a community builder and organiser; an Albert Kennedy Trust patron, and a public speaker focusing on race, gender, sexuality and class. She’s regularly called upon to advise nascent 2SLGBTQ+ organisations around the world to help leaders create cogent organising strategies, establish robust partnership networks and work effectively in service of the 2SLGBTQ+ community.
African Centre for Refugees
“When you’re arrested, you’re in prison for the rest of your life”: the African Centre for Refugees’ Christopher Nkambwe on supporting queer, newcomers from Africa “Being an LGBTQ person in
leZlie lee kam – Senior Dyke Ambassador
I am a world majority, brown, trini, Carib, indo, chinese, callaloo, queer, DYKE, differently-abled community activist, Elder. I am a 2SLGBTQI+awareness consultant and workshop facilitator. In my work I focus
Elder Blu Waters – 2Spirit Ambassador
LAUREEN BLU WATERS (They/Them) Laureen (Blu) Waters: Istchii Nikamoon: Earth Song, Wolf clan. Cree/Metis/Micmac, Blu is a member of the Metis Nation of Ontario. Blu’s family is from Big River
Rick Innis – Bi+ Pride Ambassador
Bio Genetically Anglo-Indian, culturally Scottish-Canadian, and queer by nature, Rick has grown up between worlds, so coming out bisexual was no surprise, except perhaps why it took so long. A
Marisa Rosa Grant – BIPOC Pride Ambassador
Marisa is an event producer focused on creating spaces for Queer BIPOC folx to feel safe and accepted. This passion for curating spaces came due to them noticing a lack
Arnaud Baudry – Francophone Pride Ambassador
Bio Arnaud Baudry (he/il) is a cis gay man from Boussay, a small rural town in France, and has been living in Canada since 2011. Trained in computer science, multimedia
Gloria Swain – Senior Pride Ambassador
Bio Gloria Swain, she/her, is a multidisciplinary queer Black elder artist on the asexual spectrum. Swain is an established visual artist, writer, and performance artist and advocates for anti-Black racism,
Aeryn Pfaff – Sober Pride Ambassador
Aeryn Pfaff is a social media manager, journalist, DJ and activist based in Toronto. He is a gay man who works creating educational content on HIV, AIDS and sexual health
Moka Dawkins – Trans Pride Ambassador
Moka is a Black & Indigenous Trans/2Spirit woman who experienced criminalization due to racial identity profiling, and transphobia by the Toronto Police Services and Ontario’s provincial and federal judicial systems
Tariq Richardson – Youth Pride Ambassador
Bio My name is Tariq, a 20 yr old Black Caribbean male originally from San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago currently residing in Toronto Canada. I caw caw caw cawed (in
