Toronto mayor, council to kick off Pride month with flag--raising ceremony

Citynews.ca
June 4, 2019

Toronto Mayor John Tory will be kicking off Pride month Tuesday with the raising of the rainbow and transgender flags at City Hall.

He will be joined by fellow council members and representatives of Pride Toronto at 12:30 p.m.

The event will also recognize the anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall Riots in New York City, which is credited by some as sparking the LGBTQ movement.

The 2019 edition of the Pride parade will be held on June 23.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford said he won’t be attending the parade. He said he will only do so when organizers allow front--line police officers to participate again in uniform.

Uniformed officers were banned from marching in the parade in 2017 after concerns of racial profiling, and Pride members narrowly voted in January to keep the ban in place this year.