QUEERANTINE WITH FIERTÉ SUDBURY PRIDE

This summer sure has been different, but one thing COVID can’t stamp out is PRIDE! The folks at Fierté Sudbury Pride have taken their annual celebrations virtual this year with QUEERANTINE: Pride 2020! We may have to stay apart this year but with a gaggle of Zoom panels, concerts, and fun activities to take part in its sure to be a blast just the same! Celebrate this pandemic pride season with Fierté Sudbury Pride, opening ceremonies will kick things off virtually on Facebook and Eastlink TV 12PM July 13^th with events planned until July 19^th. You can find more details about events and preregister for panels by visiting www.sudburypride.com.

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Pride Concert Series

Music is always a huge part of any pride celebration and Fierté Sudbury Pride is certainly not disappointing on that front! They have put together three nights of outstanding performances from queer and allied artists. Kicking things off on July 14^th is Jennifer Holub, her music confronts social injustice with bold force and powerful vocals. Her passion for equality and justice is evident, we highly recommend checking out her album The Reckoning. Tafari Anthony follows up, bringing you all the funk, soul, and pop melodies you need to get through your week! His music has been featured on MTV, PAPER Magazine, and even Gay Times Magazine. He’s performed all over the world but has a special connection to Sudbury that we’re happy keeps bringing him back. G.R. Gritt is a Juno Award-winning, Two-Spirit, Transgender, Francophone, Anishinaabe/Metis artist. Journeying through their own transition and identity, their music creates and warm and welcoming place for self-reflection.

Pride Concert Series performances are scheduled at 7 PM July 14th,15th, 16th and will be hosted on Facebook Live.

Queerantine Panels

Not only is pride week a great time to celebrate the strides that have been made for representation it is also an opportunity to learn. Over Queerantine you have the chance to participate in daily panel discussions on a variety of topics important to the queer community. Facilitated by Fierté Sudbury Pride this will be a great chance to learn from community leaders in Sudbury and ask questions. Community Forum on Policing will allow a chance for racialized and marginalized communities to speak to their experiences with law enforcement. In Data & Queeries, Suzanne Mills, Associate Professor, at McMaster University returns to report results from her research about the experiences of LGBTQ+ workers that many people from Sudbury participated in. L’intersectionnalité et la santé des personnes LGBTQ + will be a francophone discussion on the challenges faced by marginalized individuals in our community. The Queerantine Youth panel will give a voice to young queer people to talk about their experience and how Sudburians can support them.

Space is limited for panel discussions, please register in advance at www.sudburypride.com.

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Social Stuff

Join TG Innerselves for a heartfelt reading with award-winning author and human rights advocate Amanda Jetté Knox. She will be reading from her book Love Lives Here, which details her story of love and acceptance as her child and spouse both transition. Catch this reading July 17^th at 12PM. Do you think you and your crew have the brains to outsmart them all? Register your team today for The Queerest Trivia on July 17^th. They’ll be testing your queer knowledge, hunty, so you had best come correct!* THWOORP * Pride just wouldn’t be complete without an epic dance party!!! Zigs on Zoom is where it’s at, July 18^th get your best buds together (groups of 10 or less people!) for a virtual dance party! The night kicks off at 8PM and goes until late night with fabulous drag performances from Jenna Seppa, Miss Steak, The Ugly One, Miss Quinta Sential, and Carmen Dior. It’s going to be a night chock-full of entertainment with the help of the talented Northern Latin Flavour, Sarah Levi, Sky Slywchuk, Sophie Jones, and Kit Schneider. DJ Bubba will be providing the tunes for your Saturday night pride celebration as per usual!

You can find more details about events and preregister for events by visiting www.sudburypride.com. Also, check out some of their awesome community projects for ways to give back!