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Pride Week Proclamation July 23

July 18, 2012 by

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Fredericton Pride Week Proclamation: Hosted: Fredericton Pride Date: Monday, 23 July 2012 Time: 7:30 pm   Location: City Hall Council Chambers (inside City Hall, second floor Gallery) 397 Queen Street A time honoured tradition of the Fredericton Pride Committee, join us in the Council Chambers at City Hall to hear the official Proclamation of Fredericton […]

Pride Flag Raising Aug. 3

July 18, 2012 by

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Fredericton Pride Flag Raising: Hosted: Fredericton Pride Date: Friday, 3 August 2012 Time: 12 pm Location: City Hall (397 Queen Street) Another one of those events that are almost unmissable, watch with us as the Pride Flag ascends and soars proudly overhead at City Hall. The tradition set down by our Fredericton Pride Forfathers and […]

Bi The Way Film Night Aug. 6

July 18, 2012 by

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Movie Night: Bi The Way Hosted: AIDS NB and the New Brunswick Filmmakers Co-Operative for Fredericton Pride Date: Monday, 6 August 2012 Time: 6:30 pm Location: Charlotte Street Arts Centre (732 Charlotte Street) Our friends at AIDS NB and the New Brunswick Filmmaker’s Co-operative are hosting a screening of the movie ‘Bi The Way’. This […]

Proud to be Hilarious Aug. 3 Playhouse

July 18, 2012 by

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Proud to be Hilarious–Starring  Shelley Marshall with Andrew Johnston and Megan McDowell “Proud to be Hilarious” – a laugh-a-minute comedy show featuring three of Canada’s best comedians. Kick off Fredericton’s Pride week with a night of side-splitting stand-up. Hosted by Andrew Johnston (as seen on Much Music’s Video on Trial and his own regular live […]

Trans Man Takes Action Against Doctor’s Discrimination

April 19, 2012 by

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To whom it may concern, On April 18th, 2012, I went to see Dr. X of the Fredericton Psychiatry office regarding my gender identity disorder and to request a letter of recommendation for sex reassignment surgery at the clinic in Montreal. I was referred to Dr. X by a social worker of the Mental Health […]

Silver Wave Film Festival: Generations

October 22, 2011 by

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“Generations” will be shown at the Silver Wave Film Festival in Fredericton, NB. Back in December 2010, founding member of the Queer Theory Collective, Shaun Bartone, contacted Gina Carducci about showing the film “Generations.” Produced by Barbara Hammer and Gina Carducci, the film is the result of a collaboration between the two lesbian filmmakers. Barbara […]

Radical Queers: Ready for Action

October 16, 2011 by

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Radical Queers. Our only agenda is to be a visibly queer presence at rallies, protests, and occupations. We have no meetings. We might have the occasional sign-making party for the fun of it. There is strength in diversity. Too frequently folks at rallies and such are painted by the media as being one fringe element […]

SlutWalk Fredericton First in Atlantic

September 16, 2011 by

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“Yes means Yes and No means No, however we dress and wherever we go.” was the rallying cry for Fredericton’s first Slutwalk, a public protest against the misogynist bullying called slut-shaming. Inspired by a telling remark made by a Toronto police officer in early 2011, expressing to a group of young women that they could […]

Fredericton Pride 2011 Out & Proud

August 23, 2011 by

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Fredericton Pride 2011 held off the rain and marched with Pride along the Riverwalk to Officer’s Square, where the Festival was held on Sunday August 8. Grand Marshall James Whitehead led the way as hundreds of LGBTIQ and allied participants, dressed in a rainbow of colours and carrying banners, marched and danced to the music […]

Q&A: James Whitehead, Grand Marshall

July 25, 2011 by

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[Editor Shaun Bartone interviewed James Whitehead, this year’s Fredericton Pride Grand Marshall.] Hi James: I’m going to start with some basic questions about you, FLAG, then some history of Pride in Fredericton, you’re view of they way gay life has evolved in Fredericton over the last 20 years, and finally where you see it going. […]