Pride Centre offers an inclusive Christmas for queer community

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Pride Centre offers an inclusive Christmas for queer community

By Jana G. Pruden,
December 25, 2010

http://www.edmontonjournal.com/opinion/editorial-cartoons/Pride+Centre+offers+inclusive+Christmas+queer+community/4025695/story.html

EDMONTON — There are many kinds of families, and Axcella Zelenski finds hers inside the warm and sunny community centre on 111th Avenue.

"I've been coming here for five years because most of my family is here," said Zelenski, sitting down to Christmas dinner at the Edmonton Pride Centre on Saturday. "My physical family is doing their own religious stuff, and I prefer to celebrate with people I can connect with."

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Zelenski says she hasn't eaten Christmas dinner with her family for years, as some of her relatives continue to struggle with her transgendered identity.