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Title: Activism and Pride, Trans and Edmonton
Post by: Shana A on June 21, 2010, 11:40:15 AM

Activism and Pride, Trans and Edmonton
Filed by dentedbluemercedes
June 21, 2010

http://dentedbluemercedes.wordpress.com/2010/06/21/activism-and-pride-trans-and-edmonton/ (http://dentedbluemercedes.wordpress.com/2010/06/21/activism-and-pride-trans-and-edmonton/)

On June 12th, Edmonton kicked off their 30th annual Pride Week with the parade and we were there.  Every year we grow a little more, and every year we look to include more in the celebration, emerging from the fear and shame projected onto trans people.

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This year was different.  Our group had grown, and another trans multi-inclusive group, Reflections, had also added to the trans presence.  But while TESA, members and allies were carrying signs urging support of Bill C-389 and reminding of the GRS funding cut, the response from the crowd was mostly quite indifferent.  It didn't help that we were following behind one of the local bar's floats, with a rowdy, party type of ambience, and people with protest signs are sooooo unentertaining after that, but all in all, we were almost an afterthought.