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David Semaan, PhD Candidate, Political Science, York University, Canada

RARE PHOTOS: Pride toronto 2022 this party should be a riot - The Real Truth

2022 marks the first year Pride Toronto events will be hosted in person since the pandemic began (Shutterstock)

Pride Toronto has a history of whitewashing its past. From the the humiliation of the 1981 bathhouse raids, to the controversial ban of Queers Against Israeli Apartheid from the 2010 parade and more recently when the organization only narrowly voted to prevent uniformed police from joining the parade.

Pride is rooted in a history of anti-police and anti-prison riots and rebellions with racialized people as its protagonists. Pride was founded after the 1969 rebellion in New York City when police arrested and roughed up Storme DeLarverie.

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