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London Pride ParadeMarriage March - July 14th 2002 Two gay men who won an Ontario court battle to have their church wedding legally recognized were "on Cloud 9" after arriving in London last night to celebrate Pride Week.
"I'm not a second-class citizen anymore," said Joe Varnell.
I was offended by the large photo on the front page of the July 13 edition. It depicted two gays after winning a court battle to have homosexual marriages recognized by the province. I understand the media want to cover such news, but I urge you keep it to small articles without photos. The silent majority of Ontarians feel this decision is nothing to celebrate. It's a massive slap in the face to traditional families. I find the way you portrayed this issue morally offensive and an infringement on the rights of those who support family values. Klaas
Stoker Writer feels photo lacked news value I would like to refer to the Saturday headline, Gays win right to wed (July 13). I think your newspaper must be desperate for a Canadian news story to use one half of the front page on a photo that is of interest mainly to gays. Surely, somewhere in Canada there must be a more newsworthy event. I hope this is not an example of your new direction. Graham
Forster London Pride - Only The Beginning Toronto's GLBT Community Should Rally 'Round It had been an incredible day - July 12, 2002. News of the Ontario judgement had spread quickly, and we had been kept busy all day with the media. We finished the last interview at 4 pm and we rushed to catch a 5 pm train bound for London, Ontario and the pride parade. We arrived two hours later at the London train station where we were met by a reporter and photographer from the London Free Press who were there to capture the cover story for the Saturday edition ("Gays win right to wed" the headline read the next day, "A gay couple who sued for the right to marry is in London for Pride Week."). We still had one more photo session to do (for the cover of Voices), and a radio interview for a syndicated program. It wasn't until 10:30 p.m. that we were able to have some time to ourselves to reflect a bit on the incredible events of the day, before collapsing into exhausted sleep
The
next morning, we were back in the bar, this time to attend a special pride Sunday
The
parade began shortly after 1:30. Starting from a parking lot beside Club 181,
marchers walked under the nearly deserted Galleria shopping mall, and stepped
back into the sunshine on our The True Pride Spirit It would be great to see the Toronto GLBT community come out in large numbers to line the parade route and support our marching LGBT brothers, sisters and families in London. They are working for us all in the often unfriendly rural areas of Ontario. The
spirit of London's Pride was perhaps best exemplified by the young woma "I made them!"
Thank you to everyone who made our visit so special. We greatly appreciated your generosity and kindness. | |
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