http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/old/taxonomy/term/4673/0 en http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/history-pride/16246 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Participation in first Halifax Pride Parade required courage </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/pride-march-photo-1988.jpg" alt="" title="Spectators hurled angry insults at 1988 Pride Parade participants (Photo courtesy of Chris Aucoin)." width="417" height="432" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/1988_button.jpg" alt="" title="Halifax Pride 88 button. Now considered the first Halifax Pride Parade, it was a protest march rather than the festive parade of more recent years (Photo courtesy of Chris Aucoin)." width="184" height="181" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>HALIFAX &mdash;&nbsp;An exhibit at the Spring Garden Road Memorial Public Library reminds us when 75 members of the LGBTQ community marched through downtown Halifax in 1988 there was little to celebrate, and much to fear. But, it would become the annual Halifax Pride Parade, which celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary this year.</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/history-pride/16246" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/history-pride/16246#comments Robert Devet Sexuality gay rights halifax pride homophobia LGBTQ pride parade Sat, 09 Feb 2013 20:47:27 +0000 Editor 16246 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca