With this in mind, the Ontario NDP’s queer caucus and the only one in the Legislative Assembly remark that this is the first Pride since Ford Conservatives voted down our Gender Affirming Health Care Act earlier this February.

Pride reminds us that we can accomplish great things because we have done great things before. Pride reminds us how the Black, Indigenous, Racialized, Trans, and Two-Spirit people who also trail-blazed progress are a constant source of inspiration.