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Celebrate Pride Month 2023

CBC Saskatchewan would like to provide ways to celebrate and support LGBTQ2S+ people.

Here are some ways to celebrate and support LGBTQ2S+ people

The CBC Gem in the LGBTQ2+ colours as well as the typed words CBC Saskatchewan.
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In June, many across Canada recognize Pride Month. It is a time when we celebrate the diversity of LGBTQ2S+ communities, while acknowledging their history, the hardships they have endured and the progress that has been made.

We have assembled some resources so that you can learn about, celebrate and better support LGBTQ2S+ people in your community.

Please note, where terms other than LGBTQ2S+ might be used below, we chose to keep the language of the host community or organization.

Spotlighting Saskatchewan stories

Here's what we've reported on so far this Pride. Have a story idea? Contact saskcomms@cbc.ca.

Happy Pride Month! You couldn't have asked for more perfect summer weather for the Queen City Pride parade. Kacey Colibaba was pumped about the occasion, and so is their son. They drove two hours to enjoy the celebration. Host Shauna Powers speaks to speaks with Kacey about their journey to embrace their true self as a transgender and non-binary person.
The CBC's Theresa Kliem joined local birders Ryan Bradshaw and Ryan Dudragne on their Pride Month's Fabulous Feathers Bird Walk tour at Donna Birkmaier Park.

Celebrate Pride

From hosting parades to leading educational opportunities, here are some Pride non-profits operating in Saskatchewan.

Four people are pictured crossing a rainbow crosswalk. Two are children, one is a woman and the last is in drag.
Children and adults walked together during the 2022 Foam Lake Pride parade. (Nelson Bryksa)

Seek resources

From employment tax assistance to an annual camp for gender and sexually-diverse youth, Saskatchewan is awash with support. Here are several of those resources.

Several people in a pride parade, there are several displays of the rainbow in view.
CBC Saskatchewan at the Regina Pride Parade 2019. Join us at both the Saskatoon and Regina Pride Parades. Regina: https://queencitypride.ca/pride-parade/ Saskatoon: https://saskatoonpride.ca/ (CBC)

Learn the history

We're fortunate that folks have dedicated time to assembling information about queer history and experiences in Saskatchewan. Happy learning!

A black and white image of women lined up in several columns and rows, they are all wearing sporting attire.
From a league of their own to a lifelong relationship they kept a secret. A Secret Love debuting on Netflix documents the lives of two Saskatchewan-born women, including professional ball player Terry Donahue. (Secret Love/Netflix)

Nationally

Be a better ally

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CBC Saskatchewan is delighted to support and be a part of pride celebrations during Pride Month. We will be marching in both the Regina Pride Parade on June 10and the Saskatoon Pride Parade on June 17.

Watch with Pride

Celebrate Pride Month with movies and series telling the stories of the LGTBQ2S+ community on CBC Gem. Here are some highlights. More will be released throughout June.

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CBC Gem is rollout out a selection of LGBTQ-focused content over the course of June. (CBC Gem)

Here and Queer: An interview series hosted by Peter Knegt that celebrates and amplifies the work of our greatest LGBTQ2S+ artists through unfiltered conversations. First season guests include Billy Eichner, Tegan & Sara, Bilal Baig, Matt Rogersand Lido Pimienta.

Riot Girls: In an alternate 1995, a mysterious disease has wiped out all of the adults. In this new age, two gangs are pitted against each other in a brutal war for territory, resources and survival.

Sort Of:Abig-hearted series about Sabi Mehboob, a fluid millennial who straddles various identities. New episodes weekly.

Someone Like Me: When a queer group of strangers unite to support a gay Ugandan man seeking asylum in Canada, unexpected challenges lead them down an emotional road together in search of personal freedom.

Small Town Pride: An intimate portrait of LGBTQ2S+ pride and queer life in small towns, told through the stories of people from communities across Canada.

Listen to LGBTQ2S+ voices

Three people are in the image, one wears a cowboy hat and mask, the middle wears a colorful ensemble with heavily styled hair, the last is a older man with salt and pepper hair wearing a dark blue suit and a light blue tie.
A Pride playlist that suits every celebration, be it physically distanced, virtual, or solo. (Getty Images and courtesy of the artist)

CBC Music has curated this playlist to honour some of Canada's great LGBTQ2S+artists, including Orville Peck, Beverly Glenn-Copeland, Peaches, James Baley, Witch Prophet and Wares.

CBC Saskatchewan has featured LGBTQ2S+ musicians in several of our Local Music Project initiatives such as:

  • Elle & Jules + Cupid's Heart:There's something so magical, in life and music, when two become one. We share the stories and sounds of Sask-based power duos Cupid's Heart, Elle & Jules, Winsome Kind and Munro & Patrick.

  • ZOCHI: Faith, sexuality, Nigerian meat pies, radio love from Kenya and much more inside Regina's oldest building.

  • respectfulchild: An agender Chinese-Malaysian musical artist settler who is born, raised, and living on Treaty 6 Territory in Saskatoon.

  • Anna Haverstock: Once the radio-ready, catchy alt-rock pop tunes of Saskatoon's Anna Haverstock hook you, they never let you go. CBC Radio 3 has compared her with Serena Ryder and we couldn't agree more. Anna's electric vocals, rock rhythms and overall energy are just a few of the many reasons we wanted to celebrate her sound.

Season 3 of The Village: The Montreal Murders is on CBC Listen and the podcast Le Village: meurtres, combat, fiert, on Radio-Canada OHdio. Both put the spotlight on early 1990s Montreal, where against a backdrop of police violence and the AIDS crisis the LGBTQ2S+ community is shaken to the core by the unsolved murders of 17 gay men.

In CBC Podcasts' Chosen Family, artists, activists and Black Lives Canada co-founders Syrus Marcus Ware and Rodney Diverlus join hosts Thomas and Tranna for a special conversation on the movement for racial justice within the queer community. The two friends and co-editors of the best-selling essay collection Until We Are Free share their journey and open up about what Pride means to them.

What is "gender identity"? How is it different from "gender expression"? What about "non-binary"? Join host Faith Fundal as they explore these questions in CBC Podcast's They & Us, alongside people who find themselves navigating the world of preferred pronouns, trans rights and the quest to be recognized for who they are.

How are you celebrating Pride Month? Have something to add? Email us at saskcomms@cbc.ca.

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