OPSEU/SEFPO’s Rainbow Alliance arc-en-ciel (RAA) invites you to Toronto Pride! OPSEU/SEFPO members, friends, family members, and allies are encouraged to come out in support! For more information, send an e-mail to pride@opseu.org. Please share the flyer below.
Toronto Pride calendar of events
June 23, 2023
Trans March
Church and Hayden Streets
7 p.m. Rally
• 6:00PM Meet up and sign making @ Wellesley St. Membership Centre (31 Wellesley St East)
• 6:45PM Walk to the staging area as a group!
BRING your flags, signs and noise makers!
This is one of the largest annual trans events in Canada. The march provides a place for trans-identified people to rally, stand up and come together in solidarity. All trans-identified people, their friends and allies are welcome to march.
June 24, 2023
Dyke March
1 p.m. Rally
2 p.m. March
Church and Hayden Streets
• 12:00PM Meet up and sign making @ Wellesley St. Membership Centre (31 Wellesley St East)
• 12:45PM Walk to the staging area as a group!
“Allies are more [than] welcome to join, however, when marching and rallying we do ask that allies
leave space for folks who identify as Dyke or Lesbian to celebrate at the front!”
This is a grassroots event where women and trans folks take over the streets of Toronto. It also serves as a political demonstration of critical mass and to revel in the strength, diversity and passion of women and trans people.
June 25, 2023
Annual Pride Brunch hosted by OPSEU/SEFPO’s Coalition of Racialized Workers
10 a.m. to 12 noon
OPSEU/SEFPO Membership Centre, 31 Wellesley St. E.
• 10AM – Wellesley Street Membership Centre (31 Wellesley St East)
• Members will head to the Parade staging area from the breakfast
Pride Parade
1:30 p.m.
Bloor Street and Ted Rogers Way
• Marchers assemble and line-up: At Bloor and Ted Rogers Way
• Float Contingent*: you MUST be on the float prior to departure; NO ONE will be permitted on the float once it begins to move
* Float capacity is limited. Pease email opseurobert@gmail.com to request float access!
• Parade Start: 2PM
There are washrooms for marchers along Bloor St., and water is being made available along the parade route by Pride Toronto.
Bring sunscreen, water (to drink AND to squirt) and get ready to march, dance and celebrate the Pride Parade!
Pride BBQ hosted by OPSEU/SEFPO Region 5
4 p.m. (or immediately following the Pride Parade)
OPSEU/SEFPO Membership Centre, 31 Wellesley St. E.
• Immediately following the Parade – Reassemble at Wellesley St. Membership Centre (31 Wellesley St East)
Join fellow OPSEU/SEFPO members, their friends and families at the OPSEU/SEFPO Membership Centre as we wind down the weekend’s festivities.
Happy Pride!
OPSEU/SEFPO’s Rainbow Alliance arc-en-ciel