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Winnipeggers at the annual Pride parade on June 7, 2026 (Koby Mitchell, CityNews)<\/p>\nThousands of Manitobans marched at Winnipeg\u2019s annual pride parade Sunday in a colourful celebration of love, identity and belonging.<\/p>\n
The 2026 Winnipeg Pride festival kicked off at the end of May with events across the city celebrating the 2SLGBTQ+ community leading up to the parade, a tradition in the city that dates back to 1987.<\/p>\n
Sunday\u2019s event began with a rally at the Manitoba Legislative Building before participants marched through downtown streets and ending at the Forks.<\/p>\n
Winnipeggers at the annual Pride parade on June 7, 2026 (Koby Mitchell, CityNews)<\/p>\n
Many participants that CityNews spoke to said that Sunday\u2019s rally continues to be an important day in the calendar for the queer community. \u00a0<\/p>\n
Bre Brown said Pride makes the 2SLGBTQ+ community feel visible.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe fight is not over and the more that we are visible, and we see this love and support and people show up, the closer we get to the kind of world we want to live in,\u201d Brown said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt brings everyone together,\u201d said Iphelia payne. \u201cWe are so very different in so many ways but we\u2019re all together and it\u2019s just so happy that we can have this time together.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI have friends who are my age who are gay and said, \u2018man if something like this had existed when I was a teenager, it would have made all of the difference in the world,\u2019\u201d said Gail Dueck. \u201cSo it\u2019s an easy thing to do, it\u2019s a delight and we really enjoy it.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Winnipeggers marched through downtown streets for the annual Pride parade on June 7, 2026 (Koby Mitchell, CityNews)<\/p>\n
Another participant who goes by Super-bi said,\u201cIt\u2019s so gratifying to see still so many people out here in support of us. Really appreciate that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Owen Firth said that Manitoba fosters inclusion through its diversity of its people and expressions.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe joy of being able to express yourself and really getting together with everyone in the community,\u201d Firth said.<\/p>\n
Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew also participated in Sunday\u2019s celebration.<\/p>\n
\u201cPride is a celebration, pride is also a protest, Pride is a riot,\u201d Kinew said.<\/p>\n
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Manitoba Premier Wab Kinews speaks at the annual Pride celebrations, at the Manitoba Legislative Building, on June 7, 2026 (Cliff Simpson, CityNews)<\/p>\n
For Storm Novak, days like today remind her why she calls Canada home.<\/p>\n
\u201cI originally am not from Canada and I came here because Canada is a place that is a lot more accepting and welcoming and has a lot better opportunities for people who are queer like myself,\u201d Novak said.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd Uzoma Asagwara is one of the people who does a lot (to make) health care accessible to trans people like myself and make the legislation a lot friendlier to queer people in general,\u201d Novak added.<\/p>\n
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\t\t\t\tWinnipeggers celebrated Pride with their annual parade on June 7, 2026 (Koby Mitchell, CityNews) <\/p>\n
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