You might be seeing all the rainbow flags, the corporate logos dressed up in rainbows or all the social media talking about 'Pride Month,' but Calgary's big weekend doesn't technically take place until the end of the summer.
Calgary drag queen Valerie Hunt performed Thursday at Pride in Art.You might be seeing all the rainbow flags, the corporate logos dressed up in rainbows or all the social media talking about "Pride Month," but Calgary's big weekend doesn't technically take place until the end of the summer.
"It's really a matter of weather," said Zac Remple, communications co-ordinator with Calgary Pride. "We've done Prides in June and we always got rained on, and the weather in September is a little bit more consistent."The other reason Pride was moved to the end of the summer was to allow for people to celebrate throughout the entire summer, from June all the way until September.
"It's being with your people. Being in your community, and people who really understand. It's great that people want to come and be allies. But I really liked being in a theatre with, you know, my queer family. And so looking forward to it," said Shaw.To kick off Pride month, Calgary LGBT networking group Pride in Business held its annual queer art show in the Engineered Air Theatre at Arts Commons, featuring photography, illustration, new media and dance.