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Yukon pride centre: Community conversation

We want the Yukon Pride Centre to be community-driven and collectively-imagined, with a goal of creating a physical space where community members can gather and access resources, programs, and supports. As we work together to create something truly exciting, we look forward to your input on this ground-breaking project.

COMMUNITY Alert: Unwelcome rcmp presence at yukon pride festival

This statement is to let our community members know that there was an unwelcome RCMP presence at Yukon Pride Flag raising ceremony on July 31, 2020.​

PROUDLY ANNOUNCING OUR EVENTS FOR
THE 2020 yUKON pRIDE fESTIVAL FROM aUGUST 1 - 9

This is going to be an amazing Pride Week!  Join us for some incredible online and in-person events. The Yukon Pride Festival’s theme this year, “Remote Connections”, invites Yukoners from across the Territory to be part of the Pride celebrations.

Statement on police participation in the yukon pride festival

In solidarity with  Black, Indigenous, People of Colour, and members of the LGBTQ2S+ community who are protesting police brutality and systemic racism, we are joining other Pride festivals across Canada by announcing that any visible police presence is not welcome at the Yukon Pride festival.

Funding for Black, indigenous, people of colour (BIPOC) Pride organizers in Yukon

Queer Yukon Society is offering funding to Black, Indigenous, People of Colour who want to organize QTBIPOC-focused events for the 2020 Yukon Pride Festival happening from August 1 – 9. Please contact us at pride@queeryukon.com no later than  July 13, 2020 (deadline extended) to tell us you’re interested and a brief idea of the event you would like to organize!

Black lives matter: A Statement from Queer Yukon Society & All Genders Yukon Society

Queer Yukon Society and All Genders Yukon Society condemn racism in all its forms. We condemn police brutality and murder, and we condemn quiet complacency with the racist status quo.

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2019 Pride PaRade

2020 Yukon Pride festival partners