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Lloydminster’s Pride Week is on in the community.
The week features a variety of daily events and aims to bring people together in the community.
“Pride week is a week that we put on lots of events to gather individuals to be able to have safe spaces, people can go for a walk or have fun on a bouncy castle, there’s a variety of things available throughout the week for people to gather together,” said Jennifer Holmes, director of inclusive expression and fundraising.
Events are put on by the 2SLGBTQIA+ Society of Lloydminster.
The week began on July 6 with an arts showcase and a drag show. Then July 7 there was a pride walk and flag raising at Synergy credit union. On July 8 there was a pancake breakfast.
“We’ve already done our pride show, which was a show at the casino, and that went off beautifully, it was a great show,” said Holmes.
The rest of the week features, the Lloyd Ex Fair float decoration, pride family movie night, drag bingo and the pride gala.
Holmes says pride week is important for the community as it gives people a sense of belonging.
“Pride weeks important because for eons people have been told they have to hide, don’t do this don’t do that, unfortunately a lot of people have not had safe spaces to just be themselves,” she said. “We try to give people a sense of community and a sense of belonging and purpose, so they know their life is just as beautiful and important as the next.”
People looking to support pride week can do so through monetary means or donating their time.
“Support can come in a variety of different ways, monetary donations, the money will go to buying hamburgers and hotdogs, to help us host these free events and for the next events we do,” said Holmes. “Time is a big thing, the more people we have on hand to help us is a big thing.”
Those looking to donate can do so directly to the society at LGBTQsocietylloydminster@gmail.com. Those looking to volunteer can register at 2SLGBTQIA+ Society of Lloydminster on Facebook.
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