Guelph Pride

Check out our Winter Pride Guide HERE

Guelph Queer Equality Art Attack Event
FREE
Tuesday Feb 4 / 7pm - 9pm
University Centre Rm 332, University of Guelph
Join Guelph Queer Equality on February 4th from 7pm-9pm at the Guelph University Centre (room 332) to Wear Your Pride! We will be breaking out the fabric paint and glitter to redesign t-shirts and give them some extra rainbow flair. If painting isn't your thing, a button maker will also on site so you can still express your creativity. Some white t-shirts will be provided, but it is preferred that you bring your own.

LGBT Sex-Ed Workshop
FREE
Tuesday Feb 4 / 5pm - 6:30pm
Mackinnon Building Rm. 304, Trent Ln., University of Guelph
***Please note venue change.***
In collaboration with the Wellness Centre and the AIDS Committee of Guelph and Wellington, Guelph Pride present this workshop aimed at discussing issues about sexual health for people who identify as LGBTQ. This will be a very informal workshop.

Rainbow Reflections Screening
Wednesday Feb 5 / 7pm - 9pm
Rozanski Hall Rm. 105, University of Guelph
The Grand River Rainbow Historical Society and Femme Fatale Creations are pleased to announce a Guelph screening of Rainbow Reflections, a feature-length documentary on the history of the LGBTQ community in the Grand River Region. Listen in as personal stories and reflections from local people bring queer history to life in often moving and funny ways. There will be a Question and Answer period with the director and an alumnus from the UofG to follow the screening. George Orwell once wrote, "The most effective way to destroy a people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history." This film is a celebration of our community and the significant contributions we've made to LGBTQ organizing in Ontario. Join us as we listen to each other's stories and learn what we were never taught in school.

Astrology, Community Building and Healing Workshop
FREE
Wednesday Feb 5 / 4pm - 7pm
GRCGED Office, University Centre Rm 107, University of Guelph
This workshop will be run in collaboration with GRCGED (The Guelph Resource Centre for Gender Empowerment and Diversity). A note from the facilitator: Astrology is something that has brought me a lot of insight into the ways that people break in and out of communities; it is also something that has brought me a lot of healing and allowed me to understand others and relationships of all kinds better. Sun signs, Moon signs, Sagittarius, Aquarius, earth, water, fire - what is it all about!? This workshop will be an Astrology 101 for anyone wants to know more in general. We'll also spend time focusing the conversation around using Astrology as a tool for relationship and community building, understanding conflict, different approaches to communication, feelings, struggles, and what are the possibilities through this for individual and collective healing. To know more about me visit my website Shaungatagore.com/astrology About the Facilitator: superqueero cis-femme of colour. toronto-based, rad-identified. healer, storyteller/performance artist, community organizer. sensitive to the wide range of abilities, class/educational backgrounds, gender/sexual identities and contexts different folks come to a session with. I have an MA in women's studies from york university, feminist/anti-racist training in support work for survivors of assault/violence, and more than 8 years of experience organizing and mentoring in communities of queer, trans, young people of colour with varying abilities and class backgrounds. co-creator and co-curator of unapologetic burlesque: queer. anti-racist. consensual. not your average burlesque. scorpio rising, sagittarius moon, gemini sun. top three likes: cats, buffy and the god of small things.

Winter Pride Open Mic Night
FREE
Wednesday Feb 5 / 8pm
Bullring, 107 Trent Lane, University of Guelph
In collaboration with the Central Student Association, Guelph Pride presents the Winter Pride Open Mic Night where you can showcase your talent on stage! The mic is open for anyone and everyone so don't be shy! Don't want to perform? Come and watch! Its a free event!

Winter Pride Family Fun Event
FREE
Saturday Feb 8 / 11am - 3pm
Market Square, 1 Carden St. AND 10Carden, 10 Carden St.
This event is also free! This is a great opportunity to get some fresh air, skate, and meet other community members. There will be fun activities and some snack food at 10Carden.

That's My Drag: Winter Pride Princess Pageant
Saturday Feb 8 / 8:30pm
Red Papaya, Old Quebec Street Mall
Help Crown Guelph's first Winter Pride Princess. Contestants will perform and event participants will be able to vote for the Winter Pride Princess. After the crowning of the Pride Princess, the dance will begin and the night will go on!
Advanced tickets for this event can be purchased at the Red Papaya. Tickets are $10 in advance or $15 at the door. Students will receive a $5 discount with a valid student ID. This event will be all ages and drinkers will be banded and carded upon entrance.

Winter Pride Film Screening
Sunday Feb 9 / 1:30pm - 4:30pm
10Carden, 10 Carden St.
In collaboration with the Magnificence Collective and GRCGED (The Guelph Resource Centre for Gender Empowermet and Diversity), Guelph Pride presents this event which will showcase two films which will explore the intersection between queerness and gentrification. Please see below for a description of the two films.

Fenced OUT: FIERCE's Youth-Produced Documentary
Fenced OUT is a youth-inspired, produced and directed video created in collaboration between FIERCE, Paper Tiger Television and The Neutral Zone. Fenced OUT documents the struggle of LGBTSTQ youth of color to save the Christopher Street pier and the West Village from re-development and gentrification. While researching the history of the pier, FIERCE members discovered past generations of queer peoples' fight for use of public spaces at Christopher Street and the piers. We have continued to use the documentary as a public education tool to raise awareness about the increasing displacement, violence, and criminalization experienced by LGBTSTQ youth of color. To date we have reached over 3,000 people in New York City and nationwide. For more information, please visit fiercenyc.org.

FLAG WARS Shot over a four-year period, Linda Goode Bryant and Laura Poitras' Flag Wars is a poignant and very personal look at a community in Columbus, Ohio, undergoing gentrification. What happens when an influx of gay white homebuyers move into a working-class black neighborhood? As the new residents restore the beautiful but run-down homes, black homeowners must fight to hold onto their community and heritage. The inevitable clashes expose prejudice and self-interest on both sides, as well as the common dream to have a home to call one's own. Winner of the Jury Award at the South by Southwest Film Festival, Flag Wars is a candid, unvarnished portrait of privilege, poverty and local politics taking place across America. For more information, please visit PBS.org.