Members of Violence Prevention Southwest joined dozens others in their respective communities to show their support and acceptance during Pride Week 2017.

For the first time, the community of Port aux Basques celebrated Pride Week with a flag raising on September 18th and a Pride Parade and BBQ on September 23, 2017 with several members of Peaceful Communities joining the celebration with Port aux Basques Mayor Todd Strickland leading the march. 

With their fourth annual Pride Week, BSG Coalition to End Violence members, as part of Western Pride NL, organized and delivered several events throughout the week of September 25-Oct 1, 2017.

Stephenville Mayor Tom O’Brien proclaimed the week Pride Week with an official signing and flag raising at the Town Office on Monday, September 25. Other events held in celebration were an education session hosted at College of the North Atlantic on Gender Identification and proper use of pronouns; Walking Wednesday in both the middle and high schools; a Coffee House at Killick Cafe; Bar Night at Paradise Lounge and the Bar & Grill; concluding the week with a parade of colors through Main Street and ending with a musical celebration at Blanche Brook Park. 

Pride Week offers the LBGTQ community and their allies an opportunity to be inclusive and proud of their own true colors and diversity and to be accepted by their peers. Who wants to live in a world of uniformity and dreariness, let yourself be who you were born to be. Show your true colors with PRIDE!

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