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  • 2 days ago
Arrived late due to traffic and random opposing winds along the way.
High-pass filter and amplification used for the speeches.

The march was slow and stopped many times over, however I had no idea there were multiple speeches going on during the long pauses of the march at the very front of it.

Perhaps next year, I will ensure I get to the very front of the march to catch the speeches so nothing gets left out.

Upon arriving at church street, a **VERY trans/homophobic** cult/sect was spotted on all four corners (I should have grabbed a pamphlet from the ground to name and shame the intolerant fuckheads) at church and gould trying to recruit everybody attending the march. It's safe to say, most boo'd them, pushed away or tossed the pamphlets to the ground (or in the trash bins). The few who picked any up, likely tossed them shortly afterwards.

Music composed for the timelapse march is my own.
Transcript
00:00Happy.
00:09Okay, one, two, three, go.
00:14We are all in for you.
00:16Okay, two more.
00:17Let's go.
00:18One.
00:21One, two, three, go.
00:23I am!
00:25I am!
00:47It's a run time!
00:49I hope you got another question.
00:53How many Jurassic Dikes
00:55in the audience have?
00:57How many Jurassic Dikes?
00:59Put your hands up!
01:01I came in!
01:03And now we have
01:05another generational.
01:07So,
01:09you know you keep hearing the word
01:11intersectional.
01:13It's intergenerational.
01:15First.
01:17And I love the big
01:21out piece that we are going to do today.
01:23So,
01:25Robin and I
01:27are going to be driving a golf club
01:29with rainbow seniors.
01:31Jurassic Dikes!
01:33So,
01:35come over and say hello.
01:37And I especially want to thank Keoka.
01:41Come on up.
01:43Come on up.
01:45Because it's really important.
01:47I see a lot of younger people here today.
01:49So, that gives me a lot of hope.
01:51And I run the youth elders program with police and bad times theatre.
01:57So,
01:59we have a new season coming up in September.
02:01I want to see all of you there.
02:03And you must be proud to be a lesbian.
02:05And you must be proud to be a lesbian.
02:09Don't let anybody tell you it's a bad word.
02:11You must be proud to be a dyke.
02:15Back in the day,
02:19a lot of us were shamed.
02:21People still tell me,
02:23I wear this t-shirt when I do my workshops.
02:25And people come up to me and they say,
02:27that's such a bad word.
02:29And I said,
02:31you are making it a bad word.
02:33For us,
02:35it's a good word.
02:37And you've heard a lot of speakers talking about
02:39working together,
02:41putting their hair to sides,
02:43kindness and caring.
02:45Look at this person here.
02:47I met Keoka in San Diego
02:51two years ago.
02:53I wish I had that kind of knowledge of wisdom.
02:55when I was there.
02:59So this is our future.
03:01You are our future.
03:03Nights and lesbians are not going anywhere.
03:09What are we?
03:13We are all kids.
03:15We are all kids.
03:17This lovely person who spoke earlier
03:23is on the board of Priter.
03:25Apart from working full time.
03:29So when you hear people talking about Priter
03:31or to not doing anything,
03:33we are busting our behinds
03:35to make this happen for you.
03:39So we have community committees.
03:43It was a community committee
03:45that organized this.
03:47So if you want
03:49the Dyke March
03:51and the Dyke rally
03:53to be even more exciting,
03:55next year,
03:57join the committee.
03:59We need to see more of you.
04:01It has to be more intergenerational.
04:03We have to take care of each other.
04:15I'm back again.
04:17So if I say happy while I say pride.
04:23Happy!
04:25Pride!
04:26Happy!
04:27Pride!
04:28Also seeing this last year,
04:30there's going to be so many protests here.
04:32So I'm expecting you all
04:35to make out,
04:37have fun,
04:38and scare them away!
04:43Because trust me,
04:45they are scared.
04:47Because you know why?
04:49Because they don't know what to do.
04:53So, Dykes, are you ready?
04:57Are you ready to march?
04:59Are you ready to show up?
05:01Are you ready to show up?
05:13I'm the city councilman right here
05:15from Toronto Centre.
05:17Welcome to all our visitors
05:19department wide.
05:21I know there are many Americans there today.
05:23And you are welcome here in Toronto.
05:27Toronto, yes.
05:29Everyone is welcome here.
05:31Toronto is a sanctuary city
05:33where everyone is welcome.
05:35I am one of the very few
05:37and not the only square
05:39city councilors in Toronto.
05:41Yes.
05:43I also chair the 2SLQ
05:45advisory committee
05:47of the city of Toronto.
05:49And it's at that table
05:51that we discuss
05:53and make decisions for our committee
05:55to make sure that we are seen,
05:57we are heard, we are respected,
05:59and we receive all the resources
06:01that we need from our city.
06:03And I'm very proud to say that
06:05I champion
06:07and I voice, I make sure that
06:09we get all the resources that we need
06:11and I'll continue to do that
06:13as well as my new city councilor.
06:15Our lives matter.
06:17Trans lives matter.
06:19Our lives matter.
06:21Trans lives matter.
06:23Our lives matter.
06:25And we will take up space
06:27and we will continue to do so.
06:29Even by force when necessary, I tell you.
06:31We contribute to the city,
06:33we build the city,
06:35and we will take up space.
06:37So thank you for showing up.
06:39And thank you to our allies as well.
06:41And a big thank you
06:43to Bright Toronto.
06:45I know they have, yes,
06:47I know they had a lot,
06:49a lot of pushback this year.
06:51And they have stood up.
06:53I want to acknowledge
06:55KOTO, the executive director
06:57of Bright Toronto.
06:59Who has really taken a beat
07:01into the city,
07:03into the city,
07:04into the city,
07:05who has really taken a beat
07:07for us.
07:08And I can tell you,
07:09as a black man,
07:11he has taken a beat
07:12for that as well.
07:14So thank you to all of you
07:17for standing with Bright Toronto,
07:19making sure that we have
07:21a successful essay front.
07:23Thank you to the board.
07:25Thank you to all the volunteers
07:27who made this happen.
07:29This doesn't happen arbitrarily.
07:31So to our allies out there,
07:33and to all of you out there,
07:35please continue
07:37to support Bright
07:39by putting your money
07:41where you have us.
07:42Because if we want
07:43a successful Bright,
07:44not only this year,
07:46but in the future,
07:48we need to make sure
07:50that we support each other.
07:52So again, thank you
07:53to all of you.
07:54I'm so proud.
07:56I'm so thankful to
07:58the UCD councillor.
07:59Happy Bright.
08:00Happy Bright.
08:01Happy Bright.
08:02Happy Bright.
08:03Happy Bright.
08:04Happy Bright.
08:05Happy Bright.
08:06Happy Bright.
08:07Happy Bright.
08:08Happy Bright.
08:09Okay, friends.
08:10You know what time it is,
08:11right?
08:12Yeah, it's time.
08:13So, what we're going to do
08:15is first, we're going...
08:18You know how Leslie
08:19talked about
08:20are you driving the bikes?
08:21Yeah?
08:22We...
08:23One of the things
08:24that's what we're talking about
08:25is I'm a nerd,
08:29but I'm famous, Fox.
08:31I'll have my wife,
08:32I'll have my wife,
08:33I swear.
08:34Hopefully, that's it.
08:36It's...
08:37But we are going to,
08:38I think it's important
08:39to know our history,
08:40so we are going to turn around
08:42and ask the Labyrinth
08:44to play.
08:45Hey!
08:46We will!
08:47For those that don't know!
08:50For those that don't know,
08:52that was our first Dike
08:55play.
08:56I told you to remember
09:00not only to raise your shot glasses,
09:02but to throw them.
09:04Because pride has been political.
09:07The shot glasses reference
09:09is to mark up.
09:11And how we started this...
09:14Woo!
09:15How we started this
09:17was taking back those strengths.
09:20So guess what time it is?
09:22It is time for us to march.
09:26Woo!
09:27Are you ready?
09:28Woo!
09:29We are going this way!
09:31Be loud, be proud,
09:33and never, never forget
09:37our history
09:39so that we can keep telling
09:41the generations behind us
09:43that they belong.
09:45Happy Pride!
09:47For those who have accessibility needs,
10:01there is a TTC bus right on church,
10:04close to the floor.
10:05You can access that bus,
10:07which will take you through the duration
10:09of the march.
10:10So are we ready to go?
10:13Are we ready to go?
10:14Are we ready to go?
10:15Are we ready to go?
10:16Are we ready to go?
10:18Woo!
10:19Woo!
10:20Woo!
10:21Woo!
10:22Woo!
10:23Woo!
10:24Woo!
10:25Woo!
10:26Woo!
10:27Woo!
10:28Woo!
10:29Woo!
10:30Woo!
10:31Woo!
10:32Woo!
10:33Woo!
10:34Woo!
10:35Woo!
10:36Woo!
10:37Woo!
10:38Woo!
10:39Woo!

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