Jun. 25th, 2024

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CBC article in memory of John Banks, Canadian gay rights pioneer

Banks organized Montreal's first pride parade in 1979, among other things. He passed away on Monday.

Brief excerpt:
When Banks read a local newspaper article about Pride events that were held in different cities, he thought to himself: "Why don't we do it?"

"I was born in the 1940s, and it was illegal until 1969 to be gay," he recalled. "So I just thought, 'Yeah, let's have fun. Let's just do this and have fun doing it."

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