ElderBerriesHistory Talk: Halifax’s Forgotten First Pride March
The front cover of the October, 1988 Wayves Magazine shows LGBTQ marchers on August 1, 1988, headed “Out of the Closets and into the Human Rights Act.” That first Halifax Pride March has been celebrated for decades. Only - it wasn’t the first.
The first Halifax Pride March was in 1987. A production of the Gay Alliance for Equality, it was coordinated by Dalhousie University student Nathan Elling, inspired by Pride Marches he had seen as a teenager in Chicago -- with one difference: choosing not to obtain a street march permit, the 1987 activists marched on the sidewalk.
Now retired from a California catering career and re-settled in Nova Scotia, Nathan Elling will share memories of our almost forgotten 1987 Pride March at the January 26 Elderberries Salon.
Elderberries Members and newcomers alike are invited to attend this free event. Come to hear, or come to share: Elderberries especially welcomes any memories or photos of this march.
Doors open 12:45; program begins 1:00 pm.
Coffee and tea provided. Bring some finger food or snacks or beverages to share if you can.
Where: Adult Day Space, 2630 Gottingen Street (Northwood - use the Gottingen Street entrance)
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