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Wednesday, August 29, 2012 Trail Daily Times
REGIONAL NELSON
‘KIDNEY DAY’ CONTRIBUTION
Rally highlights pride not protest BY MEGAN COLE Nelson Star
As Kootenay Pride prepares for it’s 16th annual festivities this weekend, Kootenay Pride president Jason Peil says this year is a celebration and thank you to the community. “In the past, it may have been necessary to have pride in protest,� he said. “There was a time when pride meant carving a space to have a safe space to be out together and comfortable in your own community.� This year marks the first year for Castlegar’s pride events, and while it may have been met by
some opposition, Peil said it is a small but loud minority. “Really Kootenay Pride is a thank you and a celebration for how amazing our community is and what a great place where you can live and work and be proud and open about yourself. In this community and in general you are faced with nothing but acceptance,� he said. “These events should be for everyone. The whole community should be proud here in this place that we come together and accept. We have diversity and we have tolerance for
each other. This is really not a protest, but a welcoming and a thank you.� In addition to the Castlegar event, Kootenay Pride is unveiling a lot of new festivities to celebrate its 16th year. Kootenay Pride has also changed its annual rally, moving away from traditional ideas of political rallies. “Our rally this year ought to be quite a change from previous rallies,� said Peil. “If anyone has ever attended a rally before and thought ‘Gee, there’s a lot of politicians and nothing else going on,’ we’ve really changed
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that around. We still have the politicians, but we are limiting them.� The rally — which takes place at Cottonwood Park — will be hosted by Vancouver-based comedian and drag queen Conni Smudge who will also be hosting an impromptu drag competitions. Smudge will also be joined by other performers and a live DJ. The traditional pride parade on Sunday at 3 p.m. in Nelson’s downtown has also seen a revamp with more organizations joining the festivities than ever before.
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Caroline Boag (right) of the Arlington Hotel Bar & Grill in Trail presents a cheque for $500 to Laura Farnsworth of the Trail Kidney Walk 2012. It represents the proceeds of “Kidney Day,� at the Arlington which was held there on Aug. 16. The goal is to make this an annual event prior to the Kidney Walk held in Trail.
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