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Caesars Windsor boosting PrideFest programs

Mary Riley of Caesars Windsor, fourth from left, and David Lenz of Windsor-Essex PrideFest, centre, join representatives from both on June 5, 2019. Photo by Mark Brown/Blackburn News.

Blackburn News
June 5, 2019 6:00pm

The community service arm of Caesars Windsor is helping with a pair of programs run by Windsor-Essex PrideFest.

Caesars Cares is providing $6,000 to PrideFest to help promote two networking programs run by the organization that supports the region’s LGBTQ+ community. Gaymes Night (pronounced “games”), is...

am800 news pride fest president david lenz june 2019

Photo: Windsor-Essex Pride Fest President David Lenz, June 5, 2019 (by AM800's Peter Langille)

AM800
June 6, 2019 10:37am

Caesars Windsor Cares is giving support to Windsor Essex Pride Fest.

The organization is donating $6000 to help with two of the...

The Saint Scene
September 6, 2018

The first Gaymes Night of the year was held during the first week of classes (on September 4), with several dozen students turning out to the Student Life Centre to compete in Taboo, Heads...

Windsor PrideFest Parade, August 13, 2017 Photo by Mark Brown/Blackburn News.

Blackburn News

By Mark Brown August 12, 2018 7:30AM @markbrownradio

An annual celebration of Windsor-Essex’s diversity happens this weekend in a new venue.

The 2018 Windsor-Essex Pride Festival,...

The 26th annual Pride Fest Parade makes its way down Ottawa St. on Sunday Aug. 12, 2018. (Photo by AM800's Gord Bacon)

AM800

A new route for the 2018 Pride Festival Parade attracted even more energy from the crowd in its...

Five days of celebration mark this year's Windsor-Essex Pride Fest, which, again, features a Pride Fest Parade. In this Aug. 13, 2017, file photo, the distinctive rainbow flag gets carried down Ouellette Avenue. This year's parade, on Sunday at 11...

CBC

Windsor Pride Fest kicked off five days of celebration and fun-filled events Wednesday morning with a flag raising ceremony at city hall.

Windsor Essex Pride Fest kicks off at city hall

The annual festival has been growing every...

CTV News

Windsor is showing its pride.

The annual raising of the rainbow pride flag at city hall was held on Wednesday afternoon to help kick off the 26th annual Windsor Pride Festival.

The festival takes place Wednesday, August 8 through...

OurWindsor

Pride Fest celebrations in Windsor are getting a cinematic boost this year with the partnership with the Windsor International Film Festival (WIFF) and the announcement of WIFF 365 Presents: Pride Weekend, a day set aside to feature LGBT-themed films...

Windsor-Essex Pride Fest and The House Youth Centre have joined forces to launch the first QConnect initiative in Essex County, offering programing and activities for young people who identify as part of the LGBTQ community.

Windsor Star

Windsor-Essex Pride Fest...