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The LGBT+ community in Windsor-Essex received a big boost of cash for community outreach programs over the weekend.

Windsor Pride Fest has been awarded a Ontario Trillium Grant of nearly $460,000.

That money will be given to the organization...

CBC Windsor

Windsor residents lined Ouellette Avenue to watch Windsor's annual Pride Parade. (Meg Roberts/ CBC News)

Ouellette Avenue shone with the colours of the rainbow as thousands of people took to the streets to celebrate Windsor's annual Pride parade.

CBC Windsor

LGBT Festival has been growing every year

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

The annual festival has been growing every year, and is...

Blackburn News

Windsor Mayor Drew Dilkens prepares to raise the rainbow flag at City Hall with David Lenz of Windsor PrideFest on August 9, 2017. Photo by Mark Brown/Blackburn News.

A celebration of diversity marks a milestone.

Windsor-Essex PrideFest kicked...

Our Windsor

Windsor Mayor Drew Dilkens and Windsor-Essex Pride Fest president David Lenz are shown with the rainbow flag before raising it up a pole at City Hall to kick off the festival Aug. 9, 2017. - Tom Morrison

The Windsor-Essex...

Windsor Star

Windsor-Essex Pride Fest 2017 — the 25th edition — kicked off in Windsor on Wednesday morning with the raising of the Pride flag in front of  City Hall. The raising of the flag by Mayor Drew Dilkens kicked...

The parade started 24 years ago with just a small group. On Sunday there were 48 entries.

SHARON HILL, WINDSOR STAR

The Pride parade down Ouellette Avenue Sunday was the largest one yet in Windsor, organizers said.

The parade started 24...

Worried about whether she'd be accepted as a pansexual, Grace Mineau came out to her mother while the two discussed dinner plans.

CBC News

Grace Mineau attended the Pride flag-raising ceremony at city hall Wednesday. (Laura DaSilva/CBC)

When Mineau revealed she is...

Biz X Magazine

Windsor-Essex has stood up for decades grasping every aspect of the word “acceptance” and contributing to the health and well-being of persons in the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Two-Spirited and Queer (LGBTTQ ) community and supporters of...

CBC Windsor

Windsor-Essex Pride Fest says school board is setting a good example by supporting the LGBT community

Windsor's public school board will fly the rainbow pride flag at its head office and at all secondary schools during the month...