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Windsor-Essex Pride Fest kicks off virtual Pride celebrations

Windsor-Essex Pride Fest's new president Wendi Nicholson said putting on this year's virtual festival was just as much work as putting on previous festivals. (CBC News)

CBC
September 11, 2020

Windsor-Essex Pride Fest kicked off its annual festival on Friday with a flag raising ceremony at Charles Clark Square, but much of Pride will have a different look this year.

There is no parade, and nearly all of the weekend's events will take place online.

"It's not ideal for us," said Pride...

"As a gay man, I felt that as a person representing that community I should take part and help where I can," said Lenz. (Photo by LN Creighton)

The Windsor Local
September 10, 2020

Name: David Lenz

Claim to Fame: Windsor-Essex...

Windsor-Essex Pride Fest recognizes that the safety and wellbeing of members of the LGBTQ2S+ community remains our number one priority. During these difficult times we know many people in our community, and beyond, are looking for support and guidance. Windsor-Essex...

Mary Riley, Vice President, Caesars Windsor and David Lenz, President, Windsor-Essex Pride Fest are shown at a press conference on Wednesday, June 5, 2019. The Caesars Windsor Cares group donated money to Pride Fest to maintain their Gaymes Night and...

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...

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...