13 badass photos from Toronto’s Dyke March 2017

1. This dynamic duo striking a pose.

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2. These queers against capitalism.

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3. This sweatshirt that tells it like it is.

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4. These two who are both marching and filling in for those who couldn’t be there.

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5. This T-shirt with its very witty play on words.

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6. This badass on a bike.

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7. This beautiful statement of support.

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8. This powerful speech by NDP MPP Cheri DiNovo.

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9. This very crafty use of the body (and body paint).

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10. This use of the Canadian Pride flag as a handy sarong.

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11. This doctor’s loud and proud declaration.

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12. This shirt, in support of Black Lives Matter.

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13. This gazing into each other’s souls that says “fuck hate, love is where it’s at.”

Credit: Becca Lemire/Daily Xtra

Eternity Martis is an award-winning journalist and editor who has worked at CBC, CTV and Xtra Magazine. She is the author of the bestselling 2020 memoir They Said This Would Be Fun: Race, Campus Life, and Growing Up, the course developer/instructor of "Reporting on Race: Black Communities in the Media" at Ryerson University and UBC's 2021 Journalist-in-Residence.

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