Best of the 2015 Toronto Pride Trans* March

The largest-ever trans pride celebration and protest in Toronto, in photos

By Becca Lemire • June 29, 2015 4:09 pm EDT

Pride Toronto 2015 may have been the wettest in recent memory, but it also featured Toronto’s largest-ever trans pride celebration and protest. Canada’s first ever Trans* Pride Fair, an extended Trans* Pride March and the Transforming Pride showcase event with Chaz Bono, were major highlights on Friday, June 26. We captured our favourite moments of the march below.

(Photos: Becca Lemire)

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