Parade: Queer Acts of Love & Resistance

The queer resistance that changed Canada—and the rights we can’t take for granted.

A new monthly series in partnership with Hot Docs, bringing visionary documentary filmmaking from around the world to Toronto’s East End.

Parade: Queer Acts of Love & Resistance captures a wide range of pivotal moments that sparked Canada’s 2SLGBTQI+ movement and its progress, and honours the activists and elders whose resistance led to the rights we have today. Rarely seen archival footage and first-person accounts bring the viewer to the frontlines of the decades-long struggle.

From police raids to early drag shows, community organizing to addresses to the House of Commons—the complex history of the country’s diverse communities is brought to life. Key milestones illustrate the power of taking resistance into the streets and underscore how easily the rights we’ve fought for can be revoked, making this essential viewing for all Canadians. Unflinching, bold, enraging, hopeful: Parade is a vital new chapter in the queer film canon.