The Flin Flon Pride Committee held their second Pride Event over the weekend.  At the raising of the Pride Flag at City Hall Friday Reverend Steve Wilson from Northminster Memorial United Church said we still have a ways to go but we have come a long way since he met his partner 37 years ago.  He explained it was 30 years ago in August of 1988 that his church the United Church of Canada said that openly gay and lesbian people could be considered for ministry and that was the year he became a minister.  In 1968-67 he added a man by the name of Pierre Elliott Trudeau who was then Justice Minister said the state had no place in the bedrooms of the nation and the criminal code was changed but not until 1999.

This was followed by the Trans March with Andrew Richard saying he is proud to be a Flin Flonner especially in the acceptance by his parents and the community as he came out as Transgender three years ago, feelings about the community echoed by other speakers. Other events included the Pride Parade Saturday followed by family and social events wrapping up with a Pride Mass last evening.

Rev. Steve Wilson

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