Wed 24 Feb 2016 In: International News View at Wayback View at NDHA
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will soon become the first sitting leader to attend a Pride parade in the nation. Although Trudeau has attended parade’s in both Toronto and Vancouver for years, his attendance this year at the Toronto Pride parade will be his frist time as Prime Minister. Mathieu Chantelois, Pride Toronto’s executive director, says this is not only big news in Canada but big news around the world. “Not only because he is probably the sexiest politician alive,” he says, “but also because there has never been a leader of a country to walk in a parade, at least not that we know of.” “It’s a nice way to make history.” Trudeau is a known LGBTI ally and is Chantelois says it is clear LGBTI issues are important to him, saying; “When we met him in his office, he was really serious about talking about trans rights, about equal rights, about immigration, about gay men donating blood.”
Credit: GayNZ.com Daily News staff
First published: Wednesday, 24th February 2016 - 2:05pm