A pilot project this boating season will initiate a 200-metre exclusion zone off Hanlan’s Point Beach on the Toronto Islands.

Now, we’re heading back to Hanlan’s Point, Canada’s oldest queer space and the site of the country’s very first Gay Pride in 1971, to reclaim the beach and start Pride Month the right way.

Toronto PFR's annual 🏳️‍🌈 Pride ... in your planning. **Hanlan’s Point Beach is Canada’s oldest queer space. For nearly a century, it has been a refuge for 2SLGBTQIA+ people, and ...