Joy.Sorrow.Anger.Love.PRIDE

Contributors: Kerry Manders (Introduction), Dr. Gaëlle Morel (Lead Essay), and Tim McCaskell (Historic Events Essay)

Publisher: The Magenta Foundation in partnership with The ArQuives

From the spirited inception at Hanlan’s Point Beach in 1971 to the global phenomenon it is today, Toronto Pride has been a beacon of inclusivity and progress. Joy. Sorrow. Anger. Love. PRIDE: A Celebration of Toronto Pride, 1970s – Present stands as the very first comprehensive publication that illuminates the rich tapestry of the Canadian movement.

Joy. Sorrow. Anger. Love. PRIDE explores the vibrant history, activism, and sheer resilience that has defined Toronto Pride over the decades. It uncovers the city’s sometimes turbulent, but always inspiring journey, and celebrates the diverse voices and pivotal organizations that have shaped this remarkable movement. Every thread of Toronto’s LGBTQ2+ community was woven into the narrative including, but not limited to, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, Black Lives Matter, Casey House, 2-Spirited People of the First Nations, and more.

About the Contributors:

Kerry Manders is a Toronto-based writer, editor, and photographer. She contributes to The New York Times, T Magazine, The Advocate, and Aperture, among other publications, where she explores various aspects of queerness, mourning, and photography. Her first collaborative chapbook (with Brandy Ryan), After Pulse, was published by knife І fork І book in 2019 and her second (with Tom Cull), Keep Your Distance, by Collusion Books in 2021.

Dr. Gaëlle Morel is an art historian and the Exhibitions Curator at the The Image Centre in Toronto. She received her PhD in the History of Contemporary Photography from Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. Her research deals with the artistic and cultural recognition of photography from the 1970s, and photographic modernism in the 1930s. She has written essays that have appeared in a number of magazines and books.

Tim McCaskell is a writer, activist and educator. He was part of The Body Politic, Canada’s first national magazine for Lesbian and Gay Liberation, and chair of the Public Action Committee of the Right to Privacy Committee, which fought back against police raids on Toronto gay baths in 1981. In 1987 he was a founding member of AIDS ACTION NOW! He is the author of Race To Equity: Disrupting Educational Inequality, a history of the struggle for equity in Toronto public schools, and Queer Progress: From Homophobia to Homonationalism, a history of queer activism in Toronto.