Telluride gay pride week 2021
iskwē is Cree Métis from Treaty One Territory. iskwē is an ambassador and program participant for the PRS Keychange initiative. She has performed hundreds of shows in Canada and internationally, including Canadian highlights at Ottawa’s Parliament Hill and a triumphant performance with Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra, in New York City at the Met and SummerStage in Central Park, and beyond for the King and Queen of Sweden, Reeperbahn in Germany, and Border Crossing’s Origins Festival in England. iskwē’s album The Fight Within (2017) was JUNO-nominated for Indigenous Music Album of the Year (2018) and garnered her a spot on the Polaris Long List. And through it all, she’s a teller of stories that have impacted our past and will inform our future.
Iskwē | ᐃᐢᑫᐧᐤ (short for waseskwan iskwew, meaning “blue sky woman”) is, among many other things, an artist – a creator and communicator of music and of movement, of pictures, poetry and prose. Pride Toronto thanks the TD Ready Commitment for their support in presenting ASL Interpretation for Pride 2021 Additional Guests ASL Interpreters can be booked by contacting a minimum of five (5) days prior to the event.
Add Sydney Mardi Gras favourite DJ team Bimbo Jones for the White Party, Sandra Bernhard performing her comedy gold and DJ RUCKUS for the closing party after the Telluride Aids Benefit Gala.It’s been 40 years of Pride in Toronto! Our digital parade will be a one hour production honoring our history, highlighting key Toronto talent and foster community.Ĭlosed Captioning will be available for this event. Then came Grammy country music star Shawn Colvin for karaoke heaven. Word is he has big plans to be involved on a longer term basis. It was a no brainer to get Gus Kenworthy who brought his mammoth social media following and his boyfriend Matt (not necessarily in that order) for the first half of the week before hitting up Oslo for X Games. With only three months to create an entire week of events, partnerships with local businesses and value add elements for the LGBT community (that hadn’t already booked elsewhere with such short notice) coming to town they’ve ‘done good’ and pulled some seriously impressive rabbits out of their fascinator hats. “Gay Ski Week is organising the post Gala party on the Saturday night and I’m proud to say we have DJ RUCKUS in the house.” “We’re also working closely with the annual Telluride Aids Benefit and have worked our schedule around their events so we can share the love and joy” adds Rosie. We have some pretty big ideas that will come to fruition.” “This week means a lot to me and I’m excited for what’s ahead and the years to come. “My mother died two years ago and she had a 17 year relationship with a woman” explains Wendy of her deep connection to the LGBT community. She is in her own words “a big ideas person with creative vision” and knew just the person to execute and enhance that vision.Įnter Wendy Hampton, the name behind Soiree Telluride, a local events company regularly featured in the likes of Vogue and the go to wedding company for big names including Ralph Lauren. There’s no one in this town she doesn’t know and no one who doesn’t know her. Local property broker from Telluride Luxury Rentals, Rosie Cusack, has been a long time gay community member in town. The slopes are filled with fluro onesies and the Madeline roof top pool has become a giant hot tub of sculpted bods. Bang smack (no pun intended) in the middle of the new Telluride Gay Ski Week as I type.
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After a decade plus of bringing gay pride and lots of pink dollars to the traditionally liberal remote ski town the week was in trouble after the key sponsors, the Telluride Mountain Village Owners Association surprisingly withdrew their support from the event’s previous owners.Įnter a new entity with new founders, new financial support and a shiny new gay ski week schedule and here we are.
It’s fitting that it is in his home town of Telluride (where the 24 year old grew up from the age of two) crafted his skiing prowess, brought his Sochi pups home to and where his adorable mum, Pip, owns the local vintage fashion store.īut there was a moment that the 2016 Telluride Gay Ski Week may not have ever happened. This is Olympic and X Games medalist Gus Kenworthy’s first Gay Ski Week since publicly coming out last October.