Kawartha Lakes Celebrates Pride Month 2026

Kawartha Lakes – This June, Kawartha Lakes will proudly acknowledge Pride Month and have fun the contributions of 2SLGBTQIA+ residents, households, employees, companies, and neighborhood organizations.

Pride Month is a vibrant celebration honouring the historical past, achievements, and ongoing advocacy of the 2SLGBTQIA+ neighborhood. Throughout June, and lengthening into July in Kawartha Lakes, occasions and initiatives will deliver residents collectively to advertise inclusion, respect, and belonging for everybody in the neighborhood.

A flag elevating ceremony will happen on Monday, June 1 at 11am at Kawartha Lakes Police Service (6 Victoria Ave N, Lindsay). The flag elevating, sometimes held at City Hall, has been relocated as a result of ongoing landscaping mission. We prolong our honest due to the Police for his or her help and lodging in making this modification potential.

Kawartha Lakes is dedicated to making a neighborhood the place all individuals are handled with dignity and have the chance to thrive.

“When people are free to be themselves, our whole community benefits,” stated Mayor Elmslie. “Pride Month reminds us that kindness, respect, and equal opportunity matter every day of the year.”

June is a month to acknowledge and uplift the 2SLGBTQIA+ neighborhood. Let’s stand collectively towards hatred and discrimination, and construct a tradition of friendship, understanding, and help. Everyone deserves to like and be liked, and collectively we are able to create a neighborhood the place all individuals really feel secure and included.

Get concerned

Volunteer: Offer your time and abilities to help native Pride occasions and initiatives.

Educate your self and others: Explore books, documentaries, workshops, and neighborhood sources to deepen understanding of 2SLGBTQIA+ histories and experiences. Visit a Kawartha Lakes Library department to be taught extra.

Support 2SLGBTQIA+ organizations: Consider donating to or partnering with organizations that advocate for equality, inclusion, and help providers.

Municipal engagement

Council recognition of Pride Month through the June 2026 Committee of the Whole assembly.

Flag Raising: The Pride flag shall be raised at Kawartha Lakes Police Service on June 1.

Inclusive Policies: Kawartha Lakes continues its ongoing work to evaluate and strengthen company insurance policies that help inclusivity and fairness as a part of its dedication via the Canadian Coalition of Inclusive Municipalities (CCIM).

Pride actions at Kawartha Lakes Public Library

Pride-themed packages and occasions will happen all through June and early July at Kawartha Lakes Public Library branches.

The ‘Pride Challenge Card’ shall be accessible at branches between June 15 and July 15. Celebrate Pride by finishing actions from the cardboard! Do as many as you want; each sq. is an opportunity to be taught, mirror, and have fun Pride in your individual method. People can decide up a duplicate from any department or display screen seize it from the Library’s Facebook or Instagram for a enjoyable technique to have fun Pride Month.

Celebrate with kids and the younger at coronary heart with a Rainbow Wand Craft, in any respect library branches on Saturday June 27 and Saturday July 4 from 10:30am to 1:30pm.

The Lindsay department of the Kawartha Lakes Library hosts ongoing month-to-month packages together with Rainbow Story and Play and Rainbow Book Club.

For extra sources, residents can go to the Pride Resources web page to discover the Pride Collection, uncover help sources, and be taught extra about how the Library helps the 2SLGBTQIA+ neighborhood year-round.

This Pride Month, become involved, be taught extra in regards to the experiences and histories of the 2SLGBTQIA+ neighborhood, and present help for inclusivity and acceptance in Kawartha Lakes.