Pride Winnipeg is thrilled to announce its theme for the 2016 Pride Winnipeg Festival: \u201cBe Authentic.\u201d<\/strong> The theme is a call to action for everyone to, without reservation, be their true, authentic selves every day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Despite the legal barriers for equal recognition that the LGBTTQ* (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, two-spirit, queer, questioning, pansexual, intersex, asexual) community has overcome in the last decade, there continues to be social stigmas that either discriminate against LGBTTQ* people or prevent individuals from coming out and openly identifying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cNo matter your gender identity, sexual orientation, age, race, abilities, culture; be real, be true, be outspoken, be a person who affects change, be someone who lives each day unapologetically,\u201d said Jonathan Niemczak, President of Pride Winnipeg. \u201cThe Pride Festival is a safe place for anyone to be themselves. No judgements, no negativity; just be your authentic self.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Festival-goers also have more Pride time to look forward to with the free Outdoor Concert & Festival at The Forks being extended to 8:00 pm on both Saturday and Sunday evenings of the Pride Day weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYear over year we\u2019re seeing larger crowds at The Forks and to accommodate the demand we are increasing our operating hours,\u201d explained Niemczak. \u201cThis increase will see all Pride Day weekend services extended right until 8:00 pm.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The 2016 Pride Winnipeg Festival will take place from May 27 \u2013 June 5. During this time various community events and activities will be held across the city. The Pride Outdoor Concert & Festival at The Forks takes place from June 4 \u2013 5. Pride Day, the day of the Rally and Parade, is June 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Check out our Festival page<\/a> for more information about the Pride Winnipeg Festival, and like us on Facebook<\/a> to stay up to date on Festival announcements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pride Winnipeg \u2013 The Pride of the Prairies \u2013 is one of the largest celebrations between Toronto and Vancouver of LGBTTQ* (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, two-spirit, queer, questioning, intersex, pansexual, and asexual) people and their allies, supporters, and friends. We aim to affirm the lives of everyone by generating and participating in events that celebrate the history, culture, spirit, and pride of people within the Winnipeg community. We invite everyone from far and wide to join our welcoming city and celebrate Pride in Winnipeg \u2013 the heart of the continent.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" You can #beauthentic at the 2016 Pride Winnipeg Festival! Pride Winnipeg is thrilled to announce its theme for the 2016 Pride Winnipeg Festival: \u201cBe Authentic.\u201d The theme…<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pridewinnipeg.com\/f\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pridewinnipeg.com\/f\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pridewinnipeg.com\/f\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pridewinnipeg.com\/f\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pridewinnipeg.com\/f\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=442"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pridewinnipeg.com\/f\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":881,"href":"https:\/\/pridewinnipeg.com\/f\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442\/revisions\/881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pridewinnipeg.com\/f\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pridewinnipeg.com\/f\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pridewinnipeg.com\/f\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}