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My first LGBTQ+ Pride Parade was 25 years ago. I'm still healing from the aftermath.

Joshua Johnson

Pride Toronto 2012. Supporters hold signs along the route including for PFLAG, a support group for LGBTQ+ youth & their parents. (By Chris Brooker from Toronto, Canada; Uploaded by Skeezix1000, CC BY 2.0)

The Summer of 1999 was my first Parade, my first romance, and my first confrontation with homophobia.

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