{"id":2428,"date":"2024-06-04T14:51:27","date_gmt":"2024-06-04T21:51:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/wellness\/?p=2428"},"modified":"2024-06-04T15:01:31","modified_gmt":"2024-06-04T22:01:31","slug":"pride-month-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/wellness\/2024\/06\/04\/pride-month-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"Pride Month Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>June is Pride Month in Canada\u2014a time dedicated to celebrating 2SLGBTQQIA+ communities across Canada, advocating for equal rights, and fostering a world where everyone can embrace their true selves without fear, violence or discrimination.<\/p>\n<p>Pride Month commemorates the Stonewall riots of June 1969, which marked a pivotal moment in the fight for LGBTI+ rights in the United States and beyond. Since then, Pride Month has grown as a global movement, encompassing celebrations, activism, and solidarity. Pride Month serves as a reminder of the ongoing struggles faced by LGBTI+ communities globally, from stigma, discrimination, violence and rights violations.<\/p>\n<h4 id=\"h-take-action-during-pride-month-in-canada-and-beyond\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Take action during Pride Month in Canada and beyond<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Learn more:<\/strong> take the time to learn about the history of the LGBTI+ rights movements, including key events, figures, and challenges. Understanding the struggles and triumphs of the past is essential for creating a more inclusive and supportive future.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Advocate for a more free and equal Canada:<\/strong>&nbsp;take action to promote equality, diversity, and inclusion, and speak out against discrimination and prejudice.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Check out events on campus: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/events.uvic.ca\/event\/87169-pride-month-screening-happy-together\">Happy Together &#8211; Pride Month movie screening at Cinecenta<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/events.uvic.ca\/event\/87265-drag-bingo-with-eddi-licious-and-vivian-vanderpuss\">Drag Bingo at the Grad House<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Source: Amnesty International<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Telus Health&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/uvic.lifeworks.com\/?utm_source=lifeworks.com&amp;utm_medium=website&amp;utm_campaign=alternate_header\">platform<\/a>&nbsp;is now live.&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><em>&nbsp;Complete a health assessment, begin a self-paced wellness program, check out supports and resources. Get the help you need, anytime, anywhere.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June is Pride Month in Canada\u2014a time dedicated to celebrating 2SLGBTQQIA+ communities across Canada, advocating for equal rights, and fostering a world where everyone can embrace their true selves without fear, violence or discrimination. Pride Month commemorates the Stonewall riots of June 1969, which marked a pivotal moment in the fight for LGBTI+ rights in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14812,"featured_media":2432,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-learn-do-know"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14812"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2428"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2428\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2436,"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2428\/revisions\/2436"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}