Pride month isn’t over: We need to listen to the harsh reality of persecuted LGBTQI+ communities

The word “together” has power you can feel; it's a celebration and a promise.

LGBTQI+ people and their allies across Canada have spent the past summer celebrating a reunion of their community at the first in-person Pride celebrations in two years. In Ottawa, Pride month is celebrated in August. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY KIMAHLI POWELL

August 29, 2022

One individual—who, for safety, we’ll call Rahim—was evacuated and resettled from Afghanistan with the help of Rainbow Railroad in 2021. He shared his story of living as a gay man under Taliban rule.

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