Bob Rae and Enza Supermodel at Pride Toronto's 4th Annual Gala and Awards

Pride Toronto Hands Out Top Honours


Last night, Pride Toronto rolled out the red carpet for their annual Pride Toronto Gala & Awards. The event honours local LGBTQ heroes as well as big name celebrities who've done their part to affect social change.

Thanks to the a few big name attendees and presenters like Sandra Bernhard, the event was very well attended by major media (watch those elbows, Global!), which will hopefully help spread the word about the work being done by many of these honourees...

Councillor, Kyle RaeFaisal Alam, winner of the Spirituality Award


Faisal Alam, pictured here, was honoured with the Spirituality Award for his community outreach and work to create venues for dialogue within the Muslim gay community.

Jeremy Dias, winner of the Youth Leadership AwardFatima Amarshi, Executive Director of Pride Toronto, greeting honouree Jeremy Dias.


Above, Fatima Amarshi, Exec Director of Pride Toronto greets Jeremy Dias, recipient of the Youth Leadership Award.

Sandra BernhardSandra Bernhard on the red carpet in Toronto

Other winners this year:

Arts & Culture: Ilene Chaiken
Human Rights: Arsham Parsi
Science, Medicine & Technology: Rainbow Health Network
Sports: Michelle Dumaresq
Lifetime Achievement: Douglas Elliot
Pride 2008 Theme Award - Unified!: Lesbian and Gay Community Appeal


Photos by Tanja-Tiziana


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