Thousands of people wearing rainbow clothes and carrying a variety of Pride flags filled downtown Nanaimo with the sound of celebration and resistance at the annual Pride Parade and Festival on Sunday, June 8, 2025.
“This year, our theme is louder and prouder, because we will not be silenced. We will not be pushed aside. We are here and we are rising together!” shouted Nanaimo Pride Society president Lauren Semple into a microphone to a crowd of Pride festival goers in Maffeo Sutton Park.
Before the festival and music in the park, Nanaimo’s Pride Parade took to the streets and The Discourse was there to help document the joy.
In the words of Semple, “Happy Pride Nanaimo! Let’s celebrate!”
Photos by Mick Sweetman / The Discourse.
