Parade: Queer Acts of Love and Resistance

Parade: Queer Acts of Love and Resistance
Directed byNoam Gonick
Written byNoam Gonick
Produced byJustine Pimlott
CinematographyMrinal Desai
Edited byRicardo Acosta
Music byKen Myhr
Production
company
Release date
  • April 24, 2025 (2025-04-24) (Hot Docs)
Running time
97 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Parade: Queer Acts of Love and Resistance is a 2025 Canadian documentary film, directed by Noam Gonick. The film profiles the history of LGBTQ activism and mobilization in Canada, including historic milestones such as the We Demand Rally, the launch of The Body Politic, the protest marches that followed the Sex Garage and Operation Soap raids, Svend Robinson coming out as Canada's first openly gay Member of Parliament, and the rise of two-spirit identity among Indigenous Canadian LGBTQ people.

Key figures appearing in the film include Robinson, Tim McCaskell, Alexander Chapman, Richard Fung, John Greyson, Jearld Moldenhauer, Connie Merasty, Rinaldo Walcott, Chris Bearchell and Susan G. Cole.