Who are we?
Active since 1997 and incorporated in 2012, Fierté Sudbury Pride (FSP) is a not for profit community based organization dedicated to supporting, educating, and celebrating the 2SLGBTQ+ population of the City of Greater Sudbury. We foster understanding and diversity by showcasing 2SLGBTQ+ culture at events such as art shows, festivals, and concerts. We aim to provide services free of stigma and discrimination for everyone, regardless of religion, creed, race, gender or sexual orientation.
Qui sommes-nous?
Fierté Sudbury Pride est le premier organisme de défense des droits de la communauté LGBTQ+ à desservir le Nord de l’Ontario. Actifs depuis 1997, nous appuyons, représentons et célébrons la communauté LGBTQ+ du Grand Sudbury. Nous cherchons à célébrer la diversité de notre milieu en offrant une vitrine à la culture LGBTQ+ par le biais d’activités tels que des festivals, des tables rondes et des projets d’engagement communautaire. Nous cherchons à créer des espaces libres de discrimination et de stigmatisation où tous peuvent se sentir chez eux.
Logo update
June 14th, 2025
Over the past few months, Fierté Sudbury Pride has been working on a community-led rebranding project in partnership with local Indigenous 2S/Indigiqueer x Southeast Asian graphic designer Jayden Ode’imin (she/they).
To begin the process, we gathered feedback from 18 community members through a survey, asking what they’d like to see in a refreshed logo that better reflects the spirit of trans, BIPOC, immigrant, newcomer, and 2S/Indigiqueer community members.
The most common themes from the survey included:
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The use of The use of the Progressive Pride Flag colours (including Black, Brown, and Trans stripes)
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Rainbow Imagery
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Sunshine and Natural Landscape Elements
As part of this work, we also consulted with and provided an honorarium to Sage Petahtegoose, an Anishinaabe community member from Atikameksheng Anishnawbek First Nation, whose insight helped guide the process and shape our approach with care and accountability.
Additionally, we’ve decided that supporting visuals like the Progressive Pride Flag, Two-Spirit representation, Trans flags, and other community flags will continue to be used across FSP’s materials and spaces—ensuring the broader spectrum of our 2SLGBTQIA+ community is always seen and celebrated, beyond the logo alone.
While a logo is a visual identifier, it doesn’t—and can’t—represent the full heart of who we are at FSP. The real work continues by uplifting, supporting, and centering Black, Brown, Indigenous, trans, and 2S voices. We acknowledge the harm Fierté Sudbury Pride has caused in the past, and this rebrand is only one step toward building a more inclusive and accountable future.
Jayden created three amazing logo options, and we asked you to vote on them. We had 89 people participate in the survey, and we’re excited to now share the results!
The official new logo of Fierté Sudbury Pride:
Rise & Regrowth
This concept shows a sun rising over green hills, with sunbeams in the Progressive Pride Flag colours. It reflects both Sudbury’s physical landscape and its deeper story—how the land, once barren from industrial damage, has been slowly brought back to life through decades of regreening efforts led by community care and collaboration.
In creating this concept, we explored how to represent the diversity of our community—including Indigenous and Two-Spirit members—by intentionally avoiding stereotypical or generic imagery, such as feathers, which are often overused or misused in Indigenous representation. Instead, we’re embracing intentional symbolism, like the Progressive Pride Flag with 2S representation, which we are proud to use across our materials as a visual commitment to inclusion.
While there are no Indigenous or Two-Spirit symbols in this concept, we are honouring Indigenous presence by including the Anishinaabemowin translation of Welcoming Sudbury Pride: Biindigen N’Swakamok Apiitenim.
Using Anishinaabemowin in the logo centers welcoming as a core value—especially for newcomers, immigrants, and 2SLGBTQIA+ community members seeking safety, belonging, and kinship here in N’Swakamok / Sudbury.
This logo represents hope, resilience, land, and collective healing.
An Apology, Accountability, and Our Path Forward
Dear Sudbury 2S-LGBTQIA+ Community,
We – those who represent Fierté Sudbury Pride – owe you an apology. For past actions that have caused harm, eroded trust, and strayed from the radical, liberatory roots of the Pride movement.
We recognize that our choices—including police participation in Pride, inadequate support for racialized community members, and accepting funding without critical consideration—have perpetuated cycles of harm. These decisions ignored the lived experiences of Black, Indigenous, and racialized queer and trans folks, as well as those who have faced violence at the hands of policing and the carceral systems – including people who use drugs, people who experience poverty, and people who have experienced mental health challenges. We apologize unreservedly.
Pride began as an uprising against police and state led brutality, led by Black, Brown and Latinx trans women, sex workers, and unhoused queer folks at Stonewall and beyond. It was never meant to be a celebration of institutions that harm our most marginalized. We acknowledge that our past actions have at times sanitized this history, prioritizing assimilation over liberation. We must be accountable and return to these roots.
Moving forward, we are taking concrete steps to realign with Pride’s revolutionary spirit:
- No Police in Pride – Police officers will not be permitted to march in uniform or participate officially in Pride events. While individual officers and GSPS staff can attend Pride on their own time, we refuse to ignore the ongoing harm caused by policing and the carceral system. Our Pride is a space of accountability, and we will not pretend this violence does not exist. That said, the police are likely to show up, despite being asked not to.
- Community-Led Safety – We are prioritizing extensive marshaling training and community-based safety measures. Participants will remain on sidewalks where necessary to ensure accessibility and security. We strongly believe that community can and should take care of community, which means being committed to transformative justice and understanding that everyone will make mistakes – including us – but that we must keep making efforts to do better.
- Centering Marginalized Voices – We commit to amplifying Black, Indigenous, and racialized 2S-LGBTQIA+ voices in our planning and programming. At this time, this includes seeking to expand diversity on our multiple committees and board, as well as having advisory support from community members. This commitment can most obviously be seen by the performers selected for our pride celebrations, and our rebranding efforts.
- Ethical Funding – We will be transparent and critical about sponsorship, ensuring partnerships align with our values. This has included signing the Palestine Solidarity Pledge, which entails boycotting bankings and businesses that are complicit in genocide.
We know apologies alone are not enough. We invite your feedback, criticism, and collaboration as we work to rebuild trust. However we also believe
“The truth is, no one of us can be free until everybody is free.” – Maya Angelou
The struggles of all marginalized communities are connected. Yet we know that some do not want Pride to include uncomfortable conversations about the rights of Indigenous, Black, Brown, migrant, and refugee communities—nor sex workers, people who use drugs, prisoners, and others facing oppression.
To those who feel discomfort with this truth: We ask you to sit with that unease, and choose solidarity instead.
In solidarity and with radical hope,
Fierté Sudbury Pride
February 2025 updates:
- Center and elevate racialized voices, honor their lived experiences, and ensure their safety remains a non-negotiable priority.
- Design events with accessibility at the forefront, focusing on the reduction of barriers to participation for all. We hope to offer a variety of events that meet different accessibility needs.
- Develop and implement initiatives that create opportunities for community engagement, fostering collaboration, inclusivity, and a deeper connection among 2S-LGBTQIA+ individuals.
January 2025 updates:
We have just finished our 2024 Annual Report, check it out:
December 2024 updates:
We are very excited to announce that we have signed on to the Palestine Solidarity Pledge. Please read more below:
Palestine Solidarity Pledge
In recognition of the ongoing genocide of Palestinians in Gaza, the Israeli apartheid regime, and its occupation of Palestine, we pledge:
- To adopt a publicly available ethical sponsorship policy (find ours here)
- To abide by the guidelines of the cultural boycott of Israel as outlined by the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) National Committee
- Not to accept sponsorship from or partnership with companies on the BDS list and arms companies
- Not accept sponsorship from or partnership with financial institutions funding arms companies and/or participating in the apartheid and occupation of Palestine
Pledge Explainer
By signing this pledge, Prides are committing to excluding companies on the official BDS list, arms companies, and their financiers from any sponsorship or partnership agreements. They are also agreeing to abide by the guidelines of the cultural boycott of Israel, as outlined by the BDS National Committee.
As a minimum requirement, any ethical sponsorship and partnership policy must cover all arms companies, companies on the BDS list and the banks that fund arms companies and are complicit in the genocide of Palestinians, the apartheid regime and the occupation of Palestine. In so-called Canada, this corresponds to TD, RBC, Scotiabank, CIBC and BMO.
Because of complicated ownership structures and the tendency for large banks to buy out smaller institutions, it is also worth noting that other brands that may approach Prides for sponsorship are owned by arms, genocide, apartheid and occupation financiers, and should therefore be considered part of the parent company and qualify for exclusion:
- Owned by Scotiabank: Tangerine bank, ING Direct Canada, Canadian Tire Bank
Likewise, the BDS list also includes smaller companies bought by companies on the list. For instance, Tim Hortons, which is owned by Burger King, qualifies for exclusion. Finally, note that the BDS list is subject to change by the BDS National Committee and that it is Prides’ responsibility to ensure BDS compliance every year.
Here, sponsorship and partnership refers to any sponsorship agreements or official partnerships with companies on the BDS list, arms corporations, or their financiers. This is a minimum requirement of the Palestine Solidarity Pride pledge. If a Pride event has a march or parade where groups can register to take part, we encourage them to also commit to not allowing these institutions to register for these events.
This pledge commits those who sign it to develop an ethical sponsorship policy that enforces the above commitments. Palestine Solidarity Pride Campaign is willing to work with Prides who sign this pledge to draft a policy document.
If you are part of a Pride Organization that is interested in joining, please email psp.campaign@proton.me.
Annual Reports
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