NWT Pride

Hi there!

First off, welcome to NWT Pride!

Yellowknife is a really wonderful place, full of a vibrant arts community, good food and beautiful music. Although we have our issues like homeless, poverty and addiction, we also have tons of groups working hard to combat these issues like the Yellowknife YWCA, Salvation Army and the John Howards Society.

In terms of Yellowknife as a space for LGBTQ+ people, NWT Pride can’t speak for everybody. That being said, Yellowknife is full of LGBTQ+ people. We might not have a gay bar, or a pride centre like other communities, but we still make sure that we welcome anybody new into the community.

There is homophobia and transphobia in every community in the world, however in Yellowknife, we don’t much (if any) opposition to running the NWT Pride festival. The NWT Human Rights Commission is amazing at dealing with complaints of homophobia or transphobia, and there are groups like It Gets Better Yellowknife that strive to make Yellowknife a safe® place.

To meet other gay people, we suggest posting on our Facebook page about the fact that you’re moving here so that other folks might offer you a tour of the city or even a cold beer down at the Black Knight Pub. You could even come up for our festival in 2015 and meet tons of folks there!

Thanks for your question!

-Jacq Brasseur
Outreach Coordinator
NWT Pride
[email protected]