Queer liberation on the streets of Ottawa

Queer liberation on the streets of Ottawa

How Palestine solidarity gave Capital Pride its soul back On a late August day last year, under a hot clear sun, Ottawa’s queer and trans communities took to the streets with their kaleidoscope of flags and flooded the downtown core with rainbows.  But this year, at every step among them – up and down the march, and all along the rows of spectators – were Palestine flags and the iconic stripe-and-fishnet stitching of the keffiyeh.  To anyone who…