Issue link: http://publications.winnipegfreepress.com/i/1500120
"After hearing from many members of the 2SLGBTQ+ community who live in and visit our city and province, we realized there was no central place for folks to find out what 2SLGBTQ+ events were going on in the city outside of Pride season. – Jenn Rands vice-president of community engagement for Pride Winnipeg. Available for download now, the app will help you find local Pride events throughout Pride season and beyond. With sustainability in mind, the paper Pride Guide was retired in 2018 in favour of a digital version. Pride Winnipeg has had an app ever since, but this latest version, created in partnership with Grandstand Events, will offer an easy-to-use experience with year-round information at your fingertips. The previous version of the app was primarily a digital Pride Guide, with information about performers and vendors, schedules, maps and FAQs. In 2022, when Winnipeg hosted Pride Canada, more than 100 community events were submitted for inclusion during Pride season (May to July) alone. That's when the need for a broader events calendar and guide was made clear. "After hearing from many members of the 2SLGBTQ+ community who live in and visit our city and province, we realized there was no central place for folks to find out what 2SLGBTQ+ events were going on in the city outside of Pride season," explains Jenn Rands, vice-president of community engagement for Pride Winnipeg. Designed with attendees and tourists in mind, the new app will continue to serve as an information hub with all the Pride Winnipeg Festival information in one place. In the months beyond, the events section will continuously be updated with submitted 2SLGBTQ+ community events so that folks can check out what's happening in the community at any time of year. "Anyone in the province of Manitoba can submit their 2SLGBTQ+ event at https://pridewinnipeg.com/submit-an- event, where it will be reviewed and posted by our app team," Rands says. "For a community event to be listed, it must be hosted by a non-profit or grassroots organization or be hosted by a business that is donating the proceeds from the event back to a grassroots or non-profit organization." Pride Winnipeg's new app will showcase 2SLGBTQ+ events all year round. CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 ▼ Dougald Lamont Cindy Lamoureux Jon Gerrard MLA for St. Boniface MLA for River Heights MLA for Tyndall Park MANITOBA LIBERALS manitoba.liberals@leg.gov.mb.ca Happy Pride, Winnipeg! HAPPY