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PHOTOS AS FEATURED ON ST. CATHARINES MAYOR WALTER SENDZIK'S FACEBOOK PAGE

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The Rainbow flag was raised Mon. Jun, 5th at cities and towns across Niagara. Flag raising ceremonies were held in St. Catharines, Niagara Falls, Welland, Port Colborne, Fort Erie & Grimsby.

St. Catharines Mayor Walter Sendzik wrote this message on his Facebook page:

"Today we had the 13th Annual Rainbow flag raising at St. Catharines City Hall to recognize Pride Week.

MAYOR SENDZIK

Thank you to Darryl Dyball for being the emcee as well as the inspiring and empowering stories by Ted Mouradian, Lisa Crawford and Pride Chair, Enzo DeDivitiis.

Pride is an important time for our hometown to value and celebrate all members of our diverse society.

Thank you to the lesbian, gay, bi-sexual and transgendered (LGBT) community in St. Catharines for your work to bring about positive social change and for sending out a message that it is imperative that everyone of us has the right to live without discrimination based on their sexual orientation.

We are striving to build a culture of compassion in St. Catharines and we want everyone to feel like they are a part of the circle."

What a great comment Mr. Sendzik, I'm so proud to have you as my mayor.

To see photos and video footage from each location and from numerous sources CLICK HERE TO VISIT PRIDE NIAGARA'S FACEBOOK PAGE

TO READ ALL ABOUT THIS YEAR'S PRIDE KICK OFF PARTY - CLICK HERE

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