A crowd full of strangers filled a northwest Calgary park to celebrate a boy's rainbow-themed birthday during Pride Week. Leah O'Donnell says when her son Brody Neville came out as gay this spring, the 12-year-old lost many of his friends. Dozens of friends, family, strangers — and yes, some drag performers strutting to Born This Way — filled the park near Ranchlands Community Centre on Saturday. When Neville arrived in the park, he initially thought it was an unusually large crowd waiting for the ice cream truck. (Terri Trembath/CBC)O'Donnell said it was an opportunity to show her son that there's a supportive community waiting for him outside of the schoolyard bullies.

Source: CBC News August 29, 2021 10:52 UTC