HALIFAX — Throngs of people lined the streets of downtown Halifax Saturday to see a sitting prime minister walk in the city’s Pride parade for the first time. The prime minister waved and yelled “Happy Pride!” to thousands of people along the parade route, stopping periodically to take selfies as members of the crowd called out his name. A couple of drag queens decked in makeup and voluminous wigs wrapped their arms around Trudeau as they posed for a group photo, after which the buxom blonds thanked the prime minister with a hug. Trudeau became the first sitting prime minister to march in a Pride parade when he did so in Toronto in 2016, then attended the same event last month. The first Halifax Pride March was held in 1988 with just 75 people.

Source: National Post July 22, 2017 18:56 UTC