Dev Banfield

Storyteller 🎙️✒️Lesbian Feminist |🇻🇨Mixed🇩🇪| Columnist: Queer & Now @NowToronto 🏳️‍🌈| Women & Gender Studies @carleton_fist | Tired of Endometriosis🎗️

[Dev Banfield @DevBanfield]

Stories matter — but when those stories are backed by data, they can shape policy. In the latest column Queer & Now, I look at the launch of Black Queer Canada, the first national research &policy lab focused on Black 2SLGBTQIA+ communities🏳️‍🌈

Read all about it 👇🏼

[Now Toronto @nowtoronto]

#Black #Queer voices are powerful, but too often overlooked in policy. Black Queer #Canada is changing that — turning lived experience into research that shapes real change 🏳️‍🌈

Read more in the latest edition of Queer & Now:

https://t.co/BScbL1HLx3

[Now Toronto @nowtoronto]

Pride flags are up across #Toronto, but one advocate says that support and opportunities for 2SLGBTQIA+ communities are becoming harder to find 🏳️‍🌈

#Pride

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[Josh Sorbe @joshsorbe]

WELCOME TO THE RESISTANCE, TORONTO BLUE JAYS. 🏳️‍🌈

[Dev Banfield @DevBanfield]

I recently had the pleasure of speaking with @FaeJohnstone about the Ask a #Trans Person Anything Tour by @queermomentum — which sees Johnstone & her colleague Victoria Bucholtz hit the road from coast-to-coast for a series of events tackling transphobia🏳️‍⚧️
https://t.co/4892jTT607

[Now Toronto @nowtoronto]

Not sure which drag events to hit this Pride Month? We've got you covered. From Drag Race royalty to showcases celebrating local talent, these are seven drag events happening in Toronto that deserve a spot on your Pride calendar🌈👑 #Pride #Drag #Toronto

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[Now Toronto @nowtoronto]

Doug Ford's Ford Fest is heading to Scarborough this month, but a local environmental group is planning a protest alongside it. Organizers say the rally will focus on affordability, health care, education and environmental concerns. #FordFest #Scarborough #DougFord

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[Z 👩🏾‍❤️‍💋‍👩🏾 @buttacup_x]

Happy pride month lesbians 🧡🤍🩷
Viva la lesbianas!!!

[𝐍𝐚𝐝𝐢. @luvblessingz]

Happy Pride to those who cannot celebrate openly or safely. Know that you are seen, and you belong. 🏳️‍🌈

[Now Toronto @nowtoronto]

Looking for Pride events in Ontario outside Toronto? 🌈 From Kingston to Muskoka to Niagara, there are plenty of ways to celebrate Pride Month across the province this June. Here are nine Pride events in Ontario worth adding to your calendar👇

#PrideMonth #OntarioPride #PrideEvents #TorontoPride #LGBTQ #2SLGBTQIA #OntarioEvents #Pride2026

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[Now Toronto @nowtoronto]

Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow showed off some dance moves alongside a drag queen during a #Pride flag-raising ceremony, celebrating the start of Pride Month at City Hall. #TOpoli

[Now Toronto @nowtoronto]

Toronto is getting a major new Pride event. The first-ever Fierce & Fabulous Expo lands in the city on June 6, bringing together #drag stars including Dahlia Doll, Tynomi Banks, Gisele Lullaby and more — all while raising money for #2SLGBTQ+ artists 💄🌈

https://t.co/zt99cjdl8F

[Now Toronto @nowtoronto]

From waking up at 4 a.m. for a healthcare job in Richmond Hill to becoming one of Toronto’s rising drag stars, Dahlia Doll’s journey is as fierce as her makeup skills 💄✨ This #PrideMonth, she sat down with Queer & Now to share her immigration story, career advice for aspiring artists, drag makeup tips and why #Queer representation matters now more than ever.

https://t.co/D6WoCLhzrG

[𖤐 @gottaluvkelvyn]

there's no LGBTQ without the 'T' let that be known.

[Now Toronto @nowtoronto]

City officials, faith leaders, elders and other community members gathered at Toronto City Hall this evening to kick off #PrideMonth celebrations with a flag raising ceremony 🏳️‍🌈

[rae @meanorus]

this crowd to celebrate women's hockey is just... wow i love the pwhl

[𖤐 @gottaluvkelvyn]

being queer and having no community will send you to a depressive state

[Now Toronto @nowtoronto]

Toronto has lost some beloved Queer spaces over the years, but #TheVillage is still packed with places to party, connect, and build community 🏳️‍🌈 From legendary institutions like Woody's and Crews & Tangos to newer favourites like Understory, here are 10 #Queer spots worth checking out in #Toronto's #Gay Village.

https://t.co/wR0pj7zTl3

[Dev Banfield @DevBanfield]

Amen 🙏🏼

[𝗠𝘂𝗵𝗲𝗲 ♛ @muheediva01]

May every eldest daughter be blessed with someone who protects her the way she protects everyone else.

[Dev Banfield @DevBanfield]

The real #Lesbian dream tbh

[BATTYGYAL @liynnder]

Dual income lesbian household with no kids

[PinkNews @PinkNews]

New queer women’s basketball rom-com Courtside to star WNBA players ➡️ https://t.co/WBcmZYFXT9

📷 Getty

[I appreciate you. @DeeLaSheeArt]

I also made this little cute illustration