My 2025 Kingston Pride Story

Hello. C J here. It's been a wild week of hanging out in Downtown Kingston, shopping and now finally today actual Kingston Pride. It's been an amazing week of mostly vacation. Here's the rundown with images as well.

I started just trying to find something rainbow to wear. This led me to the Downtown business region near Market Square. Here I went into Martello On Brock, caught up with its owner and agreed to make and send them a digital portfolio of my soft pastel art. They were also so interested in my singing voice as well.

Next up was the Princess Plaza region by the Metro. Here I got a cool down coffee at Ballzack's. It came with a collectible Canada metal mug. Finally my family tracked town a rainbow shirt ad Giant Tiger. Now, finally, for actual Pride.

The day of I got down here early, before the crowed set in. I found the LUSH booth and grabbed some free bath bombs. I toured the massive information and sales sections and found a nice indigenous individual selling baked goods. The LUSH booth asked me to tell them how to get to the cookie booth. After a half hour of map making I got back to them with a plan to obtain cookies. Then I bought a rainbow lama plushie. And then the crowds set in and the place started to really heat up.

I caught some of the parade later on. Dear God, the entire nation practically showed up to this. I'm glad I got my shopping in early. Likely my official full launch as a company will be here, at Pride, next year. I am going to finish editing Impossible Skyline next. The book has a very diverse cast and they all work together to win. To close this post here's a photo gallery of the week. More Pride themed content soon.

C J Mcpherson

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