Ottawa’s annual Pride parade has been cancelled, after the Buzzkillingtons of their community, aka Queers for Palestine aka Chickens For KFC – blocked the road.
Ottawa’s annual Pride parade was cancelled on Sunday after it was halted by a local pro-Palestinian advocacy group that blocked the road and demanded to negotiate with organizers.
The group Queers for Palestine — Ottawa (Q4P) halted the parade “with the permission” of the grand marshal, the organization said in a press release issued Sunday afternoon just as the parade was stopped.
“This is what a village looks like!” protesters chanted from Parliament Hill, referencing the “We are a village” theme that Capital Pride was using for 2025.
I am not sure if that is what a village looks like, but here are some village idiots:
BREAKING: The Capital Pride Parade was CANCELLED after Palestinian protesters took it over in front omf the PMO and stopped the entire march in front of the House of Commons pic.twitter.com/sPetLdaCZF
— Dacey Media (@chrisdacey) August 24, 2025
The capital pride parade has been stopped in solidarity with Palestine. To demand that demands by Queers for Palestine Ottawa be met by @FierteCapPride.
— Yipeng Ge (@yipengGe) August 24, 2025
From Stonewall to Palestine, resistance is not a crime! pic.twitter.com/4ZXO0Ibpe6
And now for a bit more context:
Queers for Palestine issued several demands for the organizers, Capital Pride, including that the group hold a “boycott, divestment and sanctions” hall and commit to an ongoing cultural and academic boycott of Israel.
They also demanded Mayor Mark Sutcliffe and other elected officials apologize for the 2024 boycott of Capital Pride and called on them to “stand with us and all oppressed peoples, including Palestinians.”
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Sutcliffe also declined interviews Sunday but issued a statement that said, in part, that it was “deeply regrettable that a group of activists chose to block the parade, ultimately leading Capital Pride officials to cancel the event.”
“My heart goes out to the many people in our city who were deprived of the opportunity to participate in this celebration of joy, resilience, and community,” Sutcliffe said.
In 2024, Capital Pride issued a letter which condemned both “the acts of terrorism” committed on Oct. 7 and Israel’s “endless and brutal campaign in Gaza,” which it said had caused the deaths of “innocent Palestinians.”
The Jewish Federation of Ottawa called the statement “antisemitic” and said it would boycott the Pride parade in response.
Other groups and individuals withdrew their support and sponsorship from some Pride Month events, including Sutcliffe.
The parade went ahead regardless, but this year the statement was removed from Capital Pride’s website.
Queers for Palestine weren’t marching for “pride” – they were marching for Hamas propaganda. And the result? Ottawa’s LGBTQ community got robbed of their biggest annual celebration, thanks to the loudest village idiots demanding everyone bow to their obsession with Israel.
