EXCLUSIVE: Dildo ring toss, ‘pin the clit on the vulva,’ and ‘family friendly’ drag show featured at Ottawa’s Pride fest
Activities spotted at the Capital Pride festival were a dildo ring toss and “Pin the Clit on the Vulva.”
Activities spotted at the Capital Pride festival were a dildo ring toss and “Pin the Clit on the Vulva.”

Capital Pride's main weekend occurred this weekend in Ottawa, with a host of Pride-themed activities in the downtown core. Thousands of people partook in the festivities.
To commemorate the event, an "intersex-inclusive" Progress Pride flag was hung outside the office of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Privy Council.
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View on XAmong the street festival's vendors, promotional displays, and events that lined several blocks were a dildo ring toss hosted by Durex, and "Pin the Clit on the Vulva" at the Planned Parenthood tent. Children were freely wandering the area.
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View on XSaturday's big draw was the Drag Show Extravaganza on the TD Main Stage, featuring a host of drag performances. The drag queen who hosted the show introduced it as "family-friendly" and noted that drag "is supposed to be provocative, it's supposed to be political" and said that "Drag is not a crime! We're going to prove it to you today."
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View on XOne performance included a drag queen dancing while pictures of hot dogs—and people scarfing them down—were displayed on the screen. The drag queen eventually pulled a hot dog out of the costume and went on to squirt ample amounts of mustard.
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View on XAnother turned a slasher film into a sexualized dance routine between the murderer and his victim.
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View on XSunday's Pride parade featured trans activist Fae Johnstone—a biological male who was crowned Hershey's "Women's Day" spokesperson and has advocated for rapists to be housed in women's prisons—as Grand Marshal of the parade.
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View on XTwo participants were dressed as giant genitals.
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View on XMen in "pup play" fetish gear were also present.
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View on XThe parade also included representatives from the Liberal Party of Canada—with some holding "Team Trudeau" signs—the NDP, and the Green Party. No major politicians appeared to be present, however.
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