Juno News - June 12, 2026


Taxpayer-funded ＂all ages＂ Pride event had fetish and BDSM gear on display


Episode Stats


Length

1 minute

Words per minute

150.5

Word count

166

Sentence count

7

Harmful content

Hate speech

1

sentences flagged


Summary

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A Durham Region activist is raising concerns after he attended a taxpayer-funded Pride event which was promoted as all-ages and family friendly. The event featured sexualized performances and adult themed displays which were also all in plain view of children. The activist, Ryan Larsh recorded a caregiver handing a young girl a $5 bill and then encouraging her to tip the drag queen after the performer just danced sexually for the audience.

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00:00:00.000 How would you feel if your tax dollars went towards an all-ages Pride event that featured
00:00:05.680 fetish and BDSM gear? Well, a Durham Region activist is raising concerns after he attended a
00:00:12.300 taxpayer-funded Pride event, which was promoted as all-ages and family-friendly, featured sexualized
00:00:19.640 performances and adult-themed displays, which was also all in plain view of children. The activist,
00:00:26.060 Ryan Larsh recorded a caregiver handing a young girl a $5 bill and then encouraging her to tip
00:00:32.600 the drag queen after the performer just danced sexually for the audience alongside a publicly
00:00:37.960 visible fetish gear tent and BDSM kink flags. In his recordings, he also found a leather pride flag 0.54
00:00:45.840 which represents the leather, kink, and BDSM and fetish subculture. He said the all-ages event
00:00:52.220 promoted and celebrated sexual identities and sexual behavior that children are just clueless
00:00:57.980 about. As well, he noted it was sponsored by TD Bank and Pride Durham. To read more on this,
00:01:03.280 you can view our full article on JunoNews.com.