2025 Places of Pride: Truxx – Official First Day Cover cancelled in Montréal, Quebec.

Places of Pride takes us to sites across Canada that 2SLGBTQIA+ people fought to make their own: places of celebration and freedom to be fully oneself, and spaces that nurtured a sense of solidarity that became a catalyst for change.

This issue proudly celebrates the spaces and places across the country that in some way shaped the present and can inspire the future. It highlights the resilience, courage and achievements of 2SLGBTQIA+ communities that have contributed to Canada’s ongoing journey toward inclusivity and equality.

Good to know

The 2025 Places of Pride stamp issue also includes a booklet of 8 Permanent™ domestic rate stamps, including two of each of the four designs in the set.
Official First Day Covers for each design in the issue are also available.
The Truxx Official First Day Cover is cancelled in Montréal, Quebec.

About Truxx

Places of Pride takes us to sites across Canada that 2SLGBTQIA+ people fought to make their own – places of celebration and freedom such as Truxx, a gay bar in Montréal.

To “clean up” Montréal in preparation for the 1976 Olympic Games, authorities increased the number of raids on gay and lesbian meeting places. These operations continued even after the Games. On the night of October 21-22, 1977, some 50 armed police officers raided Truxx. More than 100 men were arrested that night for being found in a common bawdy house, making it the largest mass arrest since the October Crisis in 1970. This resulted in a protest organized mainly by the Association pour les droits des gai(e)s du Québec. More than 2,000 2SLGBTQIA+ people and allies expressed their outrage and faced brutal police repression. In the wake of these events, Quebec’s National Assembly passed Bill 88 on December 15, 1977. It amended the Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. As a result, Quebec became the first province in Canada to provide that type of civil protection.

About the design

This issue, designed by Kelly Small at Intents & Purposes Inc. and illustrated by Tim Singleton, captures four landmark locations in rich colour illustration.

Each OFDC in this issue is designed and illustrated in a style reminiscent of travel postcards.

The cancel mark depicts a protest placard with pink triangle, a symbol of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community.

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2025 Places of Pride: Truxx – Official First Day Cover