However, queer people know that Pride, while political, is a celebration of identity and community, and what better place to do that than at Toronto's own Hanlan's Point Beach? While it's essential to acknowledge the impact of this march on Ottawa, it was Toronto groups, such as Toronto Gay Action (TGA) and the Community Homophile Association of Toronto (CHAT), that planned this demonstration in Ottawa. One of the interviewees recalls her time at Hanlan's in the 1940s and calls it a "gay beach." Now donning a sign to commemorate its history, Hanlan's Point continues to be the site of many "Gay Day" picnics since the first, monumental one. Friends of Hanlan's have been working to get the city to repair the damage before it worsens further and Canada's oldest surviving queer space is gone for good.