Generations of 2SLGBTQI+ people in Canada have been abused, excluded and criminalized because of who they are, who they love and how they express and identify themselves.
The Thunderhead monument is being built to recognize this historic discrimination, including the colonial roots of homophobia, biphobia and transphobia and the cruelty of the Canadian government during the LGBT Purge. It will celebrate the resilience of all queer and trans communities and serve to inspire the change still needed in Canada.
SUMMER 2025
Called Thunderhead, this monument reflects the strength, activism and hope of queer communities. A thunderhead is a dynamic cloud of unstoppable energy. In Anishinabe teachings, thunderclouds are home to the Thunderers whose storms renew the land and make things right.
Thunderhead will sit on unceded and traditional Anishinabe Algonquin Nation territory. Come summer 2025, we will all be honoured to use this land to dance, protest, cry, march and write the stories yet to come.