Canada’s National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Perhaps nowhere is the global Pride motto of exist, persist, and resist more apropos than the tiny island of Cortes. Wedged between Vancouver Island and the B.C. mainland, Cortes boasts fewer than 1,000 permanent residents and is two ferry rides away from the nearest semblance of a city. But geography and demographic challenges aside, not even a global pandemic is quashing the island’s Queer community and allies from celebrating Cortes Pride this year.