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TORONTO — On its website, Pride Toronto claims the group’s mission is to “bring people together” to celebrate the diversity of the LGBT community.

Under values, the heavily publicly-funded organization contends it strives to be inclusive, accessible to everyone and “celebrate the uniqueness of all voices.”

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Not so fast Olivia Nuamah, executive director of Pride.

It seems that under Nuamah and the board — the same cabal that banned the police from this year’s parade — only those who sing from the same song sheet are welcomed into what is becoming a narrower and narrower tent.

Just weeks before Pride’s Annual General Meeting (AGM), two Toronto gay men — who signed up as members in January — have suddenly been informed they are no longer welcome to be members, which precludes them from voting at the upcoming AGM.

Their alleged crime: They had the sheer unmitigated gall to back the police and the idea of withholding the city’s $260,000 grant until Pride agreed to allow uniformed cops to march in the June 25 parade.