There have been several parades since Ford became mayor. The only one he missed was this one. As far as I know, Ford has skipped every Pride event since he became councillor. He was the only candidate last year to not campaign at Pride. There's a pattern ...
... and if wanted to prove everyone wrong ... he'd need only have had to show up at one or two safe, controlled events, smile, etc. I'm actually still baffled why he didn't do this ...
So your position is, it's not that he's prejudiced against gays ... he's dumber than a fence post?