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With a charity barbecue outside, residents lined up at Cryosphere Tattoos to receive special pride flash tattoos, paying $100 per design.

For Pelletier, it was an opportunity to use his skills to assist an under-supported community.

When the Rainbow Coalition approached him, the event was a natural opportunity to promote his business and accomplish good deeds, he said.

He had the experience, having previously participated in similar fundraisers in Edmonton and Vancouver.

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Pulling pride designs off the internet and developing new drawings, the artists gathered a collection of tattoos for clients to choose from.

All the resulting proceeds went to the Rainbow Coalition, which organizes the Yellowknife Pride Festival and advocates for the territory's LGBT community.

The organization also runs the Rainbow Youth Centre, which acts as a hangout space for queer and trans people and their friends and family.

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