Pride Month has to be about Black Pride, too, about embracing all LGBTQIA identities. And let’s look at hate and hate crime from an intersectional perspective and solutions from that same place. Let’s call the roll of Black GBLTQIA leaders and thinkers –Bayard Rustin, Pauli Murray, Audre Lorde, James Baldwin, so many others. But with police violence as the common root of two vital movements, why is there so little visible collaboration between those communities). The Movement for Black Lives has been firmly and fiercely supportive of GLBTQIA rights, especially sensitive to the rights of trans people, focusing on the trans women who are exponentially more likely to be murdered than others. Police violence is at the root of Pride Month, just as it is at the foundation of the Black Lives Matter Movement. The bottom line is that hate – racism, homophobia, and more – thrives in our nation, and few are prepared to stop it. These are incidents that have bubbled into the national consciousness, but there are others that go unreported. The court agrees with him, and he is headed back to the classroom, intolerant as ever. He was fired, and he sues saying that it violates his faith for him to be courteous and compassionate to others. In a Washington, DC suburb, a teacher says he violates his religion to refer to young people by their preferred pronouns.
In Jacksonville, Florida, a planned bridge lighting in honor of Pride Month was threatened, some say over intergovernmental jurisdictional issues, while others say it was simple homophobia.
In a tiny Texas town, a bakery that offered Rainbow cookies in honor of Pride Month faced a detestable backlash when a patron who ordered five dozen cookies, a sizeable order for a small family-run bakery, canceled their order (having not paid for it) because they felt that a Facebook recognition of Pride month was “gay propaganda.” (). While the GLBTQIA community has increased visibility and acceptance, there is also the putrid and hateful resistance to the very existence of this community. It took 50 years, until June 2019, for the New York City police commissioner to apologize for the raid. So-called law enforcement also participated in blackmail and extortion against those who were closeted. Patrons unable to be vaccinated can show proof of negative COVID PCR test within 48 hours of the event.() – June is Pride Month, commemorating the violent police raid on the Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969, when GLBTQ activists fought abusive police officers who beat gay men, lesbians, and those who cross-dressed. Proof of vaccination (both vaccination cards and cellphone photos of vaccination cards accepted) is required for event and alcohol garden entry. The event will also feature food trucks, alcohol garden, Drag Queen Bingo, 360-degree photo booth, and a variety of other activities.Īn onsite COVID-19 vaccination clinic will also be made available by UW Medicine to provide vaccinations to people who have not yet received them. Headlining this year’s event is Seattle-based producer, DJ, and artist Chong the Nomad, and will be hosted by KEXP-on air host Marco Collins and drag queen favorite Betty Wetter.
This LGBTQIA+ fall celebration event is free to attend and will feature a can’t-miss lineup of LGBTQIA+ performers, activities, food, drink, and much more. Seattle Pride’s All Together Now will take place on Saturday, October 9 at Volunteer Park on Capitol Hill-rain or shine.