“I really believe that we all can make a commitment to social justice and I just want to humanize the fact that it’s a journey for all of us.” “I think it’s beautiful that we get to celebrate but I also love that we are uncovering more of our history so we are paying homage to all of our beautiful trans-cestors … they all live through us,” said Raquel Willis, a transgender writer and activist and the former national organizer for the Transgender Law Center. The Queer Liberation March is an alternative Pride celebration free of police officers and major corporate sponsors.
The three-hour event was live streamed on ABC News and included a host of interviews with transgender, black activists and nonprofit leaders who support black and queer New Yorkers, as well as a series of musical performances and some limited street-side marching. In my mind and experience, they are inextricably linked.” I can’t separate the movement for black lives from the pride movement. “When we elevate more voices, we will create a fuller picture of who we actually are. “Pride for me is about how we work in earnest to truly include all of us across the spectrum of identities in our struggle for freedom and liberation,” said actor Wilson Cruz, one of the parade’s Grand Marshals, in a pre-recorded video aired during the event. The 51st annual Pride Parade in the Big Apple was a virtual celebration for the second year in a row Sunday - bringing a renewed focus to black members of the LBGTQIA+ community. Low-key reveal: Loki declared gender-fluid in new teaser Political donations lead Stonewall Inn to ban some beers
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