Pride X Black Lives Matter. This week, Los Angeles Pride announced that it would lead a. New York's Pride events will be emceed by two Black trans people, who are often marginalized within their own communities.
Pride's initial announcement last week, New York's Reclaim Pride Coalition said it, too, planned to stand in solidarity with the Black community this year. The murder of George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter protests that have followed have highlighted some truths for our LGBTQ+ community, with one being that in many places, Pride is no longer about the people who started it. Global Pride, the first-ever worldwide gathering of the LGBT+ community, has announced it will put Black Lives Matter at the centre of their event.
Black Lives Matter was founded by a group of LGBTQ Black activists.
Pride's initial announcement last week, New York's Reclaim Pride Coalition said it, too, planned to stand in solidarity with the Black community this year.
Yazmin Monet Watkins-Vieux, an organizer with Black Lives Matter Los Angeles, told CNN that the presence of police at the LA Pride has been a long-standing concern within the community, that their. The organization "All Black Lives Matter," whose leaders represent the LGBTQ+ community, teamed up with the company Trailer Park Group to create the mural in preparation for the solidarity march. LA Pride isn't the only LGBTQ group supporting the Black Lives Matter movement and speaking out on racial injustice.