Is Pride 2021 forgetting its anti-police violence roots?
LGBTQ folks, specifically us of color, have consistently been the recipient of decades and decades of police brutality.
Paulo Torres dances with his husband, Victor Tsang, after the San Francisco Gay Pride Parade, on Jun. 28, 2015, in San Francisco.Max Whittaker / Getty Images
June 27, 2021, 9:30 AM UTC
This mission got a bit blurry with pressure from The Times and other media.
When the news broke that New York City would finally join cities like Toronto and Denver, I was incredibly proud of the organizers for finally taking a stand and for continuing the very work on which Pride Month is founded: protesting police brutality.
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