Seattle Pride Parade 2018. (KIRO Radio/Matt Pitman)
Last week, Capitol Hill Pride announced that it would be banning police participation at the group’s march and rally scheduled for this June. That sparked questions and confusion surrounding Seattle Pride, a separate entity which will be taking place virtually this summer, and has yet to come to a decision on its own stance on police presence at its future events.
Seattle Pride which typically sees attendance up around 400,000 people annually fielded a flurry of calls last week from people who thought it had banned police this year. Speaking to KIRO Nights host Jack Stine, Seattle Pride Executive Director Krystal Marx provided insight into the group’s own position.
Canceled and alternate local events in spring, summer 2021
Seattle Pride Parade in 2018. (KIRO Radio file photo)
With the COVID-19 pandemic still ongoing and cases still prevalent across Washington in April, local festival and events some still months away are already starting to share their plans for 2021. Many thought that after canceling in 2020, hopefully 2021 would allow them to return, but it’s looking like that won’t be the case for a lot of local favorites.
MyNorthwest will keep an updated list of the big canceled or altered events in the spring and summer.
The Spring Fair
The Spring Fair is offering a hybrid experience in 2021, including both drive-through and “step-out” activities. The step out points are designated with controlled capacities and social distancing, offering fair goers a change to shop at a variety of booths and sit in the stands for experiences like Racing Pigs and Dock Dogs.
Cat in the Hat will remain available despite criticism of its blackface roots. Vince Bucci / GETTY IMAGES
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Uhhh, U.S. COVID-19 cases appear to be plateauing at summer peak levels: Centers for Disease Control director Dr. Rochelle Walensky expressed concern about case averages flattening at around 70,000 after a steep drop in January, reports the BBC. Please hear me clearly: At this level of cases, with variants spreading, we stand to completely lose the hard-earned ground we have gained, she said. Easing restrictions across the country right now, in other words, might not be such a great idea. The agency previously predicted B.1.1.7., the more virulent variant first identified in the U.K., would become the dominant strain by March, but we don t have enough surveillance of isolated cases to know for sure how pr
Seattle Pride moves 2021 festivities online as pandemic continues by Callie Craighead, SeattlePI
Seattle s colorful LGBTQIA+ Pride parade and in-person celebrations will have to wait until 2022.
The organizers of Seattle Pride made an early call to move the annual parade and festivities online for 2021 amid the continued presence of COVID-19 and risks of large gatherings. With the pandemic still spreading at a rapid pace, we could not in good conscience move forward with plans for our June events which bring thousands of people together in close proximity, said Seattle Pride Executive Director Krystal Marx in a statement. Our efforts now shift to building on the success of last year’s virtual Pride, so we can continue to bring our community together to celebrate diversity.
Rantz: Radical councilmembers offended city is funding police department
The Burien City Council voted on their budget this week. (Screen grab)
The Burien City Council’s version of Kshama Sawant implied funding the police goes against her moral code. And her equally radical colleague complained the council is ignoring the community’s most fringe activists.
Councilmembers Krystal Marx, who also serves as the city’s Deputy Mayor, and Cydney Moore abstained in a vote on the city’s budget. Consequently, the constituents they pretend to represent had no voice.
Instead of working on their behalf, they selfishly chose to take no position, offended that the Burien Police Department received the funding the community actually wanted them to receive.