Follow RT on Despite having been involved in New York Pride events for nearly 40 years, police have been banned for the foreseeable future. Is Pride about inclusion, or is it just about ticking whatever woke idea is flavor of the month?
Ever since the Stonewall riots in 1969, acceptance of gay and lesbian lifestyles has increased and increased in the United States. There are Pride marches every year, with an entire month devoted to LGBTQ Pride. Same-sex marriage is legal in every state in the Union, and gays in America are safer here than virtually any other place in the world. The reason they are safer is because we have laws that protect them and the means to enforce them, so why exactly is New York Pride banning Police from their events?