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Center for Black Equity to host annual DC Black Pride Awards Reception on July 21 metroweekly.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from metroweekly.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Pride For The People’s Statement Comes As Response to Boston Pride’s Decision to Dissolve the LGBTQIA+ Organization
Trans Resistance,
Urban Pride, the
Boston Black Pride, and
Boston Dyke March, have spent the past year pushing for a long-overdue transformation of Boston Pride. While we’ve been excited and encouraged by the wider community support for the boycott, our ultimate goal was to see the organization transition to new leadership that represents the diverse voices and needs of our community. Our demands were for transparency, community participation, and democratic decision-making. We see today’s statement by the Board as their final rejection of those demands.
Amid a boycott over racial equity issues, the Boston Pride organization announced in a statement July 9 that it is dissolving. It is clear to us that our community needs and wants change without the involvement of Boston Pride, the statement on its website reads. We have heard the concerns of the QTBIPOC community and others. We care too much to stand in the way. Therefore, Boston Pride is dissolving. There will be no further events or programming planned, and the board is taking steps to close down the organization.
Boston Pride, which held virtual events in June to celebrate LGBTQ Pride Month, has been criticized for being whitewashed and trans-exclusionary, according to a recent article in the Boston Globe.
Pride Month has ended. How to be an LGBTQ ally in July and beyond usatoday.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from usatoday.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.