Pride

A new group of mostly Black and brown LGBTQ organizers are throwing the Pride March in Philadelphia on June 5, trying to rebuild the event into something ...

"In addition to private security, we have the medics, the doctors and nurses," Coleman said. In San Francisco, Pride organizers aren't allowing police to march in uniform this year. "To be so brazen as to not only work in collaboration, but to try to celebrate the police at your event was not even a dog whistle," Gonzales said. To Gonzales, honoring police at Pride was offensive — since the annual parade started with the 1969 Stonewall Riots in New York City. That's when a group of LGBTQ patrons at the Stonewall Inn finally pushed back against constant raids of gay bars and violence by the police. Philly isn't the only place where Pride is changing. "Because our ancestors, our trans-cestors, they fought so hard, but for the gay rights movement. It'll end in a street fair with music and dancing, food and drinks, and multiple stages for performers. The accusations were based on a series of now-deleted Facebook posts. That, stacked on top of a nationwide reckoning over racism in policing, has inspired many cities to change how they celebrate LGBTQ people. The group also put together its own community safety model. When I look back over the video, it's just filled with queerness and Latinidad. It was cool." The 46-year-old queer, Latina activist experienced one of her biggest milestones there.