New York City's annualprideparade was won on Sunday through glittering confetti, fluttering rainbow flags, and decades of activity. It opened with a new fear of losing freedom.
Annual marches in New York, San Francisco, Chicago, etc., only two days after the Supreme Court's conservative judge signaled that the court should be reconsidered in an abortion ruling. I will. Same-sex marriage rights granted in 2015.
"We are here to make a statement," said 31-year-old Mercedes Sharp, who traveled from Massachusetts to Manhattan. "I think it's about making points, not every other year like the way we usually celebrate it. This will really stand out. Only women, angry men, angry women I think there are many angry people, not. "
Warning shots from the State Supreme Court limit some discussions of sexual orientation and gender identity with children. It came after a year of legislative defeat in the LGBTQ community, including the passage of law in the state.
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As anti-homosexual sentiment resurfaces, some are pushing the pride parade back to their roots.
"It's a gay life celebration from a statement of advocacy and protest," said 67-year-old Sean Clakin, who recently enjoyed a drink at Julius about the New York City's annual parade. Told. One of the oldest gay bars in Manhattan's Greenwich Village.
As he remembers, the parade once rebelled against and opposed the oppressive mainstream, which regarded gay, lesbian, and transgender people as worthless outsiders. was.
"It's as satisfying and empowering as it is currently accepted in the mainstream," Crakin said.
The first Pride March in New York, then called Christopher Street Liberation Day March Was held in 1970, a voluntary street uprising caused by a police assault on a gay bar in Manhattan to commemorate the first anniversary of the Stonewall Rebellion.
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San Francisco's first march Has been held annually since 1972, except for the last two years of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Celebration is now global, held in multiple countries throughout the year, and many of the largest parades are held in June. One of the largest in the world in Sao Paulo, Brazil, was held on June 19th.
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In the United States, this year's celebration takes place in a potential crisis.
In the Supreme Court, which ruled to withdraw the right to abortion on Friday, Judge Clarence Thomas withdrew the 2015 decision to legalize same-sex marriage and the 2003 law to criminalize homosexuals. They agreed that the ruling should also be reviewed. Sex.
Recently, more than 12 states have enacted legislation that goes against the interests of the LGBTQ community. This includes legislation prohibiting references to sexual orientation in Florida school curriculums and the threat of prosecution against parents who allow children to take their children. Gender-verifying care in Texas.
Some states have legislation prohibiting transgender athletes from participating in team sports that match the gender they identify.
Pride Month: Celebrate the progress of the LGBTQ2 community and acknowledge work that has not yet been done According to a defamation prevention league survey released earlier this week. And members of the LGBTQ community were more likely than any other group to experience harassment. Two-thirds of the respondents said they were harassed, and more than half said they were the result of their sexual orientation.
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In recent years, the division of how to commemorate the Stonewall has begun, and more protest-oriented debris group events. Has occurred.
In New York City, the Queer Liberation March was held at the same time as the traditional parade, "detoxifying the parade, which is currently dominating pride, infused with companies, entwined with police, and politicians. We call ourselves "agent". celebration.
In this year's major parade, much of that spirit can be lost, but many fans of the march see them as a combination of activity and celebration.
New Yorker Vincent Manis Calco, 40, who has been married to her husband for five years, said her march spotlighted civil rights issues and "individuals of all walks of life. It's an opportunity to gather and celebrate. " Their real self. And I think the New York City Pride Parade does a very good job in that regard.
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