#new york pride

[madonnaciccone]

Queen Mother Madonna at New York Pride last night

[magnetothemagnificent]

Shout out to the highlights of Pride:

-The group in front of us dressed as Star Wars characters

-The spectator dressed as Spiderpunk

-The older drag queen holding a sign saying "the fairy queen of pride"

-The older Chassid standing alone among the crowd near Stonewall. I don't know if you got swept up there accidentally, if you're supporting a queer loved one, or if you're secretly queer yourself, but I hope the experience gave you meaning.

[the-land-of-women]

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[feckcops]

No, Pride isn’t for cops too

“In Britain last year, activists from Lesbians and Gays Support the Migrants (LGSM) broke through the barriers at London’s Pride march to stage a die-in. Holding funeral bouquets and draped in pink veils, they held up the march for twenty-three minutes — one minute for each person that had died in police custody since 2020 — to protest Metropolitan Police officers joining the parade. One participant in the protest, Ink, explains, ‘I watched friends cheer on the police at London Pride, despite understanding their role in oppressing queer people. In the wake of Black Lives Matter, the presence of police at pride became especially unconscionable and we felt it was important to reclaim Pride as a space hostile to the presence of the state and its violence.’ ...

“Corporations and the state use diversity and inclusivity to wash themselves clean. At this year’s Pride in Washington DC, arms industry giant Lockheed Martin drove a sponsored float through the city, much to the disgust of socialists and queer activists. This year in London, big oil was the target of protests as activists picketed the annual LGBTQ awards sponsored by BP, Shell, BNP Paribas, HSBC, Santander, Amazon, and Nestlé. Days later, this July 1, five activists from Just Stop Oil were arrested after jumping in front of BP’s float and halting London’s Pride parade, reminding onlookers that there will be no pride on a dead planet ...

“In 2019, as preparations were underway for the fiftieth anniversary of the Stonewall riots, activists in New York City organized an opposing Queer Liberation March instead. The official parade ran for twelve hours because there were so many corporate floats, notes Paul Nocera from New York’s Reclaim Pride Coalition. He told Jacobin how activists had become disillusioned with Pride — and the way acceptable queerness was policed by letting in some people and shutting out others: ‘The barricades don’t just contain people, they set up an entertainment dynamic where the people on one side are the audience and the people on the inside are the entertainment. This is a march, we’re not the entertainment,’ he explains ...

“Over in England, Sheffield Radical Pride (SRP) took things a step further and organized the city’s only Pride march this year, scheduled for July 22 to coincide with Tramlines music festival when tens of thousands descended on the city. In 2018, the previous organizers declared the event was a march of ‘celebration, not protest.’ They banned political groups from taking part and demanded banners and placards be inspected for approval ... A month before the march, SRP announced cops and corporations were banned. ‘It’s exciting and it’s fun ... I’m glad that we have the opportunity to make Sheffield’s only Pride one that is genuinely radical and one that is free of corporations and cops,’ says Alex, one of the organizers.”

[derseprinceoftbd]

Street cart just rode by playing Staying Alive. Three bucks for two slices (God bless 99ç Pizzas). Atmosphere as great as rver. Fuckin love this city.

[sreehari28]

New York City is getting ready for a big weekend of events celebrating Pride Month. The New York City Pride March is an annual event that celebrates the LGBTQ+ community and promotes inclusivity, equality, and acceptance. It typically features colorful floats, vibrant performances, and enthusiastic participation from various LGBTQ+ organizations, individuals, allies, and supporters. The march serves as a platform to advocate for LGBTQ+ rights, raise awareness about important issues, and celebrate the progress made toward equality. Watch the 2023 New York City Pride March only on Nyc Desi!

[jelleasblog]

[savagegood]

[amnhnyc]

Thanks to everyone for joining us at Pride Night at the Museum—we loved seeing you! Happy Pride!

[nando161mando]

Nationwide there are emergency protests to decry the slaughter of innocent civilians in Rafah last night.

In NYC protesters are marching in the streets against police orders. The crowds are so big the cops are making arrests but it has done little to slow tonights demo.

📸 Twitter: @probablyreadit

#NYC #GrandCentral #FreePalestine #Protest #NewYork #Rafah

[magnetothemagnificent]

Also at New York pride. A bunch of TERFs showed up. They were summarily booed away.

Good.

[trans-axolotl]

what the mayor of new york is doing with psych hospitalization is not a new application of the way psych wards are used--psych survivors know this and we've been talking about it for decades the way that involuntary hospitalization is used as a form of social control, and the power and danger that a mental illness diagnosis holds. what is frightening about the way the mayor is talking about this is the way he is giving this quiet rhetoric legitimacy and a voice. psych professionals have been using involuntary hospitalization as a form of incarceration for a long fucking time, and as psych survivors know, you can get hospitalized involuntarily for Many things beyond just "being a danger to yourself or others." what's making me nervous right now is that this likely will lead to more interactions between police and homeless people where police feel emboldened to enforce even more options of incarceration. I think it is important to understand that New York is not the only place doing this and in fact this is the way involuntary hospitalization generally operates. New york is not an aberration: the whole system is intended to work like this and is completely fucked, which is why we need to be fighting for psych abolition and building in mad liberation to our understanding of prison abolition.

[usnatarchives]

On June 28, 1969, the #Stonewall Riots began following a police raid on the Stonewall Inn, one of New York City's best-known LGBTQ clubs. Forty-seven years later, the site was declared a National Monument by Presidential Proclamation. https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75315976

[saltiestsoprano]

Hello everyone, I was attacked unprovoked on the Subway yesterday. I believe I was targeted because I was wearing my pride shirt work uniform I am also a bisexual woman with a very public presence on the internet and in the city as I am a performer at Ellen’s Stardust Diner in Times Square. I was beaten badly and taken to hospital by ambulance. It took two phone calls to 911 and an hour wait for police to arrive, so clearly my assailant got away. The cops also victim blamed me for the attack as if sitting quietly with your AirPods on is somehow not being vigilant enough at 3 o’clock in the afternoon on a busy subway car. But what else do we expect from the NYPD at this point. I have large bruises and giant swellings on the right side of my head, and it’s caused my vision to blur, my hearing is gone because my eardrum is filled with fluid and I am dizzy and nauseas all the time. Laying down is painful because of the contusions but sitting up is miserable too. Until my visions improves, my hearing returns and my bruises and swelling fade I don’t know when I’ll be able to return to work not even considering the fear of taking the subway now. More of what happened is explained in my fundraiser I’m linking. But I could use the help of the good folks on the internet. If you could donate and share or if you can’t donate please share. My husband is the organizer and can also answer any questions you have. Please boost my signal, I really need the help right now.

[ts-sarahwilson]

Trans do it better 💦💪🍒🍓