Anti police at gay festival

Zazu Nova at Gay Liberation Front meeting, circa Kady Vandeurs and Marsha P. Johnson at gay rights rally at City Hall, Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera, ca. Initial altercations with police led to nearly two dozen arrests.

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This concerning reality undergirds much of the resilience, uprising, and pushback to police involvement in gatherings that celebrate Pride and beyond. Hacker News. They are also disproportionately incarcerated in the United States, and highly over-represented across our entire criminal justice system.

Inon the anniversary of the Stonewall uprising, the NYPD pepper sprayed and struck demonstrators with batons. The Stonewall Inn, whose customers were largely trans women and gay men of color, had been raided many times before, but this time patrons fought back.

Last year in New York and San Francisco, LGBT officers were permitted to participate in the city’s Pride parades, but banned from wearing their uniforms. Rebellion and Pride. Community groups stayed at Cal Anderson Park to demonstrate against what they describe as an anti-trans, anti-LGBTQ+ and far-right organization coming to town on Saturday.

While Pride is about celebrating love and freedom of expression, it is also a recognition of the resistance against police violence and the sacrifices made to achieve basic legal rights, dignity, and liberation for all people.

Short link. A landmark study of police-LGBTQ relations finds that 21% of respondents have been stopped by police in the past year, and 53% of Black trans respondents have been the victims of police brutality. The disparate treatment, fueled by homophobia and transphobia, and bolstered by systemically unjust treatment, is not limited to the law enforcement sphere.

Why are police banned from Pride? LGBTQ+ people of color have a long history of protest and fighting against police violence and fighting for liberation that is overlooked. The result is an erasure of the contributions of TGNC people of color in fighting police and bureaucratic violence.

Public safety systems must have LGBTQ+ identities and people in mind — and recognize the history and dangers these communities face when intersected with race. For example, law enforcement officials have disproportionately profiled transgender people on the basis of their appearance, clothing, and for doing innocuous things, like traveling to school.

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Stonewall was not an aberration. LDF is proud to work with and alongside diverse coalitions in demanding comprehensive civil rights for members of communities targeted with discriminatory policies and threats of violence because of who they are.

Police Violence is a Constant. Pride organizers in New York, Seattle, and Denver have banned police due to a history of violence against LGBTQ people. Copy link. The Brief Counterprotesters gathered on Capitol Hill on Saturday against a Mayday USA event.

Gay men have also been unjustly targeted by law enforcement for decades, with police engaging in undercover operations specifically aiming to criminalize same-sex conduct. Facebook messenger.