Beacon Pride March: LGBTQ+ Friends and No Pride In Genocide
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The Pride marched down Main Street today, led by KK Devina BeaconLGBTQ. The march was specifically declared *not* a parade in promotional material. In KK’s speech before the march kicked off, KK spoke of why they created their Queer Fam: to create a protected space for themselves to exist and continue to speak out.
In KK’s 47 years of life, they have lost 47 friends to anti-queer actions or influence, “And I’m not even in a war,” they said. Just two days ago, they lost someone else, a trans woman muralist.
For this march, ALBB covered it by focusing on KK and no other photos, since in the LGBTQ+ space, safety is so important as people are targeted. Cindy Gould also attended taking photos.
ALBB heard one heckler early on in the area of the shops on the far west end of town, after leaving Pohill Park from above the sidewalk, shout: “Girls are girls and boys are boys!”
Chants include wore a 🍉watermelon shirt that said SILENCE = DEATH. The sidewalk was peaceful and many passerby’s showed their support. Chants included:
“No Justice, No Peace.”
“Who’s future? Our future.”
“From the sea to the river, Palestine will live forever.”
“No borders, no nations, stop deportations.”
“Bottoms Tops, no more Cops.”
“Hey Hey, Ho Ho, Climate Change has got to go.”
“Gender Bender, system offenders.”
“No borders, no nations, trans liberation.”
“No borders, no nations, queer liberation.”
”We’re queer; we’re fruits; we’re looking for recruits.”
The march ended at the VFW Memorial Building. The VFW wpened their space for the reception, where swag included groceries and freshly made empanadas (vegan and carnivore). Groceries were open to all, said KK, and encourage everyone to collect fresh heads of lettuce, onions, bags of greens, granola bars, juice, chips, and hygiene.
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