In solidarity with the #BlackOutPride movement, a group of local activists of color are organizing a #BlackOutPride event for Baltimore Pride on Saturday, July 25th.
Across the country, activists of color have been organizing BlackOutPride events to honor the resistance against police and state violence that sparked the Stonewall Riots and the first LGBTQ Pride Parade. The BlackOutPride movement holds space to acknowledge the silencing and erasure LGBTQ people of color are experiencing in the wh...
In solidarity with the #BlackOutPride movement, a group of local activists of color are organizing a #BlackOutPride event for Baltimore Pride on Saturday, July 25th.
Across the country, activists of color have been organizing BlackOutPride events to honor the resistance against police and state violence that sparked the Stonewall Riots and the first LGBTQ Pride Parade. The BlackOutPride movement holds space to acknowledge the silencing and erasure LGBTQ people of color are experiencing in the white-led “gay rights movement”. We need your help!!
We will march in the parade wearing black, and have time to speak to the masses on the Pride main stage.
If you identify as a person of color
1. March with us! We’ll be marching in the parade with Sisters of the T and the Baltimore Transgender Alliance. Wear a Black shirt. We’ll
give you flyers to pass out to people in the parade about the purpose of #BlackOutPrideBmore.
2. Join us on stage. At 4:40pm, we’ll be marching to the main stage of Pride, where we’ll have 20
minutes to read about the purpose of the movement, have a moment of silence, and invite
participants to speak about their own wishes for the LGBTQ movement.
3. Please allow youth to speak first.
If you identify as a white person
1. We need you! Specifically, we’d like you to pass out flyers to people throughout the parade,
and engage in conversations as needed with general Parade goers about the purpose of #BlackOutPrideBmore
2. Help us keep people silent and respectful. During the moment of silence,
please ensure that those around you
are silent to be respectful of the voices on stage. Move to areas that are especially loud to do this work.
Fore more information contact Jabari Lyles at jlyles@glccb.org