When we support the Black Lives Matter movement, that must include the lives of queer and transgender Black lives too.
reported murders of transgender folks in the U.S. this year. When we support the Black Lives Matter movement, thatWe can’t forget about Pride any more than we can forget that Black people are being killed by cops. Now is the time to remember that Black and LGBTQIA+ people weave in and out of shared spaces. We have shared experiences through different lenses of bigotry, but there is more commonality than some may want to admit.
I honor Lori Lightfoot, Chicago’s first black female mayor and first openly queer mayor. I honor Laverne Cox, Billy Porter, Jason Collins, Lena Waithe, Wanda Sykes and all of the other celebrities who use their platform to advance LGBTQIA+ rights. There is an exchange of benefits that happens when groups support one another.
Pride offers us an opportunity to celebrate the intersection of Black and queer folks. It is another opportunity for the LGBTQIA+ community to show visible allyship to the Black community. There are over 1 million LGBTQ African Americans living in the U.S. according to the. Levels of privilege exist even in marginalized communities, and the most vulnerable people have been, and still are, queer people of color, specifically transgender people of color.
Pride can’t take a backseat this year because doing so would take away from the Black Lives Matter movement. As long as there have been humans, there have been queer humans — and that includes queer Black humans too. Now more than ever it is important to fight for both Black and LGBTQIA+ rights.
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