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minus-squareSnot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up48arrow-down1·edit-26 months agoMore importantly, Pride is a reference to the Stonewall Riots, in which cops brutally assaulted LGBTQ+ citizens with great malice and they fought back. June 28th, 1969 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonewall_riots The first Pride Parade was a year later, on June 27th, 1970 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pride_parade#First_pride_marches The reason cops shouldn’t be allowed at Pride is because cops violence against the LGBTQ+ community is why Pride fucking exists to begin with.
minus-squareTransporter Room 3@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down1·6 months agoOne of my friends from a local theater group I did some musicals with had a brick pin they wear to every pride event they attend. It’s my favorite pin ever.
More importantly, Pride is a reference to the Stonewall Riots, in which cops brutally assaulted LGBTQ+ citizens with great malice and they fought back.
June 28th, 1969
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonewall_riots
The first Pride Parade was a year later, on June 27th, 1970
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pride_parade#First_pride_marches
The reason cops shouldn’t be allowed at Pride is because cops violence against the LGBTQ+ community is why Pride fucking exists to begin with.
One of my friends from a local theater group I did some musicals with had a brick pin they wear to every pride event they attend.
It’s my favorite pin ever.