Pride isn’t supposed to be just a party it’s supposed to be a protest.” I think this march is more true to the traditional spirit of Pride. “I feel folx who don’t support BLM forget that we owe pride to the actions of BIPOC individuals. “Some people were vocal about the march, upset that there was not a traditional PrideFest,” said Klawes. For myself, for my girls, and for anybody that doesn’t get a voice.” Black and Brown, queer and trans, we are in danger and I’m going to fight. For some, this is just an event or a special time of the year. For women like me, and our trans and non-binary siblings, this is life or death, losing your family, sacrificing your body and safety, facing abuse, assault, depression, dysphoria, addiction and homelessness, just to be who we are born to be. We are in danger. “Let’s remember that Pride was started by Black and Brown trans women – and we are still dying. “I think we’ve lost the true meaning of Pride, as we’ve been living out the liberation we have fought for so far.
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“It was a beautiful, full circle moment to return to Juneau Park,” said Elle Halo.
We felt Juneau Park allowed to achieve that, while honoring the history. I know many folx were grateful for a more grass roots event.” “The organizers wanted to return to a more community-focused, community-operated Pride. “Juneau Park was selected for our celebration because of its ties to the original PrideFests,” said Klawes.
This year’s Pride March for BLM had spiritual connections to earlier, more community-driven pride events, including the Pride Marches of 1989-1990, which brought 1,500 protestors from Walker’s Point to Cathedral Square, and the earliest PrideFests in Juneau Park from 1991-1993. Rainbow crosswalks were installed in Cathedral Square in 2018 to commemorate the 1989 march. “Their actions just reminded me why Pride is necessary, and how much work is needed to support LGBTQ inclusion.” “Last year, there was a heckler who threw homophobic slurs along the march, directed at myself and other volunteers,” said co-organizer Kat Klawes. The community supported us so wholeheartedly. We added the block party this year, so people had choices on how they could participate.” I literally had my heart in my throat the whole time. This year was beautiful. “Unlike last year, we didn’t have any issues on the route,” said co-organizer Elle Halo, "but I was so scared people would try to disrupt us. Maier Festival Park, winding two miles through the Third Ward and Walker’s Point before ending with a rally and celebration at Juneau Park. Nearly 3,000 people participated in this year’s events. from the PrideFest/Summerfest gates at Henry W.
On Sunday, June 14, the second Annual Pride March for Black Lives Matter stepped off at 2 p.m. For the second year in a row, Milwaukee’s traditional Pride festivities were cancelled in 2021 due to COVID-19 concerns. And again, for the second year in a row, the usual Pride proceedings were replaced by a grassroots, street-level activist march fueled with all the passion, color and fury of Milwaukee’s earliest Pride gatherings.
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