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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe LGBT March on DC Is Happening: Five Post-Election Reasons This Is Important
Drawing inspiration from last weeks Women's March on the capital and in hundreds of cities around the world activist David Bruinooge has begun planning The National Pride March, an LGBT march of solidarity on Washington, D.C. Coinciding with D.C.s Pride event the march is scheduled for June 11, 2017.
I thought the gay community should be doing something like {the Womens March} to follow up on the momentum, Bruinooge, an openly gay New York resident told the Washington Blade. He cited that he was inspired by the countrys women who {took} to the street {to get} their voices heard. D.C.s Womens March in particular, which was echoed in 60 countries and on seven continents, became the largest inauguration-related demonstration in U.S. history and easily exceeded the attendance of Donald Trumps inauguration.
They set the tone with their leadership and it is our intention as a community to follow their lead and play our part, The National Pride March Facebook event page reads, advising that the event is all-inclusive and peaceful. Bruinooge said that he chose June 11 for the event as it coincides with D.C.s Capital Pride Festival, which reportedly had an estimated 275,000 in attendance in 2016.
Bruinooge contacted Ryan Bos, the executive director of the Capital Pride Alliance, who expects the march and the D.C. Pride events to complement one another, with the intent that the march begin in the morning and end at the site of the Pride festival. {Capital Pride Alliance} obviously {has} the infrastructure and the mass support to help this become a reality, Bruinooge said.
Read more: http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/ryanjent/an_lgbt_march_on_d_c_is_happening_five_post_election_reasons_it_s_important
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The LGBT March on DC Is Happening: Five Post-Election Reasons This Is Important (Original Post)
TexasTowelie
Jan 2017
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Rhythm
(5,435 posts)1. Already making plans to be there...
Never give in... never back down!
irisblue
(32,975 posts)2. kicking cuz this week has been aggravating.
Now got to findout cost of a power chair rental