Join mem­bers of the local Black and LGBTQ+ com­mu­ni­ties, those who inter­sect both (and/or more) iden­ti­ties, and allies to march in sol­i­dar­i­ty with the Black Lives Mat­ter move­ment in Philadelphia. 

Stand with us as we cen­ter and cel­e­brate the inter­sec­tion of the Black and LGBTQ+ com­mu­ni­ties. Recom­mit to the fun­da­men­tal prin­ci­ples that guid­ed the first “Pride” which took place 50 years ago with the Stonewall Riots. Lis­ten to speak­ers who will share out per­son­al per­spec­tives and empha­size the impor­tance of equal­i­ty and vis­i­bil­i­ty for all, but espe­cial­ly our Black and Brown siblings.

Black peo­ple across Philadel­phia and through­out Amer­i­ca — many of whom are LGBTQ+ — are sys­tem­at­i­cal­ly oppressed. Even more so, our Black Queer and Trans sib­lings are often erased from the nar­ra­tive. Here in Philadelphia’s own LGBTQ+ com­mu­ni­ty, we can not deny that anti-Black­ness and racism per­sists. In the spir­it of lead­ers like Mar­sha P. John­son, the move­ment for long-over­due social change in Amer­i­ca is being led by com­mu­ni­ties of color. 

As mem­bers of LGBTQ+ com­mu­ni­ties from many races, faiths, abil­i­ties, and gen­er­a­tions, we know that the only way to erad­i­cate racism and it’s result­ing symp­toms of dis­crim­i­na­tion, harass­ment, and vio­lence is to speak out and demand sys­temic change. 

Recom­mit to pride. March for Black Lives! 

NOTE: This is a peace­ful event, is unper­mit­ted and will *not* be coor­di­nat­ed with law enforcement.Social dis­tanc­ing, wear­ing masks and tak­ing oth­er COVID-19 health and safe­ty pre­cau­tions is essen­tial at this event.

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SPEAKERS AND MORE DETAILS TO COME.