Rejecting parties at pride is a necessary correction to decades of politicians using photo opportunities without delivering equality in a lasting way. I'm really genuinely glad that pride is finally taking this step after years of grass roots work.
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Not just parties I hope but Politicans as a whole, Like I'm sorry to LGBTQ+ Politicans but Pride should be for The People and only The People not those in power capable of making change and refusing to make said change despite being LGBTQ+.
I'm of the opinion that politicians can be at Pride events, but as spectators. I don't care if they are openly LGBT, or are amazing allies... no politician should be granted anything special at Pride. No photo ops, speaking, awards, etc
The community not organizing against you, should be the reward
It really is an unrealistic expectation that politicians, laws & courts can alter the minds & biases of the public. Only chipping away at their ignorance & the false reality they try to impose can we make strides. Once they recognize the self harm they are manifesting in their pursuit to harm /1
Lgbtqia+ campaigning organisations have been broadly and brutally defunded in recent years as a result of political weakness and opportunism bashing trans rights and and failing to uphold equality law.
The reason that even mainstream LGBT pride events are falling out of the happy go lucky political consensus is because pink washing has proved an unsustainable business model in an environment where the political establishment will not support even the most bland & mainstream LGBTQ rights organising
Trans rights protests we were organising in Manchester a few years ago were booting out every political party emphatically because we already knew that it was important that you stop telling us what you're going to do and start speaking truth to power.
That when politicians invest more in convincing the powerless that they're good guys rather than convincing the powerful that they should do better we are fucked.
I'm in a small radical pride organization this year and even the smallest most left-wing parties you can think of are just coming to the meetings to do f*cking entryism and control the narrative, while giving nothing in term of material or financial help.
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The community not organizing against you, should be the reward
Getting to have uninterrupted speeches at events, is how they avoid questions from constituents & members of the press
Making them spectators... opens them up to questions. Real allies will continue to show
No party is banned, and even friendly ones get nothing special... all are to be spectators
Parties getting 'cozy' with minority groups, is how that entitlement grows, and why many members get a pass, even though they do no actual work
Their job, is to listen, learn, and implement
When you realize they have nowhere to perform... you'll notice faster who they are
the powerful need to do better for people and for the planet, instead of exploiting and killing both for personal gain