Chapters of the ANSWER Coalition have been hard at work mobilizing for LGBT Pride parades across the country. Already we have been enthusiastically received by crowds in Long Beach, Washington D.C. and Los Angeles. There are still many upcoming opportunities to stand up for equal rights!
We will raise a militant demand for full federal equality in every sphere of society, something that only a mass movement can achieve. Pride has its origins in the fighting LGBT movement of the 1960s and 1970s, as thousands of LGBT people poured into the streets demanding their rights. Now, decades later, equal rights for LGBT people are still under attack, anti-LGBT violence is on the rise, and many LGBT youth facing extreme bigotry have taken their own lives. Now is the time for us to continue the struggle for full equality in the streets with a united and militant fight back movement.
Below is a listing of upcoming Pride parades that ANSWER will be participating in - we encourage all our supporters to join us!
Baltimore, Md.
Saturday, June 15
Meet up with the contingent at 1:30 p.m. Centre St. between Charles St. and Cathedral St.
The parade kicks off at 3:30 p.m. from Read and Charles Sts. in Mount Vernon and travels four blocks north up Charles St. to Chase St.
Info: 443-759-9968, [email protected]
Sacramento, Calif.
Contingent organized by WORD (Women Organized to Resist and Defend)
Saturday, June 15
Gather at 10:45am, Location TBA
Contact in advance for details for the contingent location: [email protected]
Albuquerque
Saturday, June 29
March with the ANSWER Coalition and the Party for Socialism and Liberation to demand full rights for all
Meet at 10:00am on the corner of Girard and Central
Contact in advance for details for the contingent meeting time and location: 505-268-2488 or [email protected]
New York City, NY
(1) Thursday, June 27
Loud and Proud! Celebration and Fundraiser
Ugly Kitchen, 103 First Ave, 6pm
Join the Facebook event
(2) Friday, June 28
Trans Day of Action @ Christopher St. Pier, 2pm - 5pm
Contact in advance for details for the contingent meeting time and location:
347-292-WORD (9673), [email protected]
(3) Saturday, June 29
Dyke March @ Bryant Park
Contact in advance for details for the contingent meeting time and location:
347-292-WORD (9673), [email protected]
(4) Sunday, June 30
Line up at 36th St. and 5th Ave. at 11:00 a.m., parade begins at 12:00 noon
Contact in advance for details for the contingent meeting time and location:
347-292-WORD (9673), [email protected]
Join the Facebook event
Chicago, Ill.
Sunday, June 30
More details soon
Contact for info: 773-463-0311, [email protected]
San Francisco, Calif.
(1) Friday, June 28
Trans March, Dolores Park, 3pm
(2) Saturday, June 29
Dyke March, Dolores Park,
Festival starting at 10am, march starts at 6pm
(3) Sunday, June 30
Parade begins at 10:30 a.m. at Market and Beale
Contact in advance for details for the contingent meeting time and location:
415-375-9502, [email protected]
Join the Facebook event