The only image that does this justice is the images from the protest. (c) 2019 either Northshore Counter Info or It’s Going Down, not sure. Source.
CWs (incl. for linked article): violence, cops, acab, alt-right, blood, anti-LGBT slurs
Sometimes, people are fucking badass. We need more activism like this at Pride events, and also all the time. Anarchist activists took it upon themselves to block alt-right protestors from having their message heard at pride, and when things got violent, the community rallied around them even as the cops stood by and did nothing.
[…] the Pride Committee had no plan to deal with the haters. The Pride Committee was simply hoping the cops would take care of the situation, and when that didn’t happen, they were too cowardly to even acknowledge what had really gone on: that more than 70 empowered queers and allies put their bodies on the line to confront the haters and, after sustaining multiple serious injuries and running our voices ragged, had demoralized and beat them back to the point that they decided to leave – something they rarely do.
The story of Pride 2019 is not one of an orderly and colourful celebration with clever permitting by the organizers. It’s one of brutal homophobia and awe-inspiring community bravery.
Read the whole thing here: Report Back on Defending Hamilton Pride from Far-Right
(And here’s a PDF backup copy of the article in case IGD goes down at some point.)
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