Inspired by the Women’s March on Washington, a gay activist in New York City announced plans for a National Pride March. The LGBTQ protest will be held in D.C. on June 11.
David Bruinooge, 42, of Brooklyn, N.Y., announced it Facebook and created an event page for those interested in keeping up with the protest’s progress.
“We urge all supporters, friends, and family to descend on DC for the Pride 2017 weekend (June 8-11th) to make sure our voices are heard.
I was watching the events [of the Women’s March] unfold on TV and I was very proud and inspired by all the women, the strong women in our country who were kind of taking this to the street and getting their voices heard,” Bruinooge told the Washington Blade. “And in the back of my mind as an openly gay man I thought the gay community should be doing something like this to follow up on the momentum.“
Ryan Bos, the executive director of the Capital Pride Alliance, is in touch with Bruinooge and is expected to work to bring the march into the fold of official Capital Pride events.
“This will be an ALL-inclusive and peaceful event.”
The last major LGBT protest in DC was the National Equality March in 2009, which called for full equality for LGBTQ people in all matters of civil law, in all 50 states. At that time, only five states had legal same-sex marriage.
National Equality March in Washington, D.C., Oct. 11, 2009
(via LGBTQ Nation)
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