In 1981, I was one of the organizers of Toronto's first Pride. ALSO READ: Black LGBT community leaders respond to the Pride-Black Lives Matter controversy.Just as many of us were when we gathered for our earliest Pride marches. Just as many of us were during the AIDS crisis. Black queer people - like all black people - are fighting for their lives. ĭuring Pride this year I saw black queers I have known for more than a quarter-century, and many new queer faces, marching in the Black Lives Matter contingent. He is the author of The Regulation of Desire: Homo and Hetero Sexualities and co-author of The Canadian War on Queers: National Security as Sexual Regulation. Gary Kinsman was an organizer with the Lesbian and Gay Pride Day Committee in 1981. Black Lives Matter Toronto recaptures Pride's activist roots Two of those organizers, Gary Kinsman and Amy Gottlieb, each sent us their thoughts. In the wake of the controversy surrounding Black Lives Matter Toronto's protest at this year's Pride parade, CBC News invited some of the original organizers of Pride to share their reactions to this weekend's events.
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