Celebrating Pride in the Indigenous community – a video playlist
To celebrate Pride 2020, EchoX has curated a series of videos that celebrate Two-Spirit people and the legacies of LGBTQ+ identities in Indigenous communities.
Marsha P. Johnson is just recently receiving widespread recognition as a pivotal force during the Stonewall Riots. She is the subject of a recent Netflix documentary.
and Sylvia Rivera, were front and center, though they have only recently received widespread recognition as pivotal forces within the LGBTQ+ rights movement.
Where does Pride fit in a time of COVID-19 and Black Lives Matter?
From High Country News – In a time of social change and a pandemic that has laid bare deep-rooted inequalities, Pride’s roots as an LGBTQ+ movement for equity are back in focus.
Black joy – not corporate acknowledgement – is the heart of Juneteenth
The Atlantic – while governments and companies are catching up to recognizing Juneteenth, Black Americans have always been celebrating Emancipation Day.
A letter from a young, Black, first-gen journalist
From South Seattle Emerald – Amina Ibrahim reflects on her thoughts on journalism, identity, and change in the light protesting police brutality and racism.
Love and Anti-Blackness: an Indian American mother reflects on raising Black children
From The Polis Project – Kavitha Rajagopalan writes this heartfelt piece about how she has connected with the Black community in a way that is vastly different from her parents.
From The Root -“Since the beginning of the George Floyd protests, white people have come out of the woodwork with statements declaring their disdain for inequality and their willingness to stand against racism.”
From The Atlantic – “I want white people to stop killing us, but I also want white people to stop watching us get killed—to disarm their emotional paralysis in the face of dehumanization or worse,” writes author Rebecca Carroll.
