NYC Queer Liberation March 2021

More than 50,000 were estimated to have marched in Sunday June 27th's 3rd Annual Queer Liberation March, most were masked. The march has displaced the one organized for many years by Heritage of Pride, or HOP for short. Much of the energy for organizing and participating in the march arose in opposition to the intense commercialization of the HOP organized march as well as their welcoming of armed LGBT police in contingents, as well as their role in providing "security" for the Parade. HOP's dispacement as the biggest organizer of mass in person events has risen as a result of the COVID-19 epidemic and HOP decided not to march for the last 2 years. John Riley recorded interviews of some contingents participating as well as some archival sound from the first Queer Liberation March in 2019.

Ohio Black Pride 4

In this special 20 minute 2 part interview recorded Sunday June 27th 2021 as part of our Queerly Defiant series listen to the story of the Ohio Black Pride 4 as told by Wriply Bennet, one of the Black Pride 4. She speaks on the criminalization and arrest she faced at Columbus Pride in 2017 and on the intersections of growing up as a young, black, queer, and trans women in the midwest. She details the violence, racism, and transphobia that led up to the action to disrupt pride and her arrest. Stay tuned for part 2 where she shares more about what happened in her case, what she learned, and her visions for our futures. This interview was produced by Sasha Alexander of Black Trans Media with support from producer Takoda Patterson and the OUTFM Collective.