Queer Liberation March

The Queer Liberation March was an LGBT protest march in Manhattan held June 30, 2019, coinciding with WorldPride NYC, which marked the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Queer Liberation March
DateJune 30, 2019 (2019-06-30)
LocationManhattan, New York City
ParticipantsQueer (LGBTQ) rights activists and supporters

The following year, in solidarity with Black Lives Matter, the same coalition organized the Queer Liberation March for Black Lives & Against Police Brutality on Sunday June 28, 2020,[7][8] where the non-violent demonstration was marred by police action.[9][10]

Background

There has been a large annual march and parade in New York City since 1970, produced by the nonprofit Heritage of Pride organization since 1984. The Queer Liberation March was created in protest of the corporate-focused sponsorship and participation requirements of that larger march, resulting in dueling Manhattan LGBTQ marches on the same day.[11][12] In 2019, the Queer Liberation March proceeded uptown on Sixth Avenue in Manhattan, following the path of the original 1970 demonstration, which itself marked the one-year anniversary of the Stonewall Riots[13] and was organized by the Christopher Street Liberation Day Committee.[14] The Queer Liberation March proceeded in the opposite direction of the New York City Pride March, which travels downtown on Fifth Avenue through most of its route.

Organization

The Queer Liberation March was organized by the Reclaim Pride Coalition and was endorsed by activist and grassroots organizations including ACT UP NY, God's Love We Deliver, Housing Works, NYC Democratic Socialists of America, and SAGE.[15] Civil rights attorney Norman Siegel worked with the City of New York for an agreement to hold the march on the same day as the larger NYC Pride March.[16]

The march sought to embrace the activist intentions some believe have been lost in the larger, celebratory event.[17][18][19]

Participation

The 2019 march began with 8,000 participants at the Stonewall National Monument and grew to 45,000 people as others joined along the way.[20][21][22]


  • Queer Liberation, Not Rainbow Capitalism
  • We Resist at the Queer Liberation March
  • Die-in at the Queer Liberation March at 6th Avenue and 23rd Street in Manhattan.

See also

References
  1. Silvers, Mara; WNYC. "LGBTQ Group Plans Alternative 'Queer Liberation March' On Pride Day". Gothamist. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
  2. "'Queer Liberation March' sets stage for dueling NYC gay pride events". NBC News. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
  3. Goicichea, Julia (August 16, 2017). "Why New York City Is a Major Destination for LGBT Travelers". The Culture Trip. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
  4. Rosenberg, Eli (June 24, 2016). "Stonewall Inn Named National Monument, a First for the Gay Rights Movement". The New York Times. Retrieved June 25, 2016.
  5. "Workforce Diversity The Stonewall Inn, National Historic Landmark National Register Number: 99000562". National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. Retrieved April 21, 2016.
  6. Gaffney, Emma. "No Cops, No Sponsors: 50 Years After Stonewall, Pride Goes Back to its Roots".
  7. Manzella, Sam (2020-06-26). "How the March Gets Made: Reclaim Pride Organizers Share Their Wisdom". LOGO News. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
  8. Schulman, Michael. "A Radical Challenger to New York City's Pride March". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
  9. Osborne, Duncan (2020-06-28). "Peaceful Queer Liberation March Ends With Pepper Spray at Washington Square". Gay City News. Retrieved 2020-06-28.
  10. Kornhaber, Spencer (2020-06-30). "Pride Can't Go Back to What It Was Before". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2020-07-01.
  11. The Associated Press (2019-05-14). "NYC Activists Plan Alternative Gay Pride March for Same Day". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
  12. "'Queer Liberation March' sets stage for dueling NYC gay pride events". NBC News. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
  13. The New York Public Library. "Christopher Street Liberation Day 1970". 1969: The Year of Gay Liberation. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
  14. "archives.nypl.org -- Christopher Street Liberation Day Committee records". archives.nypl.org. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
  15. "Endorsements". Reclaim Pride Coalition. Retrieved June 6, 2019.
  16. Assunção, Muri. "LGBTQ activists plan an alternative march to celebrate 50 years of Stonewall". nydailynews.com. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
  17. "There's a Corporation-Free Queer Liberation March Happening in NYC". www.out.com. 2019-05-01. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
  18. Santus, Rex (2019-05-14). "Cops and Corporations Aren't Welcome at This Radical Alternative to NYC's Pride Parade". Vice News. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
  19. "The Queer Liberation March: 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising". Incandescere. 2019-07-08. Retrieved 2019-07-11.
  20. Factora, James (July 10, 2019). "The 2019 Queer Liberation March Reclaimed the Resistance of Pride". them. Retrieved 2019-07-11.
  21. Wood, Olivia. "45,000 Reclaim Stonewall at NYC's Queer Liberation March". Left Voice. Retrieved 2019-07-11.
  22. Teeman, Tim; Rogers, Sarah; Miller, Justin (2019-07-01). "Stonewall 50: 50 Faces, 50 Stories, From New York City's LGBT World Pride". Daily Beast. Retrieved 2019-07-11.
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