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Junior Mintt: The Only Voices You Need to be Listening to are Black Trans Voices (VIDEO)

Post author By sidewalkkilla
Post date December 11, 2020

Brooklyn Liberation March

06-14-20

Around 15,000 people wearing all white showed up for the Brooklyn Liberation Action in support of Black Trans Lives. Brooklyn-based drag artist West Dakota drew inspiration from the 1917 Silent Protest Parade organized by the NAACP that was held in response to an attack on the black community in East St. Louis.

In the video below, drag preacher/activist Junior Mintt explains why we can’t be truly inclusive until we listen to what Black trans women have to say.

Fran Tirado, Eliel Cruz, Dix Peyton, Raquel Willis, and organizations like G.L.I.T.S., The Okra Project, For The Gworls, Black Trans Femmes in the Arts, the Marsha P. Johnson Institute, and the Emergency Release Fund joined the movement.

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Ball to Action: Ballroom-Styled Direct Action Event for #OccupyCityHall

Post author By sidewalkkilla
Post date August 1, 2020

Ball to Action:

Ballroom-Styled Direct Action Event

for #OccupyCityHall

EVENTS | ACTIVISM | BALL CULTURE

07-28-20

The “Ball to Action: Mandating Visibility for Queer & Black Trans Lives” event was a part of the 24-hour protest led by the Abolition Park organization on Tuesday, July 28, at Pier I. The “ballroom-styled” direct-action event invited the House/Ballroom community and Kiki Scene to speak out against the police and state violence that took place at #OccupyCityHall on July 22. One of the Ball’s organizers, Jonathan Lykes Garcon, was also one of the people who launched the #OccupyCityHall movement that successfully achieved the demand of defunding the police by $1 billion.

During the Ball’s opening speech, Jonathan shared that on the morning of July 22 at 3:45 a.m., police raided #OccupyCityHall, kicking out the protesters and getting rid of ≈$20K of merchandise by throwing it into the trash. Amongst the things destroyed by the cops at #OccupyCityHall were tables that were serving free food 24 hours a day, a people’s library, and a bodega.

“Ball to Action” was cut short by the police presence. A few attendees received phone calls warning them about the police blocking access to Pier I. Rumors of the NYPD’s plans to arrest everyone in attendance spread like wildfire and people left the event shortly after. One of the attendees asked a cop if they were really going to arrest everyone in attendance, to which the officer replied that after the pier’s closure at 1 a.m. people might get citations.

Two contestants from HBO’s Legendary TV show, Shy Ebony from the House of Ebony and Zay Lanvin from the season’s runner-up House of Lanvin, attended the Ball among many other participants.

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Barclay’s Center Riot, May 29

Post author By sidewalkkilla
Post date May 30, 2020

Firts BLM Protest in NYC

That Turned Violent

EVENTS | ACTIVISM

05-29-20

As Minneapolis riots are still raging on, the anti-cop protests have sparked up all over the US. On May 29, several protests were held all over NYC. The protest at Barclays Center quickly turned into a riot. People demanded justice for George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breanna Taylor, Sandra Bland, Philando Castile, Eric Garner and many other black lives lost due to police violence.

Take a look at our coverage that started at Foley Square and ended in hostile altercations at Barclays Center Arena in Brooklyn, New York.

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