Several candidates for Seattle mayor canceled planned appearances at the Capitol Hill Pride event.
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“We would like to recommend, if possible, that you educate yourself on the harm it may cause Seattle’s BIPOC community in your pursuit of a free ticket to an event that is not expressly meant for you and your entertainment.” In making the event free to the Black queer community, the organizers of this event are extending a courtesy so rarely extended by providing a free and safe space to express joy, share story, and be in community. They often face shame not only from the cis-heteronormative community, but within the queer community at large as well. “Black trans and queer peoples are among the most marginalized and persecuted peoples within the LGBTQIA2s+ community. “We would like to urge you to examine the very real social dynamics and ramifications of this issue,” the letter continues.
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The Human Rights Commission rejected Capitol Hill Pride’s complaint, with a letter saying, “The unique nature of your situation does not in fact violate any of your human rights.” The letter was posted by several news sites, including Capitol Hill Seattle and Seattle Gay Scene. Taking B(l)ack Pride organizers termed Capitol Hill Pride’s action racist and reactionary.Ĭapitol Hill Pride is separate from Seattle Pride, which organizes the city’s largest LGBTQ+ Pride events and is keeping them all virtual this year due to continuing COVID-19 concerns. Capitol Hill Pride, which is planning an event at Cal Anderson Park the same day, filed a complaint with the Seattle Human Rights Commission over the Taking B(l)ack Pride policy, saying it constituted racial discrimination. Taking B(l)ack Pride, a festival to be held Saturday in Seattle’s Jimi Hendrix Park, announced that white attendees would be charged a “reparations fee” of $10 to $50, while the fest would be free to others.
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Organizers of a Pride event in Seattle have been getting blowback after complaining about another event’s plans to charge admission to white attendees only.