Equality March For Unity & Pride

It's the day of the Equality March for Unity & Pride! Get out and get your pride on, kids!

Organizers describe the event as “a grassroots movement which will mobilize the diverse LGBTQ+ communities to peacefully and clearly address concerns about the current political landscapes and how it is contributing to the persecution and discrimination of LGBTQ+ individuals."

Over 200,000 participants are expected in Washington, D.C. today.

Satellite marches are also taking place all across the nation.

Check out pics and videos from the March in Washington, D.C. below.

My hubby Michael and longtime friend Steve

So many people marching towards the Washington Monument in DC this morning for #Equality. #LGBTQ #EqualityMarch #Pride @EqualityMarch17 pic.twitter.com/6zTgupwikV

— Lauryn Gutierrez (@GutzyLo) June 11, 2017

Turnout for @EqualityMarch17 is AMAZING! Streets around the White House packed with #LGBT anti-Trump protesters. pic.twitter.com/0mqGPmCu6r

— Chris Johnson (@chrisjohnson82) June 11, 2017

PACKED with so many BEAUTIFUL people for the DC #EqualityMarch #Pride2017 pic.twitter.com/JfyqbzWIXl

— Bradley E. Williams (@B_RadWill) June 11, 2017

Absolutely. #ResistMarch pic.twitter.com/HaTbzFiYDT

— Bros4America (@Bros4America) June 11, 2017

Sign at #EqualityMarch pic.twitter.com/VFe8qR3aPx

— Greg Hogben (@MyDaughtersArmy) June 11, 2017

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News Round-Up: June 8, 2017

Nick Sandell - Photo credit: Frank Marando

Some news items you may have missed:

• Fitness model (and Randy Report favorite) Nick Sandell shares the news he's been signed by the legendary Wilhelmina Agency. Gee, can't imagine why... ;)

• Education Secretary Betsy DeVos won't commit to banning LGBTQ discrimination in private schools. Is anyone surprised? Show of hands? No? No? Me neither.

• As lawmakers in the Lone Star state continue to consider an anti-trans "bathroom bill," Texas-based Southwest Airlines gives some push-back by highlighting a transgender employee in new Pride Month video.

• Debra Messing & Sean Hayes together with GLAAD urge folks to join in the upcoming June 11th Pride Marches:

• Speaking of this weekend's Pride Marches, the organizers of D.C.’s annual Capital Pride parade and festival, plus the Equality March for Unity and Pride on Sunday, say the total number of people participating in D.C. could exceed several hundred thousand.

• Capturing the rebelliousness, the high camp, and the joy of the annual Invasion of the Pines, renowned photographer Susan Kravitz is releasing Mascara, Mirth & Mayhem, a collection of photos and interviews from over 30 years of the annual Fire Island event.

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Don't expect to hear ANY support for the National Equality March for Unity & Pride on June 11th from President Babyhands.

Check Out "The Equality March For Unity & Pride" Website

The Equality March for Unity & Pride is set to take place June 11 in more than 36 cities in the US and around the world.

The website for the event went live last night listing locations and information how to participate.

The “Equality March for Unity & Pride” is a grassroots movement which will mobilize the diverse LGBTQ+ communities to peacefully and clearly address concerns about the current political landscapes and how it is contributing to the persecution and discrimination of LGBTQ+ individuals.

Progress has been made over the past decade in the ongoing fight for LGBTQ+ inclusion, access, and justice, but there’s still so much more to be done – especially since the progress we’ve achieved is currently being threatened by increased hostile rhetoric, discriminatory policies, and violence perpetrated against the most vulnerable in our communities.

We will use the Equality March, and sister events across the country, to give voice to our concerns, and to support, uplift, and bring attention to those in our communities who are targeted due to immigration status, ethnicity, religion, skin color, gender, and disability. We affirm and celebrate that we are a mix of diverse communities. Lack of unity has caused many of our needs to be neglected or ignored. But now, for 2017 and beyond, we are working to learn from our prior mistakes and come together through common belief in inalienable human rights and dignity for all.

Details For The June 11th Equality March For Unity And Pride

The organizer's of the upcoming Equality March for Unity and Pride, to be held June 11th in Washington, DC, have revealed their new logo, plus details about the event.

The theme of the logo, you can see above, is "‘intersectionality.’ The eight colors in ‘equality’ are the original 8 colors of the rainbow flag in honor of its creator, the late Gilbert Baker.”

From the event's Facebook page:

The Equality March for Unity and Pride named a diverse group of leaders with years of advocacy and community mobilization in LGBTQ+ liberation movements across the country and the world as 12 of its national co-chairs. The co-chairs will be responsible for guiding the ongoing development of the march, which will take place on June 11 in Washington, DC.

“This is the most diverse national executive committee of any of the past five LGBTQ+ marches in Washington” said San Diego City Commissioner and National Co-Chair Nicole Murray Ramirez, who has served on the national organizing committees of all five past Marches in Washington.

“From queer youth, Two-Spirit members, Transgender, Black Lives Matter activists, Undocumented, Immigrant, to HRC, AmFar, and various organizations. The Equality March and the rally stage will indeed truly represent the changing faces of the U.S. and of our LGBTQ+ movement.”

Inspired by the queer liberation movement’s history of diverse, inclusive, and politically resonant public demonstrations, the Equality March for Unity and Pride will elevate and mobilize LGBTQ+ communities by highlighting those who, historically, have been actively silenced and neglected in the fight for full liberation, so that we may find unity and strength through diversity.

The march is centered on the principle that in order to heal from the decades of neglect and erasure of marginalized people in the community, we must center transgender and gender expansive communities, and people of color. The co-chairs demand the inclusion of those left behind by social justice movements, including Black, Latinx, Bisexual, and differently-abled individuals.

The co-chairs firmly believe that the community finds strength in diversity, and that the current political and social movement demands not just solidarity, but work towards intentional equity, representation, and protection of the most vulnerable. Equality March planners are working in coordination with the National Parks Service. Further details on the logistics of the march will be released in the coming weeks.