Are the Black people RESPONSIBLE .. for Canada’s queer rights movement

Are We Blurring the Horizon

Masha P. Johnson, a Black trans woman, is credited as being one of the main activists who lead the 1969 Stonewall Riots, considered to be an integral moment in igniting the modern-day queer rights movement.

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“The Black community has always been integral to Pride in this city,” said Bain. 

 

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“Black people and trans activists have always been at the front of these protests...they’ve been very visible in that struggle.”

But Black and queer people of colour have been pushed aside in Toronto and at the city’s pride parade, where their contributions to creating the celebration is often ignored, she said. 

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