It’s said that the first pride was a riot.
And this year, with a global pandemic and ongoing protests against police brutality, LGBTQ organizations are returning to their revolutionary roots.
Organizations are helping protesters by distributing supplies and providing extra care to those in their community who have COVID-19.
We discuss the ways in which the LGBTQ community is marching on two fronts this month with Kim Fountain, chief operating officer at the Center on Halsted; Aisha Davis, the director of policy at the AIDS Foundation of Chicago; and Zahara Bassett, the director of development and external relations with Brave Space Alliance.