️Pride is a protest
The Stonewall Riots and queer liberation movements throughout history have had to fight for their rights, and had to build links with others to push for a common cause. London Pride has forgotten these roots. The corporate event that exists today is more concerned with sponsorship money from Barclays and pharmaceutical companies, and the depoliticising of our radical history through inviting the police, the army, and the Home Office.
This leaves members of our community behind, and allows the LGBTQ+ banner to be used to exclude and oppress.
!! WE NEED TO FIGHT BACK !!
Join us online and in-person (email us at lgsmigrants@gmail.com for details) on May 16th at 6:30pm as we hold our next meeting to discuss and plan the actions and responses we wish to take as London Pride returns in the beginning of July.
This is an open meeting hosted by LGSM in coordination with other allied abolitionist and activist groups. This is a great way to get involved in LGSMigrants and fight for our rights and dismantle the systems of state surveillance, incarceration, and the hostile environment!
The event be hybrid and will take place on Zoom and also in-person (email us at lgsmigrants@gmail.com for location). The link will be sent on the day. Make sure you register via Outsavvy to receive it.
Safer Spaces Agreement:
By attending our events, you agree to our Safer Spaces Agreement. The basic tenet is respect. LGSMigrants is committed to making our events as safe as possible, whilst recognising that it’s not possible to create spaces that are completely safe for everyone.
- Respect each other (our backgrounds, identities, ideas and bodies) and respect the spaces we create together and are part of.
- Everyone has an equal right to be heard and an equal responsibility to listen – be aware of how people might express themselves differently to you.
- However strongly you feel about a particular topic, abuse is never tolerated. Respect other people’s right to speak.
- Any behaviour that demeans, marginalises or dominates others, or perpetuates hierarchies, is not welcome.
- Identify your own privileges – the things that sometimes give you an easier ride than others – and try to be aware of them.
- Be aware of the range of people’s identities (gender, race, class) and avoid making generalisations or assumptions about people.
- Be aware that anyone in the space could be a survivor of a particular form of oppression, for example, violence or racism.
- If someone is feeling uncomfortable, do not hesitate to raise this.
- It is everyone’s responsibility to challenge prejudice and oppression, and if we ignore it we are complicit in it.