This week’s mix of virtual and in-person events includes social justice talks & town halls, film screenings, and a Pride march & rally for BLM.
Rochester Pride
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The Pride Divide
Feeling excluded from the Rochester Pride festival, queer and trans people of color create their own spaces.
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Readers’ Picks 2017
During our primary ballot, we asked, “What is your favorite thing in Rochester and why?” and we got a lot of great answers. Here are our top five reader submissions. “My favorite thing is Wegmans. I moved back here from Denver to be near Wegmans. I left my boyfriend for Wegmans.” “Rexpo: Species diversity, they […]
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Summer of Pride: Rochester Pride 2017 Preview
In the summer of 1967, nearly 75,000 people descended upon San Francisco in search of peace and free love and hoping to break away from the conservative ideals of their parents and other authority figures. This summer marks the 50th anniversary of the Summer of Love, and the organizers of Rochester Pride found the themes […]
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After marriage: the future of gay rights
For many in the LGBT community, the Supreme Court’s decisions on the federal Defense of Marriage Act and California’s Proposition 8 have been painfully slow in coming.
