This year, police officers will not be allowed to march in uniform or display any law enforcement logos or clothing during the Pride Parade.
Pride organizers added they’re also advocating on behalf of those within the LGBTQIA+ community who’ve historically been victimized by the police, including during the Stonewall riots.
“We’re not the ones bribing the officers at Stonewall. We’re not the ones harassing the officers. Our community has never been the one instigating problems,” said Marx.“ say that the Black and brown community is traumatized, and the Black and brown community that I talked to is not ,” Beach said.She believes Seattle Pride Parade organizers are engaging in exclusionary practices.
“How do they like it we said, ‘you’re welcome in our group, but we don’t want to know you’re gay?’” Beach asked rhetorically. “You cannot have it both ways,” she added. Seattle Pride Parade officials insisted that any police officer can still participate in Sunday’s parade, but they’re just not allowed to do it wearing any type of clothing that indicates they’re in law enforcement.“I’m not going to participate in division of a group of people. I won’t participate.”Similar decisions have been made in both Minneapolis and San Francisco, where police are banned from wearing uniforms if they march in pride parades.
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