[Anarchafeminists] Fw: Hackney Pride Sat 4 Sept

[Gail Chester]

      Hackney Pride Launched 
        

 

       

      "We want the march to become a touch point and a platform for all the LGBT and queer community groups and charities in the borough, as well as organisations who support LGBT, queer and human rights," said a spokesperson. "We want to encourage all of these groups to share information and be visible at the march."

      Organisers of the event are keen to make Hackney Pride community focused, and as such, intend to resist what they view as the "de-politicisation and commercialisation of 'pride' events globally". To this end, there will be no sponsorship from, or promotion of, commercial businesses through the Hackney Pride March.

      For more details, visit the Hackney Pride March on Facebook, and http://outeast.org.uk/ :
     

QUEER MARCH ON HACKNEY!
STARTS 2PM
SATURDAY 4TH SEPTEMBER 2010

Beginning at the community space outside the Learning Trust/Hackney Library BY HACKNEY TOWN HALL at 2pm and ending up at St Leonard's Church, Shoreditch an hour later. Organisers are hoping to attract between 200-300 people for the event.

A voluntary community group has been formed to organise HACKNEY PRIDE MARCH in response to the rise of homophobic and transphobic attacks in the borough. 

We want the event to be inclusive and show the unity of all communities in Hackney against not only homophobic and transphobic attacks, but all hate crime and intolerance.

We want the march to become a touch point and a platform for all the LGBT and queer community groups and charities in the Borough, as well as organisations who support LGBT, queer and human rights. We want to encourage all of these groups to share information and be visible at the march.

Alongside the community focus of Hackney Pride March is the increased de-politicisation and commercialisation of 'pride' events globally and for this reason we have set out to create a non-commercial event. No money, sponsorship or promotion will be received by any commercial businesses through Hackney Pride March.

We have the open support of:

Diane Abbott, MP
Cllr Jonathan McShane
Stuart Milk and The Harvey Milk Foundation
Maria Exall (CWU)
Dr. Peter Purton (TUC Disability and LGBT Policy Officer)
Hackney Green Party
Hackney Trades Council
Greater London Association of Trade Union Councils (GLATUC)
UNITE London and East Region LGBT Committee
UNITE 1/1148 Branch
Professor Dickon Weir-Hughes, Chief Executive and Registrar Nursing and Midwifery Council
OUTRAGE
Queer Invisible Academy
Love Music Hate Homophobia
Behind Bars
GMB Shout
Opening Doors 
Wotever World
Hope Not Hate
The Joiners Arms
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