Look for updates on a series of virtual events in June to mark Boston Pride’s 50th anniversary, including a City Hall flag-raising ceremony and the traditional Pride Lights ceremony to honor all lost and affected by HIV/AIDS. So keep checking their website for updates. Large or small, Pride planners are updating their websites and social media networks as we move into Pride Season 2021. Other groups are planning smaller affairs in their own town squares. Some especially larger gatherings have been postponed tentatively to the fall, or until 2022-though they’ll mark traditional dates this year with online events and Pride flag-raisings. Now, a year later, many if not most Pride organizers are taking a wait-and-see approach. No pandemic would keep us from telling our stories, honoring our identities and sharing joy throughout our great, big diverse community. Socially distanced live events like flag-raisings and “Queer Car-avans.” Social justice rallies and marches for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and people of color) communities and trans folks that reminded us why we first celebrated Pride. One year ago, heading into Pride season, the question was, would coronavirus cancel everything? LGBTQ New Englanders answered that with creativity and resiliency.
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