On Friday, the event producer released a statement of apology and withdrew his involvement.
Indya Moore, who plays Angel Evangelista on the FX television series “Pose,” spoke directly to the organizers of LA Pride, telling them, “This is not it.”“White gay men must look to black trans women and queer folk for leadership and direction,” Moore said.
“I apologize and now see that these actions demonstrated the type of privileged, passive, and systemic issues that permeate society today,” he said in the post. “Our desire to stand with the Black Lives Matter movement was not carefully thought through. I am appreciative of the education I am receiving on how to be better and can see now that it is not right to take up space or attention from the conversation of racial inequality and the injustice Black people face from law enforcement.
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