Pride is back in Boston as parade returns after quarrel over inclusivity
“The return of Boston Pride with new and grassroots leadership is incredibly important, especially now with rising attacks against the LGBTQ community,” Wu said.
Neon Calypso, 30, a Boston drag queen and trans woman of color who performed Tina Turner's “Proud Mary” at a Statehouse raising of the Pride flag Wednesday, said she’s baffled by those trying to marginalize drag performers. One of the oldest Pride events in the country, this year’s parade traveled a bit shorter route than in past years, beginning at Copley Square and ending at Boston Common with a festival for families, teens and older community members. A second event for the over-21 crowd was planned at City Hall Plaza with alcohol, a disc jockey and dancing.
“The more you have corporations involved, the more they are looking for money and that caters to the privileged,” they added. “When you have a Pride that is too commercial, it becomes a party and you lose the social justice aspect to it.”
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