LA’s #AllBlackLivesMatter march is just getting underway and it’s getting shoulder-to-shoulder here . this is a solidarity protest centered on queer and trans Angelenos.
For the backstory on how #AllBlackLivesMatter march came to be re-centered on Black community members, pls read this excellent @LAist piece by @LillianKalish. laist.com/2020/06/12/how…
Crossing arms in solidarity at #AllBlackLivesMatter march in Hollywood
Signing the phrase of the... century? At #AllBlackLivesMatter march.
Protest parasols at LA’s #AllBlackLivesMatter march thru Hollywood, WeHo
.@NeverendingNina on being trans. “I represent a population that gets killed every day. Think about your privilege....”
#AllBlackLivesMatter march happening now— barricades wut
Multiple DJs keeping protesters dancing at #AllBlackLivesMatter march through Hollywood
Almost to Sunset...much dancing #AllBlackLivesMatter
On sunset. limo dance. #AllBlackLivesMatter
Armida Mejia of Corona was taking part in #AllBlackLivesMatter because she cares about #BLM and wants to show her son that “Mom cares too.”
Trans activist Gia Banks says there were bumps planning #AllBlackLivesMatter event but in the end she thinks it’s “epic” & breaks down stigma experienced by queer and trans Black people
No sign? No problem.
Jeremy Tardo brought art supplies for other protesters so they don’t have to march empty-handed. They’re making posters on the side of Sunset as you do #AllBlackLivesMatter
22 yo @C99Terrance of Seal Beach & his friends have sprayed #BLM fists onto 100+ protesters shirts & signs at #AllBlackLivesMatter march
.@C99Terrance says #AllBlackLivesMatter really spoke to him. He says just like gay people, he didn’t choose to be Black.
“Hell, if I chose how to come out, I might be like a rich white lady, who knows?”
George Floyd @LaughFactoryHW.
Hand sanitizer, sunblock & sunshine all along #AllBlackLivesMatter route. I think my feet moved here.
Frangelo Ayran says #AllBlackLivesMatter is much less commercial & more inclusive of poc than a typical Pride march and gets back to its roots celebrating black trans vanguards
Also the signs Frangelo and his hubs are holding. I feel like I’ve seen them at most protests I’ve covered in LA.
When you feel something in your periphery and —
#AllBlackLivesMatter memorably delivers its messages like “Black Disabled Lives Matter.” #kelis
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