"I've never been to a Pride festival anywhere that didn't have counterprotesters," said the Pride Foundation's Carter. While public events of all kinds generally require safety plans to address issues including crowd management, emergency exits and first aid, LGBTQ pride events have long required more forethought about safety concerns, organizers say.
"We will be prepared to scale up any security concerns that we have as new information comes in," he said. In Boise, Williamson said, organizers have been working with Boise police since March to prepare safety plans for the festival, which is scheduled for September. The weekend's events have refocused organizers' attention on safety and "will bring that conversation to the top of the agenda," said Donald Williamson, the executive director for the Boise Pride Festival. Safety is now top of mind for Pride organizers Meanwhile, sheriffs in Alameda County, Calif., are investigating a possible hate crime after a Saturday book reading for preschoolers at a public library in the Bay Area, hosted by a drag queen, was interrupted by a group of men possibly affiliated with the Proud Boys, one of whom wore a T-shirt that read "kill your local pedophile" with an image of an assault-style rifle. Each man has been charged with conspiracy to riot, a misdemeanor.
"They came to riot downtown," said the city's police chief, Lee White, at a Saturday press conference. Most had traveled to Idaho from other states, authorities said, and the group was outfitted with riot shields, shin guards and at least one smoke grenade. In Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, police detained 31 men near a Pride in the Park event on Saturday, all of them members of a white nationalist group called Patriot Front. "Our community needs to be on the hypervigilant side of safety." "I think it should be a stark reminder this is probably not the last time we are going to see something like this," said Katie Carter, the CEO of Pride Foundation, an LGBTQ philanthropic organization that focuses on the northwestern U.S. Saudi Arabia and a handful of other Middle Eastern countries did not show the film.After disruptions to two LGBTQ pride events over the weekend - the arrest of a group of extremists who allegedly planned to riot near a Pride event in Idaho and the interruption of a "Drag Queen Story Hour" in the Bay Area - organizers of similar events this June say they are on edge as Pride Month continues.
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In May, Disney refused requests to cut same-sex references in Marvel movie Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness. Lightyear is set to debut in theatres in the United States and Canada on Friday. We should all be so lucky to have that kind of relationship in our life.” It’s loving, it’s supportive and it shows Buzz exactly what he doesn’t have and that’s the whole point. In Lightyear, “we have a relationship here which lasts an entire lifetime. Producer Galyn Susman asked why viewers “don’t get more upset showing failed relationships”. “I think the goal is to pay them no mind, march forward and embrace the growth that makes us human.” But those people die off like dinosaurs,” Evans said. “There’s always going to be people who are afraid and unaware and trying to hold on to what was before. A scene showing milestones in the couple’s relationship includes a brief kiss. Buzz’s close friend in the film is a female space ranger who marries another woman. Lightyear is a prequel to Pixar’s acclaimed Toy Story franchise.Įvans voices Buzz Lightyear, a legendary space ranger.