'We're Here, We're Queer, and We're Not Going Shopping!' Protesters Call Out Corporate Sponsorship

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'We're Here, We're Queer, and We're Not Going Shopping!' Protesters Call Out Corporate Sponsorship at Pride Parade

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The steel barricades rarely get this much action. A rainbow sea of onlookers presses up against them, trying to find a good view of the marching spectacle. It’s the San Francisco Pride Parade, and everyone is ready for a show.

As the famed Dykes on Bikes rev their motorcycles down the street, Craig Rouskey fidgets with the barricades, trying to make an opening so he and 150 other OccuPriders can enter the parade and wake up all the bystanders drunk on rainbows and pop music.

Suddenly, the OccuPride participants flood through the barricade gap and begin shouting, “We’re here, we’re queer, and we’re not going shopping!” Their large banner proudly boasts: “Community Not Commodity: OccuPride 2012!”

On the sidelines, viewers’ eyes dart around the picket signs:

Harvey would be screaming about AIDS

Silence = Death

Wells Fargo/BoA There’s no Pride in 4,000,000 foreclosures

Decolonize your Mind, Occupy your Heart, Represent Yourself



*** i my people.

[William769]

1. Ditto.

[Zorra]

2. "Decolonize your Mind, Occupy your Heart, Represent Yourself"

Occupride!