Cleveland Pride outsines rainy day
Despite pouring rain, Cleveland's lesbian, gay, bisexual and
transgender communities came out to show their pride June 15.
The march was strengthened by a recent victory against
right-wing forces who were pushing a ballot measure aimed at
overturning domestic partner benefits for city employees in
Cleveland Heights. The anti-gay forces were unable to collect
enough signatures. Now the city of Cleveland is considering
similar benefits.
The most striking feature of the march was the large number
of youths, including a big contingent of African American
students from Cuyahoga Community College.
For the second year in a row, the lesbian, gay, bi and trans
labor organization Pride At Work (PAW) marched with youths from
Radical Ohio Queers. They chanted, "We're here, we're queer,
and we're against the war."
Both groups got a positive response to leaflets for a July
27 demonstration against the sexist, racist and anti-gay
Promise Keepers called by the Northeast Ohio Radical Action
Network.
PAW also sang "Union Queer" to the tune of "Union Maid," and
"Solidarity Forever, Civil Unions Make Us Strong."
--Martha Grevatt
Reprinted from the June 27, 2002, issue of
Workers World newspaper
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