Community Pride has no corporate sponsors and no police units on site. Columbus police forcibly removed the protesters and arrested four individuals.Īfter this, the local organization Black Queer & Intersectional Collective (BQIC) decided to create their own pride festival that brings awareness to issues that queer people of color are facing. The group intended to peacefully hold that space for a short time to bring awareness to the issue of discrimination within the LGBT+ community.
During the Stonewall Columbus Pride parade of 2017, a group of activists stepped into the parade as an act of protest against the oppression and discrimination that queer people of color have often faced.
