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    (RPC) Jay W. Walker (917) 776-4146 

(RPC) Francesca Barjon (516)-236-9091 

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RECLAIM PRIDE COALITION ANNOUNCES DETAILS OF ROUTE AND TIMING FOR 2021 QUEER LIBERATION MARCH

ALTERNATIVE, NON-CORPORATE, NO COPS, NO POLITICIANS, COMMUNITY PRIDE MARCH WILL HIT THE STREETS SUNDAY, JUNE 27, 2021

SIMULCAST LIVESTREAM WILL BROADCAST THE MARCH WITH ISSUE-BASED AND DEEP-DIVE SEGMENTS GIVING CONTEXT

WHAT: 3rd Annual Queer Liberation March - #QLM3, #QLM2021

WHEN: Sunday, June 27; 2:30 p.m. Gather, 3 p.m. Step-Off

WHERE: Bryant Park at West 41st and 6th Ave.

DIRECTIONS: B, D, F, M to 42nd St. Bryant Park; 7 to 5th Ave.

EVENT: On Facebook & On the Reclaim Pride Website

New York City, May 10, 2021 — The 3rd Annual Queer Liberation March (#QLM3), organized by the Reclaim Pride Coalition (RPC), will again take to the streets of Manhattan in full force on Sunday, June 27 (Pride Sunday), marching from Midtown to Greenwich Village. Marchers will assemble at Bryant Park, 6th Ave and W. 41st St. at 2:30 p.m. The Queer Liberation March will step off from Bryant Park at 3 p.m.

Marchers will proceed west from Bryant Park on West 41st St. to 7th Ave. The March will turn south there, heading down 7th Ave. to Sheridan Square and the Stonewall Inn, site of the legendary 1969 Stonewall Rebellion. Passing through Sheridan Square, marchers will turn east on W. 4th St. and adjoining streets, moving to Washington Square Park. Queer Liberation Marchers will gather in the Park for a post-March Rally with performers and speakers. The March & Rally will be fully accessible with buses and wheelchairs for those who want them, and ASL interpretation.

The Queer Liberation March is open to all — no registration, no tickets, no regimented formations, no corporate floats, no police contingents, no politicians grandstanding. As Black trans women continue to be murdered in epidemic numbers, as queer youth remain unhoused, and as right-wing politicians blanket the country with anti-LGBTQIA2S+ legislation, the Queer Liberation March is a political demonstration for liberation and social justice.

“I see the Queer Liberation March as the antidote to the proliferation of those over-baked parades. People are hurting right now, and have been for decades,” said Jay W. Walker, an RPC volunteer. “Enough of the corporate use of our flags and identities to pinkwash their crimes. Enough of the NYPD violently attacking protests. And enough of the politicians benefiting off our communities’ pain to boost their vote count. We need them to do their damn jobs.”

To reach beyond the streets, Reclaim Pride will broadcast the Queer Liberation March online worldwide. The Livestream will cover the March and will include pre-recorded interviews and issue-related segments and excerpts from RPC’s series of Panel discussions (produced this spring in collaboration with the Bureau of General Services - Queer Division). The simulcast will also provide full coverage of the Rally activities in Washington Square Park after the March, which will be part arts festival, part political statements, and part community rally. 

“We're creating a space for folks to be vocal and visible — angry, joyful and queer, exhausted and resilient,” said Danny Maiuri, an RPC volunteer.  

The 2019 and 2020 Queer Liberation Marches attracted more than 40,000 marchers each, hungry for a return to the political, community-centric marches of the years following the Stonewall Rebellion. The Reclaim Pride Coalition is committed to recreating that free community gathering. 

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Reclaim Pride Coalition (RPC) is a New York City-based group of LGBTQIA2S+ activists in alliance with dozens of grassroots community groups, nationally and internationally. RPC organizes the Queer Liberation March. In June 2019, to mark the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising, RPC mobilized more than 45,000 people to recreate the original 1970 Christopher Street Liberation Day March route uptown from Stonewall to Central Park. In 2020, under the darkness of the global pandemic, RPC held the Queer Liberation March For Black Lives and Against Police Brutality. The QLM is the annual people’s protest march without corporate funding; corporate floats; politicians’ grandstanding; or police control or involvement.

We are: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual, Two-Spirit, Non-Binary, and Gender Non-Conforming! 

For Reclaim Pride Coalition’s complete statements of purpose:

RPC March - Why We March 

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RPC 2020 March - Demands & Safety Info

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Website: https://ReclaimPrideNYC.org

Facebook: @QueerMarch Instagram: @QueerMarch

Twitter: @QueerMarch TikTok: @QueerMarch

Donations:  https://reclaimpridenyc.org/donate

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