LGBTQ Pride at 50: Focus shifts amid pandemic, racial unrest
Pride was born of protest, said Cathy Renna, communications director of the National LGBTQ Task Force, seeing analogies in the pandemic and in common threads of the Black and LGBTQ rights movements. Global Pride is billed as a 24-hour stream of music, performances, speeches and messages of support. It is being hosted Saturday by Todrick Hall on his YouTube channel, on iHeartRadios YouTube channel and on the Global Pride website. Some people would say Pride is canceled, but I would say it has evolved," said board co-chair Em Maloney. It was instantly polarizing, but critics have largely come around and the design is now common around the world.
Todrick Hall Praises Taylor Swift for 'Using Her Voice' to Support Social Activism (Exclusive)
I was always not afraid to ask her questions about what her stance was," Hall shared. "I'm glad that she has gotten to a point now where she is sharing that with the world," Hall shared. "It's affected it so much because I'm a part of two disenfranchised groups -- I am gay and I am African American," Hall shared. Hall shared. When I saw how my living room was transformed into basically what felt like a small, mini Polly Pocket arena stage, it was really, really cool!"