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Based in Lummus Park and the Art Deco Historic District in South Beach, Miami Beach Pride hosted its eleventh festival and parade this weekend, with two days of free concerts and activations. Fort Lauderdale Police have been contacted for an update. KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival Budapest Pride: Thousands march for LGBTQ rights amid growing hostility. Gay pride parade fort lauderdale 2019 free# Police investigate the scene where a pickup truck drove into a crowd of people at a Pride parade on Jin Wilton Manors, Florida. Fort Lauderdale will be awash in rainbows later this week for its annual Pride festival.
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The driver and the victims were a part of the Fort Lauderdale Gay Mens Chorus.
To mark the event's 42nd anniversary, its programming has been expanded to a four-day affair, which will be held from Thursday, February 21, through Sunday, February 24. Queer Media Collective Awards in assn.Two adult men were transported to a medical centre where one later died, Adamson told reporters in a televised press briefing. The driver and the victims are members of the Fort Lauderdale Gay Men's Chorus, according to a statement from the group's president Justin Knight, who called the incident an "unfortunate accident".Īlso Read | Brazilians protest Bolsonaro's role in half a million COVID-19 deaths The other remains hospitalized but are expected to survive, she added. "Our thoughts and prayers are with those affected by the unfortunate accident that occurred when the Stonewall Pride Parade was just getting started," he said in the statement. "Our fellow Chorus members were those injured and the driver is also a part of the Chorus family. To my knowledge, this was not an attack on the LGBTQ community. Gay pride parade fort lauderdale 2019 driver# We anticipate more details to follow and ask for the community's love and support."įort Lauderdale Mayor Dean Trantalis, who was at the parade, told a local broadcaster he thought the crash was "deliberate". In the immediate aftermath, he called it "a terrorist attack against the LGBT community" and claimed the truck had targeted the car of a Democratic congresswoman, Debbie Wasserman Schultz - who was in a convertible waiting to take part in the procession - but narrowly missed her. Wasserman Schultz said on Twitter that she was "heartbroken" by what had taken place. "I am deeply shaken and devastated that a life was lost," she said. "My staff, volunteers and I are thankfully safe," she added. The Wilton Manors Police Department tweeted Saturday night after the crash that the public was not in danger. While the parade was cancelled "due to a tragic event", the other festival events continued, it said.īroward County Sheriff Gregory Tony said on Facebook that he had also been at the scene. "This tragedy took place within feet of me and my (Broward Sheriff's Office) team, and we are devastated having witnessed this horrific incident," he said. Be sure to hug the ones you love tonight." "Our prayers are with the victims and their families. June is Pride Month, which commemorates the 1969 Stonewall riots sparked by repeated police raids on a popular gay bar in New York.
The demonstrations proved to be a turning point in the LGBTQ community's struggle for civil rights.