REMINDER
Liberation Day March To Pride Parade
Reminder!
Reflections after
the Parade.
Stonewall riot
Liberation Day March
Marches begot Parades.
Revolutionary and chaotic,
LGBT protestors
for their rights,
didn't give up the fight.
People with disabilities,
people of color,
found their place
in the parade.
Pride
"pay them no mind."
The events and parades went
from national
to international.
Demanding people's legal rights.
Growing bigger each and every year.
Protest march began
with chanting slogans
Halloween costumes
or best drag.
Starting the parade from
a cabaret bar, protestors
marched and sang.
Reminder!
Reflections on accomplishments.
A proclamation of the month of June,
campaigns for same-sex marriages
and won with
the unstoppable spirit.
Celebrations
can be an act of
Resistance.
The parade is over
for another year.
Ethnocentric
Discrimination
Racism
Sexism
Ageism
is absolutely uncalled for
and unlawful.
Reminder!
Reflecting after the fifty-second parade,
it's our human right
for diversity and inclusion.
Sitting on the sidelines
or participating in the parade,
human rights are at stake.
You can't take it for granted.
That would be a mistake.
Reminder!
Reflections after the parade.
The kaleidoscope of colors,
the cacophony of music
the signs, slogans, songs
looking back at the parade,
while our human rights
are still a concern.
About the Creator
Babs Iverson
Barbara J Iversen, also known as Babs Iverson, lives in Texas and loves her grandkids to the moon and back. After writing one story, she found that writing has many benefits especially during a pandemic and a Texas-size Arctic Blast.
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Great look at the excitement vs. what still remains in the aftermath.
Well done! Love it!
Thank you!
Well said! Lovely poetry
Brilliant writing my friend.
👏👏👏YES!
Cool. Very cool. Excellent work 🥰
Outstanding!
This is great. Well said
Bravo 👏 I hope this wins 🥰🎉
Felt every one of those lines! So well done :) Thank you for sharing.
Excellent words Babs