In response to the mounting pressure, the Boston Pride Board issued a statement today at 4:30 p.m. And a boycott Boston Pride event was scheduled on Saturday, June 12th in conjunction with the second annual Trans Resistance March and Vigil. For background on her departure and the criticism leveled at the organization, read more here.Īctivists were not satisfied by that response saying it was too little too late and that the all white Boston Pride board didn’t represent the LGBTQ+ community and needed to resign now. In response to the ongoing pressure and criticism Boston Pride president, Linda DeMarco, stepped down last month.
Boston Pride has been embroiled in a nasty back-and-forth with activists who have called the organization racist and “trans-exclusionary”.
