This is tantamount to erasing the word 'slavery' from a monument to the victims of the slave trade. In the past few years i've skipped pride festivals because

This is tantamount to erasing the word 'slavery' from a monument to the victims of the slave trade. In the past few years i've skipped pride festivals because I considered them passé, but this underscores why they're so important. Hate mongers continue to try to erase LGBTQ folk. We have to get in the street and continue the fight.