Big bs like to showse their expertly curated pro-LGBTQ bona fis -- and those of who very much want to believe right-thkg rporate benevolence take them at their word. Who n blame ? The acts of symbolic support are everywhere: Skyscrapers glow celebratn of gay liberatn. Bs logos take on rabow hu…
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CHARLOTTE PRI’S SPONSORS IN BED WH ANTI-GAY POLICIANS
From our roots 50 years ago, when early gay rights lears first attempted anizg Charlotte, to our first Gay Pri Day 1981, to the foundg of Charlotte Pri and our first event 2001 — we are so exced to celebrate aga wh you all the ways our muny has grown and triumphed. Daniel has served on the boards of The Charlotte Lbian and Gay Fund, The Bce Iron Camp Fund, and Reel Out Charlotte.
Sarah is a risg sophomore at Elon Universy, where she is majorg Journalism wh mors Public History and Food Studi. The acts of symbolic support are everywhere: Skyscrapers glow celebratn of gay liberatn. The bs that celebrate Pri Month by lightg up Charlotte’s skyle also generoly ntribute to anti-gay policians who would turn off the lights for good.
De Energy announc on s webse that the pany “celebrat LGBTQ teammat and their alli, ” while Tist tmpets s perfect sre on the so-lled Corporate Equaly Inx published by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), among the untry’s preement gay rights groups. Charlotte Pri se self as a scendant of the 1969 Stonewall rt, which lnched the morn gay-rights movement, and tak as s missn the creatn of “programs and activi to enrich, empower, strengthen, and make visible the unique liv and experienc of LGBTQ people Charlotte and the Carolas. The rporatns that make Charlotte Pri possible also fund anti-gay policians who seek to unrme the missn of Charlotte Pri.