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Youth Pride on the March
Youth Pride
on the March
by Kimberly Pugh
For
every Youth Pride in the past there has been a march. So, of course we
are going to hold up the tradition this year. The only difference is this
year we hope to hold up traffic. By that I mean we want to march in the
streets. By doing this we will get more attention and that’s exactly
what every proud queer youth wants.
Last year I went to Boston Youth Pride
with Kate, Llu and a few other people from Outright. It was an amazing
experience, but what amazed me the most was the march. There were over
a thousand queer and allied youth marching through the streets of Boston.
On the sidewalks were many older allies and queer supporters. The noise
that we generated as a whole was unbelievable. The streets were ours and
the day was ours to show our pride.
I want our march in Burlington to
be almost the same. It won't be as large but hopefully we will make a
lot of noise and stop traffic. The thing that would make this year's Youth
Pride more memorable would be to have supporters on the sidewalks holding
signs, waving rainbow banners or just making a lot of noise. So, I invite
everyone who supports queer youth to come to our Youth Pride march.
Kimberly Pugh is an Outright Youth who was instrumental in the planning
of Youth Pride last year. She was also a youth notary, registering a huge
number of her peers to vote.