People Against Prisons Aotearoa

Emmy’s incredible interview for The Aroha Project.

“There’s a decades-long connection between Pride and protest. I think it’s really sad to see that Pride has become something that cannot be a protest as well. The first ever Pride was a riot led by Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P. Johnson at Stonewall in New York. That’s the whakapapa of Pride, which is: queer outrage at the forces which destroy us. So I think it’s a little bit ridiculous that we can’t even point out that the forces which destroy us are marching in the parade.”