NO PRIDE WITHOUT PALESTINE!
The Issue
The Cummer Arts Museum has banned Duval Folx Pride from its annual Pride celebrations.
The Cummer Museum (Jacksonville, Florida) has banned Duval Folx Pride from its annual pride celebrations. We are deeply disappointed by the Cummer’s unilateral bad-faith decision to cancel our event after months of planning. While across Florida LGBTQ+ people are being removed from public life and stripped of our hard won rights, the Cummer Museum has borrowed a page from the hate filled agenda of Governor Ron De Santis.
In 2018, Duval Folx began as a grassroots dance party and movement to resist the crisis level of violence against Black trans women in Jacksonville, Florida. When the cities gay bars were hostile to trans and queer people of color, we made an alternative space for us all to come together.Duval Folxs was born from a place of creating a radical space in the deep south for Black and brown queer and/or trans people to gather and dance safely. Over the last 6 years we have remained committed to making spaces for us by us and centering the most marginalized.
It is our politics that makes this breach of trust by the Cummer Museum unsuprising. In a state, where queer and trans people are being systematically erased from existence, it is no coincidence that the Cummer has banned Duval Folx. All too often institutions exploit Black queer femmes when it is profitable, and dispose of us, our communities, and our labor when that is no longer the case.Pride began as a riot. Veterans of the Stonewall Riot such as Jay O’Toole, Miss Major, Reverend Magora Kennedy, and many more have made their commitment to the liberation of the Palestinian people clear. The Cummer Museum desecrates Stone Wall’s legacy when they turn their back on queer Palestinians. Duval Folxs honors the legacy of Pride when we stand unapologetically with our Palestinian comrades.
We will not let the Cummer Museum pink-wash Queer and Trans Liberation into their corporate-approved Pride event. The Cummer Museum made a very political decision by canceling our event. The Cummer Museum has attempted to silence advocates of change by uncritically supporting Israeli state policies. The Cummer Museum’s leadership has committed to censor and punish any individual who dares support Palestinian rights and critiques genocide.
Graciela Cain says “I want to be clear: our pride can not be suppressed, banned, or dimmed.” The Black bisexual feminist poet June Jordan said it the most directly, “There are two issues of our time, really, that I think amount to a litmus test for morality as far as I'm concerned. One is what you're prepared to do on behalf of the Palestinian people. And the other is what are you prepared to do on behalf of gay and lesbian peoples.” Duval Folx will continue to be prepared to do our werq and fight for liberation of all people!
Press Conference + Rally
June 28th - 6pm - Memorial Park
Bring Art, Wear Red , Bring Keffiyehs
NO PRIDE WITHOUT PALESTINE! 🍉
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The Issue
The Cummer Arts Museum has banned Duval Folx Pride from its annual Pride celebrations.
The Cummer Museum (Jacksonville, Florida) has banned Duval Folx Pride from its annual pride celebrations. We are deeply disappointed by the Cummer’s unilateral bad-faith decision to cancel our event after months of planning. While across Florida LGBTQ+ people are being removed from public life and stripped of our hard won rights, the Cummer Museum has borrowed a page from the hate filled agenda of Governor Ron De Santis.
In 2018, Duval Folx began as a grassroots dance party and movement to resist the crisis level of violence against Black trans women in Jacksonville, Florida. When the cities gay bars were hostile to trans and queer people of color, we made an alternative space for us all to come together.Duval Folxs was born from a place of creating a radical space in the deep south for Black and brown queer and/or trans people to gather and dance safely. Over the last 6 years we have remained committed to making spaces for us by us and centering the most marginalized.
It is our politics that makes this breach of trust by the Cummer Museum unsuprising. In a state, where queer and trans people are being systematically erased from existence, it is no coincidence that the Cummer has banned Duval Folx. All too often institutions exploit Black queer femmes when it is profitable, and dispose of us, our communities, and our labor when that is no longer the case.Pride began as a riot. Veterans of the Stonewall Riot such as Jay O’Toole, Miss Major, Reverend Magora Kennedy, and many more have made their commitment to the liberation of the Palestinian people clear. The Cummer Museum desecrates Stone Wall’s legacy when they turn their back on queer Palestinians. Duval Folxs honors the legacy of Pride when we stand unapologetically with our Palestinian comrades.
We will not let the Cummer Museum pink-wash Queer and Trans Liberation into their corporate-approved Pride event. The Cummer Museum made a very political decision by canceling our event. The Cummer Museum has attempted to silence advocates of change by uncritically supporting Israeli state policies. The Cummer Museum’s leadership has committed to censor and punish any individual who dares support Palestinian rights and critiques genocide.
Graciela Cain says “I want to be clear: our pride can not be suppressed, banned, or dimmed.” The Black bisexual feminist poet June Jordan said it the most directly, “There are two issues of our time, really, that I think amount to a litmus test for morality as far as I'm concerned. One is what you're prepared to do on behalf of the Palestinian people. And the other is what are you prepared to do on behalf of gay and lesbian peoples.” Duval Folx will continue to be prepared to do our werq and fight for liberation of all people!
Press Conference + Rally
June 28th - 6pm - Memorial Park
Bring Art, Wear Red , Bring Keffiyehs
NO PRIDE WITHOUT PALESTINE! 🍉
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Petition created on June 9, 2024