{"id":21149,"date":"2024-07-08T16:25:58","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T16:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=21149"},"modified":"2024-07-08T16:26:07","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T16:26:07","slug":"lgbtq-community-celebrates-pride-in-georgetown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/lgbtq-community-celebrates-pride-in-georgetown\/","title":{"rendered":"LGBTQ+ Community Celebrates Pride in Georgetown"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>Members of Guyana&#8217;s lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) community, alongside supporters, gathered in Georgetown for their annual pride parade, held in June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event, a vibrant celebration of diversity and solidarity, saw a large turnout with participants adorned in the colors symbolizing the LGBTQ+ community. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dances and smiles filled the streets as attendees proudly displayed their identities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Joel Simpson, Managing Director of the Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD) Guyana, emphasized the significance of visibility in a society that often marginalizes LGBTQ+ individuals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He described the parade as a form of resistance and protest against systems that seek to oppress and ignore their existence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Samara Murphy, a participant in the parade, highlighted the importance of supporting every member of the LGBTQ+ community. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She expressed hope that their presence at the parade would encourage greater acceptance and support from heterosexual allies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Organized as part of the pride festival activities by SASOD Guyana, the parade underscored themes of inclusivity, equality, and advocacy for LGBTQ+ rights in Guyana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Members of Guyana&#8217;s lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) community, alongside supporters, gathered in Georgetown for their annual pride parade, held in June. The event, a vibrant celebration of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":21150,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21149"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21149\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21151,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21149\/revisions\/21151"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}