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“Dance, sing, and resist with Pride.”
Protests against President Donald Trump and his administration are planned nationwide Saturday, but in Boston, organizers say the “No Kings” demonstration will look a little different, since the day of action coincides with the city’s Pride parade and festival.
Nationwide “No Kings” protests on Saturday are happening in relation to Trump’s birthday and a military parade he is promoting in Washington, D.C., recognizing the 250th birthday of the Army.
Instead of a designated separate protest in Boston, organizers are asking demonstrators to gather alongside the Pride parade route to support, “the resilience of our community at Boston Pride for the People.”
The groups Mass 50501 and the Indivisible Mass Coalition are sponsors of Boston Pride 2025, and will have a contingent marching in the parade on Saturday, as well as a table at the Pride festival on Boston Common.
Marching in the parade on Saturday is not open to the public, only to participating organizations.
“Join us in joyous defiance of a mad king,” Mass 50501 organizers wrote. “On June 14th, Mass 50501 and Indivisible Mass Coalition, in partnership with Boston Pride for The People, invite you to dance, sing, and resist with Pride. As our coalition rises to resist tyranny all across America, our Boston LGBTQIA+ community will rise to celebrate resilience in the face of targeted malice and erasure.”
The groups are calling the demonstration alongside the Pride parade, “No Kings, but Yaaas Queen!” Spectators at the Pride parade are being encouraged to bring “Pride flags and signs showing steadfast support for LGBTQIA+ rights and protesting the tyranny of a fascist administration that seeks to erase our communities from public life, American history, and our nation’s future.”
The Boston Pride Parade, organized by Boston Pride for the People, will begin at 11 a.m. Saturday outside Trinity Church in Copley Square, with the route wending its way to Boston Common, where it will end at 12:30 p.m.
The Pride celebration continues with a festival on the Boston Common from 12:30 until 3 p.m. and a 21+ block party with live performances at Boston City Hall Plaza from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. The theme for Boston’s pride events this year is “Here to Stay.”
Boston Pride for the People is urging participants to take public transportation to the events, since many roads on or near the parade route will be closed starting early Saturday morning.
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