Two photos of Black Pride organizers and performers on a light purple-grey backround
LGBT Pride

Reparations Payments at Black Pride Events Should Be Embraced, Not Condemned

Taking B(l)ack Pride Seattle is an event that centers Black and Brown trans, lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer people (TLGBQ+). For the second year in a row, event organizers have asked white attendees to honor the Black-centered space by paying reparations via an attendance fee.
In the absence of reparations for African descendants of slaves and other survivors of white-supremacist and colonial violence — Taking B(l)ack Pride is giving us another model for grassroots reparations that should be embraced — not condemned.

Quizzes

What’s Your 2021 Pride Sponsor?

Obviously we can’t all get your premium corporate sponsors – your stainless steel sex toys, your high-end sustainable apparel, perhaps some luxury skincare – but I don’t think that should stop us; pride sponsors for all! The only limit to what a Pride sponsor can be is your imagination. Read on to find out yours!

A collage of various corporate pride floats
AF+ Quizzes

Which Corporate Pride Float Are You?

Be bad, be greedy, be unscrupulous. But most importantly, do it all at 2.5mph while topless gay men gyrate around you! It’s an A+ member drive, and if you join for just $4 a month, you get to support independent queer media (which is something these corporations are really not doing) AND enjoy this bonus quiz. What a deal!