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“I love how friendly and lovely everyone is here, I feel really accepted,” McLeod said. Wendi Croft and her dog Nala had attended pride events in the past, and Croft said she liked to go and show her support as an ally.
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The march began in Auckland’s Albert Park. “Anything I can do to help promote the safety of our rainbow community I’ll do. We want this country to feel safe for everyone.” Eliana Rubashkyn, who is part of the intersex community, attended the march to give the intersex community a voice. “We’ve been hidden for years, and we need to remind people we’re here and still facing adversity.”
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The theme for Auckland Pride 2021 is 'Karanga Atu, Karanga Mai' – responding with calls of activism, celebration, inclusively, representation and more.
OPINION: This year’s Auckland Pride Festival theme draws inspiration from the Māori invocation the karanga (spiritual call), recreating this to symbolise a weaving together of calls outward and inward across the rainbow communities. A chorus is invited and particularly diverse, including takatāpui (people from the Māori queer community), voices are elevated. Similarly, most choruses’ voices do not always naturally manifest in harmony. It takes work, meaningful engagement with the individual, groups of voices and with the music itself.
A spokesman for Ending HIV said members of the LGBTQIA+ community told event organisers they felt unsafe with Corrections staff attending an event that celebrated their community when there is “clear evidence of historic and ongoing harm to incarcerated members in the prison system”. Corrections said it was “hugely disappointing” for its staff who were looking forward to attending and representing their organisation. New Zealand AIDS Foundation chief executive Dr Jason Myers said it was a complex and emotive situation and Corrections had acknowledged it had work to do to gain the trust of the rainbow community.
SUPPLIED Corrections had originally been allowed a stall at the event, Myers said.
Monday, 11 January 2021, 12:23 pm | Auckland Pride Festival Auckland Pride Month will be full to the brim this February with a massive 203 events
taking place in all corners of Tāmaki Makaurau. With its largest programme ever,
Auckland Pride have added over 150 events, showcasing the diversity and excitement ... More >>Monday, 14 December 2020, 12:10 pm | Auckland Pride Festival The first wave of the open-access programme from Auckland Pride Festival 2021 has
just gone live, with an incredible range of community created events spanning right
across the city. Extending to the full month of February for the very first time, ... More >>Monday, 7 September 2020, 2:55 pm | Auckland Pride Festival