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Floyd and breonna taylor and the instance officials the past year, especially last year. i think it's the first time that we're starting to see pride organizers and nonblack and brown lgbtq members really stand up and understand intersection alt and understand that our community is multifaceted. and me personally, it's the first time that i'm seeing this more of a mentality of no person left behind. so we're now in a very unique situation where we have a unique opportunity to reinvent pride. to not only reinvent pride but to figure out what we want to be moving forward. and how do make real ch...

Love. visibility is the anti-dote to fear. that is the point of pride. and we have so much to show you in this hour. beginning right here in new york in greenwich village. new york's pride celebrations were in full swing today. different cities hold pride celebrations differently. some cities have already had their events, others were online only or rescheduled because of the pandemic. you can see some of the schedules in some of the biggest cities across the country. now the stonewall inn over my shoulder is synonymous with the lgbtq rights moment. this place was very different 250 years ago....

Entertainment and large corporate sponsorships. what do you think? >> i think pride is an important moment to celebrate our community, to affirm the dignity of every single member of our community and to just enjoy the company of each other. we have not achieved equality yet. we're facing difficult times. i hope people use it as a time to celebrate and then engage in this fight. you have to fight for freedoms. we need to continue to fight until we achieve equality in this great country. >> and very briefly, congresswoman, before we go? >> here in illinois we do political activism and a lot of ...

She's alive and well. >> i hear that. molly bernard, "milk water" is available on amazon prime video. it comes to netflix in july. the also younger is streaming on paramount plus and air onz tv land starting july 7th. thanks very much. yeah. see, she got applause. can you clap for molly. go ahead. there you go. the today's celebration here's in new york have a been peaceful. we don't have any reports of major incidents related to pride. we have heard of a few incidents involving officers around town which we're working to confirm. generally, uniformed officers have kept a rather low profile. o...

And raquel willis, award winning writer and activist. let me start with you with a general question. how has your pride been this year? what's it been like for you? >> wow. my pride is great. we really kicked off this season with a queer liberation march. and we had a lot of powerful transview speaking their truth. we don't often see that in this time. but that legislation is often targeting them. and we got to continue to elevate their voices. >> talk about the importance of the queer liberation march. that is something i think got more attention partly because of more activism and a lit more...