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The return of the Baltimore Pride parade after two years drew thousands of LGBTQ+ Baltimoreans to Charles Street on Saturday.
While the celebration of Charm City&#;s queer community was a joyous occasion for many, it was also tinged by a ruling the day before from the U.S. Supreme Court, which on Friday overturned the case Roe v. Wade that federally protected abortion rights.
Associate Justice Clarence Thomas also wrote in a concurring view that the Court should reconsider cases related to contraception, same-sex relationships, and same-sex marriage.
Still, parade participants and spectators alike took Baltimore Pride as an opportunity to state themselves authentically and unapologetically in the midst of growing concerns over the fate of LGBTQ+ rights.
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WHAT: Baltimore by Baltimore, the waterfront music and maker series from the Waterfront Partnership, kicks off its fourth season in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor Amphitheater. The June festival, “Pride at the Waterfront,” produced by DDm, also known as Dapper Dan Midas, will celebrate the city’s vibrant LGBTQ community with a lineup highlighting drag artistry and gender expression. The lineup for the festival will feature DDm, DJ 7oey, DJ DNyce, JPope and the Hear Now, Kotic Couture, davOmakesbeats, Mass Destruction Marching Band and The Club Car.
Makers and vendors for the June event will include Pablo Machioli, Sacred Space, Namascents Candle Company, Dreamers and Verb Believers, Amourous Designs, Allure Bound and more. Sustenance and drinks from local vendors will be obtainable for purchase, including empanadas from the Empanada Lady, barbeque from Soul Smoked, drinks from Bar Movement and more.
Baltimore by Baltimore is a series of all-day festivals held on the first Saturday of each month (excluding July) through October, from to p.m. at the Inner Harbor. Launched by W
At Baltimore parade, Pride “now more than ever”
This year’s Pride parade was forming up in North Baltimore, and Abbi James was standing with friends, gulping water, applying extra sunscreen and getting ready yesterday to march with the surging crowd around her.
James always tries to aid the annual event celebrating LGBTQ+ rights and resilience, but this year she says it’s especially vital to participate.
The day before, she pointed out, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the Roe V. Wade decision guaranteeing abortion rights, and in a concurring opinion, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas had said access to contraception and gay marriage should be “reconsidered,” too.
“They’re coming for us. No question,” the year-old Mount Vernon resident said. “Look at what happened right here with those fires.”
James was referring to the early morning fire last week in Baltimore’s Abell neighborhood that damaged four homes and sent three people to the hospital.
The incident, which also involved the burning of a Pride flag across the street from the burned houses and other fires