Come Out With Pride, Divest!
We’re reaching out to our community to ask Central Florida LGBTQIA+ organizations, businesses, groups, and welcoming ally spaces for your support. We call on you as Queer and Trans leaders, community members, and people of conscience to stand in continued solidarity with Palestine and all oppressed peoples affected by the harmful systems we aim to divest from. Sign onto our open letter to Come Out With Pride to affirm your organization’s stance against blood money, and demand that our city’s largest Pride organizer listens to its community and makes the decision to divest.
Open Letter to COWP:
This Pride season, in light of the ongoing genocide in Gaza, we as Queer and Trans people in Central Florida demand Come Out With Pride divests from – and cut ties with – companies and organizations complicit in the genocide of Palestinians and/or oppression of our communities. This includes weapons manufacturers like Northrop Grumman, corporations profiting off of the desecration of our communities and environment such as Amazon, and Police, who routinely inflict state violence on those who call for an end to genocide. We also call on Come Out With Pride to stand with the radical values of Pride and not only call for an immediate, permanent ceasefire, but to an end to the pinkwashing and homonationalist tactics that enable Israel and the United States to weaponize Queer and Trans rights to justify the genocide. As Marsha P. Johnson said, “no Pride for some of us without Liberation for all of us.” There can be no Pride without liberation for LGBTQIA+ Palestinians. In honor of Pride’s roots, we cannot stay silent while a genocide is carried out in our name. We call for the following demands to be met: Publicly ban weapons manufacturers from any participation, whether in parades and events or through sponsorship. Support Palestinians and their resistance against apartheid, ethnic cleansing, and genocide. Publicly Condemn and Dismantle Pinkwashing and Homonationalism. Publicly call for an immediate, permanent ceasefire and an end to arming Israel. Cut ties with all corporate entities that profit from war, detention and incarceration, environmental destruction, and individual/community displacement. Ban Police from marching and participating in Pride events and publicly denounce state violence inflicted on our communities. Signed, Orlando Queer Community and Allies
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We sincerely hope that Come Out With Pride decides to make the right choice and divest. In the unfortunate circumstance that they do not make significant strides to meet the demands for divestment, we call on our comrades and local leaders to use your power and make an impact by committing to a boycott of Orlando Pride 2026. Rescind your support for Come Out With Pride and withhold all financial transactions — don’t give your money to an organization that does not listen to you and your community members. Will you commit to boycotting Orlando Pride in 2026 unless they meet our demands?
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