Gilchrest noted that the legislature expanded protection for gender-affirming care during the past session, but she also noted that this is the anniversary of the Dobbs decision. ![]() “Being an ally is really great … but we need accomplices.” He said the calls of hate are coming from everywhere. “Do not sleep on the successes we have had in the state of Connecticut,” Currey urged. Pride is an action that we can take every day to stand up for the rights and policies that build a more inclusive town, a more inclusive state, and a more inclusive world.” “Showing these words today is powerful,” Farrar said, noting the many messages on posters such as “Disarm Hate,” “Love Rules,” and “Born this Way,” but while the words are powerful, “those words and Pride are more than just words. Jeff Currey (D-East Hartford), a member of the general assembly’s four-person LGBTQ caucus. Kate Farrar and Jillian Gilchrest spoke to the crowd, as did state Rep. Jillian Gilchrest (from left), state Sen. Kate Farrar (at speaks at the West Hartford Pride Rally. We have to bring it in all of the spaces that we participate in.” We have to welcome peace and welcome love, and we have to be diligent about it. ![]() Noting the “No Hate” message on her t-shirt, Blanks said, “We have to eradicate hate in all of the communities. And that’s what’s great about our Pride – is that as we party, as we eat, as we visit the vendors, as we dance, we are also protesting the hatred, the bigotry, the intolerance that exists … a little bit, even right here in West Hartford.” Everyone is here to say “no” to the bigots and the intolerance, he said.īlanks said she’s humbled and honored to be on the West Hartford Town Council, to represent a welcoming community. And when we protest sometimes it’s uncomfortable. “I want to get rained on, because Pride isn’t just a party. Adding that he loved that the weather wasn’t perfect Saturday.
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