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<blockquote data-quote="Box Ox" data-source="post: 4903726" data-attributes="member: 48469"><a href="https://www.newsweek.com/reparations-fee-charged-white-people-seattle-gay-pride-event-1602735" target="_blank">&quot;Reparations fee&quot; to be charged for white people at Seattle Gay Pride event</a>&quot;A Pride event in Seattle will charge white people a &quot;reparations fee&quot; to attend, organizers said.&quot;White people and their accomplices&quot; will have to pay anywhere from $10 to $50 at the TAKING B[L]ACK PRIDE event, according to the event&#039;s webpage.The Trans Women of Color Solidarity Network is organizing the event in collaboration with Queer the Land. The event is not associated with Seattle Pride, which will be hosting all of their events virtually this year, a spokesperson for Seattle Pride told Newsweek.&quot;TAKING B[L]ACK PRIDE is about lifting the voices, narratives, and contributions of Black queer and trans voices. It&#039;s about centering who we are and what we need to feel empowered, joyful and heard,&quot; the organizers said about the event this Saturday at Jimi Hendrix Park.The event is specifically being held for Black and Brown members of the LGBTQ community and is &quot;centered, prioritized and valued&quot; around them. The reparation fee for white attendees is a way for the organizers to keep the event free for minority LGBTQ attendees, the event page said.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Box Ox, post: 4903726, member: 48469"] [URL="https://www.newsweek.com/reparations-fee-charged-white-people-seattle-gay-pride-event-1602735"]"Reparations fee" to be charged for white people at Seattle Gay Pride event[/URL] "A Pride event in Seattle will charge white people a "reparations fee" to attend, organizers said. "White people and their accomplices" will have to pay anywhere from $10 to $50 at the TAKING B[L]ACK PRIDE event, according to the event's webpage. The Trans Women of Color Solidarity Network is organizing the event in collaboration with Queer the Land. The event is not associated with Seattle Pride, which will be hosting all of their events virtually this year, a spokesperson for Seattle Pride told [I]Newsweek[/I]. "TAKING B[L]ACK PRIDE is about lifting the voices, narratives, and contributions of Black queer and trans voices. It's about centering who we are and what we need to feel empowered, joyful and heard," the organizers said about the event this Saturday at Jimi Hendrix Park. The event is specifically being held for Black and Brown members of the LGBTQ community and is "centered, prioritized and valued" around them. The reparation fee for white attendees is a way for the organizers to keep the event free for minority LGBTQ attendees, the event page said." [/QUOTE]

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