The Ace and Aro Advocacy Project stands in solidarity with all the protesters around the country and the world, demanding an end to the state-sponsored violence against those who are Black, Indigenous, and people of color. We condemn police brutality in all its forms, as well as the prison industrial complex that over-punishes and mass-incarcerates the most marginalized and most vulnerable members of our society.
We remember that our movement began, not with a “peaceful protest”, but with a riot. During the first Pride at Stonewall, fifty-one years ago, queer people of every orientation, gender identity, and race, led by trans women of color, stood together against the police violence in our community. Just as we protested the violence against the disenfranchised then, we still stand together to call for the end of over four hundred years of assaults against Black communities and individuals.
If you would like to support the protesters or try to help change this broken system, consider contributing to ActBlue’s community bail funds, the American Civil Liberties Union, the Equal Justice Initiative, or Black Lives Matter.