Thousands March in South Africa’s 1st Pride since COVID-19 & Despite Terror Attack Warning
The Johannesburg Pride happened on Saturday . . . and I am super excited because more than 3000 people marched in Sandton since the Covid 19 pandemic. More importantly, thousands marched despite terror attack warning.
The U.S. government this week had warned South Africa of a possible attack in Sandton, where the march took place. It really seemed like the attack was directed at us, the LGBTQ+ community.
We are always fighting for the right to be treated fairly, the right to be seen and the right to exist sometimes . . . so having the march go on as planned just made me super happy.
It was bittersweet for me and bae . . . just because it was her mom’s birthday and we had a little celebration for her, and we couldn’t be in two places at the same time.
Just knowing we missed out sucked . . . but thanks to Twitter, I was able to see glimpes of what went down. Check out some of the tweets and the outfits.
Tweets from the Johannesburg Pride 2022:
https://twitter.com/lethu_shange/status/1586319846660517889
https://twitter.com/mohale_motaung/status/1586355195390222336
https://twitter.com/Lebo_Molax/status/1585654290781184001
https://twitter.com/billybrownsa/status/1586446388405338112
Do you know where happiness is today, it is here by Sandton!
We Marched!#JhbPride pic.twitter.com/yljFTd8rff— Romano Jacobs (@manneldoo) October 29, 2022
https://twitter.com/Bsmasimula/status/1586336476157169664
Oh Happy Gay! #QLM #JhbPride pic.twitter.com/wPxsVqDiqt
— NAMBITHA (@NAMBITHA) October 29, 2022
https://twitter.com/uPeace_/status/1586395830243987456
https://twitter.com/Mj_Mankoe/status/1586303980837142528
