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Dyke March stresses need for rights, visibility including of trans people, Palestinians

In Stockholm, Sweden, Dyke March was held as part of the LGBTQIA Pride in Stockholm, with marchers calling not just for rights and visibility of lesbian women, but also of other minority sectors.

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN – Dyke March was held as part of the LGBTQIA Pride in Stockholm, with marchers calling not just for rights and visibility of lesbian women, but also of other minority sectors.

Dyke March – which was originally organized by the Lesbian Avengers in 1993 in New York City – is a more political effort done during Pride. More aligned with the original push of Pride to be a political event calling for the human rights of LGBTQIA people, the very first Dyke March was said to similarly advocate for increased lesbian rights and visibility.

In Stockholm, this year’s Dyke March also called for the advancement of the rights of transgender people (particularly transgender women) who could also experience discrimination from other members of the LGBTQIA community, as well as the human rights of Palestinians who continue to suffer from the hands of Israel with the backing of Western superpowers.

These themes were also stressed in other Dyke Marches in other parts of the world – e.g. in June, the NYC Dyke March was themed “Dykes Against Genocide”; and also in June, the Berlin Dyke March had to deal with trans-exclusionary radical feminists (TERFs) belonging to the LGBTQIA community.

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