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Formation | 2019 |
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Founder | Diana Bamimeke and Rayann A |
Type | Advocacy group |
Purpose | Advocating for the rights of black LGBTQIA+ people on the island of Ireland |
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Website | https://blackprideireland.ie |
Black Pride Ireland is a Black gay pride advocacy group in Ireland founded in 2019 advocating for the rights of black LGBTQIA+ people on the island of Ireland.
Black Pride Ireland was launched in August 2019 "by queer Black people, for Black LGBTQIA+ folks on the island of Ireland", with a manifesto which included a position against direct provision for asylum seekers in Ireland. In 2019, they marched as part of Galway Pride. [1] Their manifesto outlines the group's focus on the rights of LGBTQIA+ migrants and refugees. [2] It was inspired by UK Black Pride, [3] and founded by Diana Bamimeke and Rayann A. [4] The group was featured in Zithelo Bobby Mthombeni's 2020 film This Land. [5]
In 2020, Black Pride Ireland have been involved in the organisation of Black Lives Matter protests and demonstrations in response to the murder of George Floyd [6] alongside Movement of Asylum Seekers in Ireland and Migrants and Ethnic-minorities for Reproductive Justice in Galway, [7] Dublin, [8] Cork, Limerick, Sligo and Leitrim. [9] These events have been criticised by Irish ministers and the head of the HSE as contravening COVID-19 movement and mass gathering restrictions. [10] The Irish Writers Centre, Her.ie, and Stellar named Black Pride Ireland as one of the voices of black people and people of colour in Ireland to listen to. [11] [12] [13]