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By Louve Rose<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three LGBTQ+ youth organizations denounce Fiert\u00e9s Montr\u00e9al and cut ties with the festival.<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

On March 19, three organizations posted an open letter on their networks. Signed by Jeunesse Lambada, Alter H\u00e9ro and the Coalition des groupes jeunesse LGBTQ+, it explains their joint decision to cut ties with Fiert\u00e9 Montr\u00e9al.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since 2017, Jeunesse Lambda, AlterH\u00e9ros and the Coalition des groupes jeunesse LGBTQ+ have been organizing the Espace Bienveillant Jeunesse at Fiert\u00e9 Montr\u00e9al. We've questioned this collaboration on several occasions, but had concluded that the importance of offering such a space to 2SLGTBQIA+ youth outweighed any criticisms we had of Fiert\u00e9 Montr\u00e9al.\n\nThis year, however, Fiert\u00e9 Montr\u00e9al took inexcusable action, refusing to support the liberation of Palestine, collaborating with companies that finance Palestinian genocide and supporting police violence against people and organizations who denounced this injustice during the parade.<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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This is what it said on a Facebook post by the Jeunesse Lambda group.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
This move by the organizations comes as the festival begins to put its 2025 organizing machine into operation. Other groups also put an end to their collaboration this winter by withdrawing their membership from Fiert\u00e9 Montr\u00e9al, including Helem Montr\u00e9al <\/a>an the Centre de Solidarit\u00e9 Lesbien<\/a>. Often criticized, Fiert\u00e9 Montr\u00e9al was targeted by militant groups last year, notably for its silence in the face of genocide in Palestine and its continued links with complicit groups and companies. Our first text<\/a> as a media outlet was on the subject.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Radical queer activist groups and their allies led two mobilizations against the festival. the second<\/a> Radpride<\/a>,<\/em> which aimed to replace the Pride Parade with a combative demonstration, had been held the evening before, denouncing pinkwashing and the festival's complicity. The following day, a peaceful disturbance organized by the group <\/a>FAGS<\/a> <\/em>had brought the parade to a standstill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On the eve of the opening of Fiert\u00e9 Montr\u00e9al's call for community projects, Jeunesse Lambda, AlterH\u00e9ros and the Coalition des groupes jeunesse LGBTQ+ have decided not to respond to this call. We also call for community solidarity, and invite community organizations to follow suit.\n\nIn the summer of 2024, Jeunesse Lambda and AlterH\u00e9ros once again organized the Espace jeunesse bienveillant at Fiert\u00e9 Montr\u00e9al.\n\nWith 955 young people in attendance, it was a great success.\n\nAs every year, this success cannot be attributed to Fiert\u00e9 Montr\u00e9al.\n\nFinancial collaborations with companies financing genocide, refusal to take political responsibility, instrumentalization of 2SLGBTQIA+ identities and experiences for pinkwashing purposes, cooperation with the police to repress and brutalize pro-Palestinian organizations, Fiert\u00e9 Montr\u00e9al's actions and words once again this year took a stand against our most marginalized communities.<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
- Excerpt from the letter<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
The three signatory groups are calling on the community to follow suit by cutting ties with the festival, and are urging more people to sign the letter. Last year, the McGill Graduate Student Employees' Association (GGSEA) and the Concordia Research and Education Workers' Union (CREW-CSN) had already launched a joint call for denunciation and non-participation in the pride march<\/a>. The two unions also invited their members to take part in the Trans March and RadPride. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
A number of community groups tried to walk the fine line between denunciation and participation, refusing to cut ties while expressing their criticism of the festival. Helem Montreal, Mubaadarat and Voix juives ind\u00e9pendantes had notably co-signed a denunciation<\/a> of the festival, while organizing a contingent in the parade. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This letter marks a clear break with Fiert\u00e9 Montr\u00e9al and is reminiscent of the unions' approach, with the difference that here the organizations are not encouraging their members to take part in other initiatives in place of Fiert\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Instead, the groups submit applications that the Festival will have to fill out in order to obtain their participation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
As community organizations by and for 2SLGBTQIA+ youth, we are committed to representing the interests of our communities by bringing to the fore the issues experienced by the most marginalized among us. In light of Fiert\u00e9 Montr\u00e9al's recent and not-so-recent actions, we have decided to end our activities and collaborations with the organization. We will only reconsider this decision if the following demands are put in place by the 2025 edition of Fiert\u00e9 Montr\u00e9al.\n\nWe ask:\n