We felt the pain of Breonna Taylor’s boyfriend as he called 9-1-1 after plainclothes Louisville police kicked down the door of their home and shot her eight times as she slept in her bed.We listened to the haunting pleas of George Floyd for the most basic of human needs - simply, breath - as a Minneapolis police officer kneeled with cruel indifference on his neck.This spring has been a stark and stinging reminder that racism, and its strategic objective, white supremacy, is as defining a characteristic of the American experience as those ideals upon which we claim to hold our democracy - justice, equality, liberty. And, today, they should serve as a call to action to all of us, and to the Movement for LGBTQ equality. “If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.” Those words, written over 30 years ago by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, remind us that indifference can never bridge the divide of hate. LGBTQ Organizations Unite to Combat Racial Violence
