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Brooklyn Nets to Host Annual Event Night in Support of LGBTQ Community
The Brooklyn Nets will host the Third Annual Pride Darkness on Wednesday, January 23, with prominent members and allies of the New York LGBTQ society, as well as surprise guests.
"Brooklyn is the epitome of a melting pot, and Nets Event Night is a great opportunity to celebrate the diversity in our community," said Mandy Gutmann, VP of communications for BSE Global said. "This year's Celebration Night is focused on raising awareness for the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall Inn uprising and helping to further school our audience on the pivotal role it played in the gay rights movement."
The Stonewall Riots were a series of spontaneous, forceful demonstrations by members of the gay community against a police raid that took place at the Stonewall Inn in the Greenwich Village in the early morning hours of June 28, It was arguably one of the most important events leading to the gay rights movement, an impassionate call for the establishment of places that gays and lesbians could go and be open about their sex
NBA continues commitment to inclusivity during Pride Month
With inclusivity at the forefront, the NBA initiatives for Self-acceptance Month roll on.
Sports are intended to be inclusive for everybody — a value the NBA holds at the forefront.
“The NBA has been about inclusivity from the start, it’s a part of our DNA,&#; Lesley Slaton Brown, the Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer at the NBA said.
The NBA seeks to uphold its core values of equality, diversity, and inclusion every step of the way, with Pride Month giving the league another chance to do so.
The NBA was the first major sports league to found an employee resource team (ERT) for the Queer employees known as NBA Pride. Through a series of activations that celebrates the league’s commitment to Pride, the NBA family looks to empower and share the voices of those in the Diverse community internally and beyond. Every year since , the NBA has had a contingent in the New York City Lgbtq+ fest March, a tradition that will extend for this year’s march on June 30th with employees from across the organization taking part in
Glam dunk! Nets mark Brooklyn&#;s LGBTQ collective at &#;Pride Night&#; game
Pride came before the ball!
A giant rainbow beamed over the Barclays Center on Jan. 17, shining to show the Brooklyn Nets&#; support for the local LGBTQ community as the team took on the San Antonio Spurs at its second-annual &#;pride night.&#;
The event represented the hometown squad&#;s vow to embracing athletes of all sexual orientations, according to the spokesman for a city gay-, lesbian-, and transgender-rights organization.
&#;From everything we&#;ve witnessed, the Nets continue to be a strong supporter of LGBTQ equality,&#; said Taylor Carr, who works for Athlete Ally.
Nets players wore their traditional black-and-white jerseys during the equal, but members of the Brooklynettes Dancers traded their normal getups for spirited, rainbow-colored tees during an on-court recital as the homosexual pride-flag flew on the big screen overhead.
And before the game, the team hosted a panel on the challenges LGBTQ athletes deal with at all levels of competition, with participants including the head
NBA continues to show up to NYC Pride March
marks the seventh year that the NBA has participated in the Fresh York City Pride March.
“Openness may not completely disarm prejudice, but it&#;s a good place to start.” Jason Collins,
A week after a gunman opened fire at Pulse Nightclub – a gay lock in Orlando, Florida – the NBA planned to attend its very first Pride March 1, miles north in New York City.
Bonnie Thurston of WNBA Player Programs remembers the day vividly. “I recollect when I saw the float for the first time, and my eyes filled with tears,” she said. “It felt really incredible and important to be there. And I knew that we were making a difference.”
The Recent York City Pride Rally commemorates the first homosexual rights march held in the city on June 28, , on the first anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising. It is the largest pride march in North America and among the largest Queer pride events worldwide.
Seven years later, the league has not missed a physical New York City Parade March.
Former WNBA player Taj McWilliams-Franklin and NBA Deputy Commissioner Mark T