The press release also commended a recent decision by New York Pride to ban police presence at their events until 2025. during the January 6 Capitol insurrection. In addition to a police ban, CHPF called on Interim Police Chief Adrian Diaz to fire the six officers who traveled to D.C. In a press release issued on May 21, CHPF directors Charlette LeFevre and Philip Lipson announced that SPD would be banned from the CHPF march and rally on June 26 and 27 at Cal Anderson Park. In keeping with the origins of Pride - and especially given the violent and sometimes deadly confrontations between police and protesters during last year’s protests for Black lives - Capitol Hill Pride Fest (CHPF) organizers announced that the Seattle Police Department (SPD) will be banned from their events. LBGTQ+ communities and activist groups have convened every summer since then in cities around the world for marches, rallies, and festivities that honor this historic resistance. At the heart of Pride is a commemoration of the Stonewall Riots in 1969, sparked when queer and transgender people took a stand against a police raid at New York’s Stonewall Inn. “Stonewall was a riot!” is a popular chant heard at Pride marches, and it’s not wrong.