Queer St. Louisans plan rally to decry Boeing sponsorship of Pride St. Louis

LGBTQ people in St. Louis plan to march through the Grove on Saturday to decry Boeing’s sponsorship of this year's Pride Fest. Organizers of the “No Pride in Genocide” protest are calling on the Pride festival to end its affiliation with Boeing, which manufactures weapons for Israel.

Demonstrators plan to meet at 7 p.m. Saturday at Kingshighway and Manchester Road. Rally organizers rally said Boeing’s contribution to the war in Gaza, where Israeli bombardments have killed thousands, clashes with the mission of Pride St. Louis. Local drag performer and protest organizer Maxi Glamour said the protest aims to empower the communities to end oppression.

“The advancement of queer liberation is impossible unless connected to Palestinian liberation!” Glamour wrote in a social media post.