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Collected Item: “Canceled Pride Parade”

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Canceled Pride Parade

What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?

Photo

Tell us a story; share your experience. Describe what the object or story you've uploaded says about the pandemic, and/or why what you've submitted is important to you.

My first time ever to a Pride parade was in 2019. The time at the pride parade made me super proud of who I am and that facet of my life. The photo I chose from the parade is that of the giant unicorn. I chose to use the unicorn photo because it truly represents LGBTQ+ people I feel due to the fact that many people in my community consider themselves a unicorn which represents a mythological creature that is a myth and shows people view them as unique. The reason this picture represents Covid-19 is that for the past two years the Pride Parade in Durham, North Carolina has been canceled. It has bummed me out not being able to go to the Pride parade because having a new excitement for my community made me sad that I could not continue this. Also, I was looking forward to this event annually and making it a tradition.

Use one-word hashtags (separated by commas) to describe your story. For example: Where did it originate? How does this object make you feel? How does this object relate to the pandemic?

#ASU
#PandemicPrompt
#LGBTQ
#HST580

Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)

Robert Baker-Nicholas

Give this story a date.

2019-09-13
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