Pride Cometh Before The Fall

Pride Cometh Before The Fall

After two years of pressure over LGBTQ materials, county commissioners voted to leave the regional library system.

“The Rise and Fall of Boston Pride” takes the reader on a deep dive into the politics behind the event

In 2021, conflict between certain LGBTQ community members and non-profit Boston Pride regarding the organization’s lack of board leadership diversity resulted in a boycott, the director’s resignation and the group’s dissolution. In its place, another nonprofit called Boston Pride for the People emerged. But the episode from 2021 is just one chapter in a decades-long history of Boston Pride’s ups and downs. A new book published on Jun. 1, “The Ri…