Kink, Cops And Corporations At Pride? Plus, Natalie Morales On 'Plan B'

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🗓️ 4 June 2021

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

When Pride comes around every June, the same arguments start up again— should there be kink, cops and corporations at Pride? And who is Pride for? Sam talks to writer and author Roxane Gay about why the queer community has the same conversations year after year and what they mean for what Pride is today. Plus, actress and filmmaker Natalie Morales on directing the new teen buddy comedy, "Plan B."

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0:00.0	Hey y'all, this is Sam's Aunt Betty.
0:03.6	This week, cops, kink, and pride.
0:08.3	All right, let's start the show.
0:11.8	Hey y'all, from NPR, you are listening to It's Been A Minute.
0:14.8	I'm Sam Sanders, and this is our first new episode
0:18.3	of the show in June.
0:21.1	In June is Pride Month, so happy Pride.
0:24.2	We're gonna talk about Pride in the first segment
0:26.3	of the show this weekend.
0:28.4	You know, Pride's gonna be different this year,
0:30.1	like it was last year, because of the pandemic.
0:33.3	But, as always, there are already so many debates
0:36.6	about how to do Pride right.
0:39.6	So this year, Pride organizers in New York City,
0:42.3	they announced a ban on uniformed police officers
0:45.9	and correction officers marching in groups at NYC Pride.
0:50.1	And they wanna keep this ban in place through 2025.
0:54.5	In New York, it's just one of several cities
0:56.5	that's been pushing for a while for a smaller police presence
0:59.7	at Pride.
1:01.0	You know, this decision to keep police officers out of Pride,
1:04.9	it has been controversial.
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