 Photo by: Paddy Barry Our Co-Director Trevor Taylor had an interview with Darrell Roberts from The Independent, below you will find the article related to our contribution. For the full article click here.
Fogo Island Trevor Taylor is the co-founder and co-director of Fogo Island Pride. This year, festivities are taking place both in person and online from August 8 to 14. Pride week will include a community barbeque, a drag show, virtual queer trivia, and a bonfire night. Fogo Island Pride is holding an Enigma Mystery Art Auction to fundraise for the festival. Participants will be able to bid on art pieces via Facebook with proceeds being divided between Fogo Island Pride, the artist, and to a yet-to-be-determined community organization. Taylor says that Fogo Island Pride has evolved to become a community organization focused on helping anyone who is vulnerable or marginalized. Fogo Island Pride runs a food program for seniors, low income families, and other vulnerable members of the community. Taylor pushes back against the notion that Pride is no longer needed and 2SLGBTQIA+ people are not marginalized. “Slurs are still thrown around. I know that ‘gay’ is still used to mean ‘stupid’. I know that ‘fag’ is still used to be biting and insulting when they want to hit where it hurts,” Taylor says. “That education still needs to be there and visibility still needs to be there.” Taylor founded Fogo Island Pride in 2019 with his partner, Evan Parsons, because they saw a gap in representation for queer people in rural areas. He noticed young 2SLGBTQIA+ people moving away from home to urban places where they felt comfortable coming out. “We knew that there are queer people in the community, but the voice just wasn’t there,” he says. Fogo Island Pride is meant to create a space for 2SLGBTQIA+ people across Fogo Island to be themselves while still living at home. “I think it’s exceptionally important to make everybody know that there are people here. Your people are here.”
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