Two transgender activists who carried signs against racism and for refugee lives at Antwerp Pride on 11 August 2018 were banned from their local trans organization as a result.
Members of the same organization were participating in Pride as part of nationalist-right wing but they were not deemed ‘too political’.
There are people in our organisations that are dedicated to furthering the political status quo (with the exception of (white) trans rights, which they want to improve, of course), by intentionally marginalising those with contrary opinions. Maintaining the apolitical, neutral façade that many organisations in Western societies are so fond of, in practice means silencing or banning (sometimes with violence) any voice that challenges the status quo.
