Moomtaz and Alexx are good friends, and they're both queer people of color who thought they'd found a welcoming LGBTQIA community. But when the white board president of the local Pride organization decides the police should be celebrated in the city's 20th anniversary Pride festivities, Moomtaz and Alexx are devastated. And when Moomtaz decides to speak out, they discover that solidarity, even within marginalized communities, too often still fails to cross racial lines.

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