The MTA is selling a limited number of themed MetroCards celebrating LGBTQ+ Pride at subway stations in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens this month.
74th Street-Jackson Heights-Roosevelt Ave The Christopher Street station bears particular notability in the city’s LGBTQ+ history, as the stop closest to the Stonewall Inn in the West Village.
Pride Month comes amid a more hostile national political environment for LGBTQ+ Americans than has been seen in years. Across the country, Republican lawmakers have passed or proposed a wave of homophobic and transphobic legislation, including restrictions or bans on gender-affirming care and drag performance.
Major companies have faced severe homophobic and transphobic backlash this year, often on the flimsiest of pretenses: Bud Light saw sales decline after hiring a trans influencer for a sponsored Instagram ad, and ultimately caved to pressure by saying “we never intended to be part of a discussion that divides people.” More recently, Target removed some Pride-themed merchandise and other goods marketed towards the LGBTQ+ community after conservatives threatened to boycott the retail giant.
Bronx Congressman Ritchie Torres, co-chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus, said that with that backlash in mind, the MTA’s highly visible support of Pride is an important symbol of New York’s welcoming, inclusive attitude even as other locales declare themselves hostile to the LGBTQ+ community.
“The MTA’s Pride Month public engagement campaign sends an important message of inclusion and acceptance to the millions of New Yorkers and visitors who rely on the MTA each and every day,” said Torres.
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