Prominent figure within the local LGBT community, Didi Winston, was honoured with the 2019 LGBTQ+ Visibility Award over the weekend at the Pride Parade. The Parade was staged in Bridgetown for the second consecutive year and was supported by approximately 200 members of the community and allies. The award was presented by the Barbados…
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Barbados is Celebrating Pride and Didi Winston, a Bajan trans pioneer, LGBTQ activist, is their flag-waving champion.
This piece is part of the Legacies issue, a special Pride Month series from Outward, Slate’s home for coverage of LGBTQ life, thought, and culture. Read an introduction to the issue here. Flag-waving at Carnival is a Caribbean art form steeped in tradition, with flag-bearers sometimes referred to as “the forgotten soldiers of…