The Red Dress Run makes a fashion statement mixed with Black Boy Joy
*Shows Video*: ? pic.twitter.com/23cWrPO5mKThe Red Dress Run has become a fun place for Black gay and queer liberation, filled with fellowship, fun, and festive circuit parties.
The rise in popularity among the Black gay and queer community brought some unwanted attention to this year’s run when a former board member of the event’s organizers, the Hash House Harriers posted to Facebook an image of drag queens and referred to members of the LGBTQ+ community as “weird”—a veiled reference to the 2024 election campaign’s banter between the Democrats and GOP.
Organizers promptly issued an apology, deleted the post, and the show rolled on. Despite the name calling it didn’t dampen the spirit of the Black gay and queer men who spoke with Native Son. “I didn’t hear anything about the controversy, but it makes me even more proud of how I represented this year,” Harris said. “I have wanted to participate in the Red Dress Run for three years now and it was really fun to see how everyone in the community showed up displaying their creativity with their red dress looks,” says Marcus Burton.
