The Internatnal Homomonument, a monument that honors people persecuted for their sexual orientatn, was vandalized wh anti-gay graffi.
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GAY MONUMENT THE HAGUE VANDALIZED WH ANTI-GAY GRAFFI
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“I’m gay, but I’m also cis and whe. For one month, beg homophobic or transphobic is strictly forbidn. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Rts, a seri of protts led by members of the LGBT activist muny rponse to police raidg the Greenwich Village, New York, gay bar the Stonewall Inn.
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