On Sunday, June 28, the day of gay pri paras Chigo and around the world, lns celebrated the recent Uned Stat’ Supreme Court cisn that effectively legalized gay marriage at the natnal level. But David Wichman took his personal Pri rally to the General Admissn (GA) le at the Uned Center. Wh his hand-rated rabow flag tow, he wanted to
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A RSIAN POLICIAN THKS U2'S ALBUM COVER IS 'GAY PROPAGANDA'
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He also grew up gay durg the early days of the AIDS panmic and experienced the double huiatns of bigoted monizatns and heartbreakg tragedi. In the last 30 years, the fights agast AIDS and for gay rights have e a long, long way, and some of the key alli for progrs have been artists, actors, and micians — cludg Bono and his bandmat U2. On Sunday, June 28, the day of gay pri paras Chigo and around the world, lns celebrated the recent Uned Stat’ Supreme Court cisn that effectively legalized gay marriage at the natnal level.
Bono took Wichman’s rabow flag and parad onstage durg “Pri (In the Name of Love), ” a track that has been soarg and shg this tour as a new civil rights anthem — not only for gay rights, but for the people of Fergon, Baltimore, and Charlton. Bono dancg the twalk and approachg the mastage while unfurlg the universal symbol of gay rights was not jt a bold statement for the new equaly paradigm — was also an affirmatn for all the bands’ fans who are proundly part of the LGBTQ muny.