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
- LAKE BLUFF NSIRS FLYG GAY PRI FLAG ON VILLAGE FLAGPOLE; ‘WE N SEND THE RIGHT MSAGE, THAT WE ARE AN ACCEPTG ... MUNY’
GAY MONUMENT THE HAGUE VANDALIZED WH ANTI-GAY GRAFFI
1 Gilbert Baker Pri FlagWikimedia CommonsIn 1978, Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man elected to public office California, asked artist Gilbert Baker to create a Pri flag. A source told Philalphia Magaze, “Wh all of the Black and Brown activism that’s worked to addrs racism the Gayborhood over the past year, I thk the new flag is a great step for the cy to show the world that they’re workg toward fully supportg all members of our muny. A 2017 photo of the Internatnal Homomonument at The Hague.
A monument the Netherlands that is dited to LGBTQ people who have been persecuted due to their sexual orientatn has been vandalized wh anti-gay graffi. The Internatnal Homomonument on the Koekamp, a seven-meter tall steel sculpture, is signed to memorate all people who have been persecuted or opprsed bee of their sexual orientatn, both at the prent time and the past. The graffi pated at the monument se and on the bench clud drawgs and anti-gay slogans, cludg “fuck gays, ’ “fuck Pri, ” and “weg met pri, ” or “down wh Pri.
“It is a ser form of vandalism that stems om homophobia, ” she said, acrdg to the NL Tim. “The Homomonument is a symbol of acceptance and eedom. The vandalism of the Homomonument follows a strg of homophobic attacks on property across the Netherlands recent months.
LAKE BLUFF NSIRS FLYG GAY PRI FLAG ON VILLAGE FLAGPOLE; ‘WE N SEND THE RIGHT MSAGE, THAT WE ARE AN ACCEPTG ... MUNY’
In April, a group of about 20 adults attacked a buildg where a group of gay teens were meetg, beatg up a volunteer workg wh the teens and attemptg to set fire to a rabow flag hangg om the buildg’s exterr while shoutg anti-gay slurs. READ NEXTCharlie Puth Announc New Sgle Wh A Sexy PhotoCourt Allows Alabama’s Trans Health Care Ban to Take EffectActor Tom Holland’s Gay Sex Scene Sparks ControversyCalifornia Store Owner Fatally Shot Over Pri Flag Dispute.
Gay Pri flags will not be allowed unr the new l. The rabow pri flag was first signed 1978 by Gilbert Baker, a gay rights activist and artist om the Uned Stat of Ameri.
Baker was approached by Harvey Milk, one of the first openly gay elected officials the Uned Stat, to create a symbol that would reprent the gay muny. The rabow flag quickly gaed populary as a symbol of gay pri and solidary. It was flown at the San Francis Gay Freedom Day Para 1978, and soon after, beme an ternatnal symbol of LGBTQ+ rights.