US whe supremacists found guilty of gay pri rt plot

Contents:

• HUNDREDS OF STUNTS HOLD 'WE SAY GAY' RALLY NYC TO NOUNCE FLORIDA'S 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL
• 'I WILL NEVER HI MY CHILD': COMMUNY MEMBERS GATHER BREVARD TO MARCH AGAST SO-LLED 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL
• HOW ACTIVISTS ORGANIZED THE FIRST GAY PRI PARAS
• ‘WE SAY GAY’ RALLY SET FOR DAVENPORT
• “EX-GAYS” HELD A “EEDOM MARCH” WASHGTON DC & TURN OUT WASN’T ALL THAT GREAT
• TMP PRI: GAY REPUBLINS ON WHY THEY'RE BACKG THE PRINT
• US WHE SUPREMACISTS FOUND GUILTY OF GAY PRI RT PLOT
• SARASOTA'S LGBTQ MUNY WAV 700-FOOT PRI FLAG OPPOSN TO 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL
• WHAT WAS BEHD GEIA’S ANTI-GAY RALLY?

HUNDREDS OF STUNTS HOLD 'WE SAY GAY' RALLY NYC TO NOUNCE FLORIDA'S 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL

POLITICSByEyewns News Wednday, March 16, 2022NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- More than 600 stunts om across New York Cy and Long Island gathered at Ci Field Wednday for a "We Say Gay" rally to nounce Florida's "Don't Say Gay" measure prevents discsn of sexual orientatn or genr inty krgarten through gra 3, or a manner that is not what the state nsirs age-appropriate.

"It's crazy that they actually ma a law that says that you n't say the word 'gay' school, which sane, " Sayville High School Sophomore Jam Talbot attendance said they were rallyg to LGBTQ youth and clare -- loudly and proudly -- that "We Say Gay.

”A kaleidospe of lors spread across the park Sunday afternoon as multiple anizatns and about 300 muny members om around Brevard County me together to prott the Parental Rights Edutn bill, more lloquially known as the "Don’t Say Gay" bill among crics. Threats to Melbourne High GSA:Melbourne High School gay-straight alliance scrib threats as LGBTQ bate heats upMental health profsnals on Don't Say Gay Bill:Several Florida mental health profsnal anizatns cricize so-lled 'Don't Say Gay' billOrganized by members of Space Coast Pri and PFLAG, groups cludg the ACLU, Equaly Florida, Spektm Health, Atheist of Brevard, Colectiva Queer, Fai for Safe Schools and Brevard Progrsive Alliance attend Sunday’s rally to show their support for lol LGBTQ youth and fai, wh people om many of the anizatns speakg at the rally prr to marchg across Melbourne Cseway. Sebastian Cook, 17, the print of his school’s gay straight alliance, said a bullet board the school wh the words “LGBTQ Youth Belong” was vandalized Febary and a hateful msage was wrten across the hallway om school took ltle actn to reprimand the stunts volved the cint, he said, and he felt worried for his safety.

'I WILL NEVER HI MY CHILD': COMMUNY MEMBERS GATHER BREVARD TO MARCH AGAST SO-LLED 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL

Five months after the rts, activists Craig Rodwell, his partner Fred Sargeant, Ellen Brody and Lda Rhos proposed a rolutn at the Eastern Regnal Conference of Homophile Organizatns (ERCHO) Philalphia that a march be held New York Cy to memorate the one-year anniversary of the raid. ” The ia of “Gay Power” was thrown around, but Schoonmaker said gay dividuals lacked real power to make change, but one thg they did have was pri. ”The Stonewall Inn is a bar loted New York Cy’s Greenwich Village that served as a haven the 1960s for the cy’s gay, lbian and transgenr muny.

HOW ACTIVISTS ORGANIZED THE FIRST GAY PRI PARAS

At the time, homosexual acts remaed illegal every state except Illois, and bars and rtrants uld get shut down for havg gay employe or servg gay patrons. Most gay bars and clubs New York at the time were operated by the Mafia, who paid rptible police officers to look the other way and blackmailed wealthy gay patrons by threateng to “out” them. Here, protters monstrate outsi the New York gay bar, Christopher's the early hours of June 28, 1969, the Stonewall Inn was raid by police wh no warng.

‘WE SAY GAY’ RALLY SET FOR DAVENPORT

Sylvia Rivera was a Lata-Amerin drag queen who beme one of the most radil gay and transgenr activists of the 1960s and '70s. As -founr of the Gay Liberatn Front, Rivera was known for participatg the Stonewall Rts and tablishg the polil anizatn STAR (Street Transvte Actn Revolutnari). After the Stonewall Rts, a msage was pated on the outsi of the board-up bar readg, "We homosexuals plead wh out people to please help mata peaceful and quiet nduct on the streets of the village.

" This sign was wrten by the Mattache Society–an early anizatn dited to fightg for gay unintified group of young people celebrate outsi the board-up Stonewall Inn after the rts. ”Over the next several nights, gay activists ntued to gather near the Stonewall, takg advantage of the moment to spread rmatn and build the muny that would fuel the growth of the gay rights movement.

“EX-GAYS” HELD A “EEDOM MARCH” WASHGTON DC & TURN OUT WASN’T ALL THAT GREAT

They are pictured here marchg Tim Square,, Sylvia Ray Rivera (ont) and Arthur Bell are seen at a gay liberatn monstratn, New York Universy, 1970 Marsha P.

TMP PRI: GAY REPUBLINS ON WHY THEY'RE BACKG THE PRINT

Johnson is seen at a Gay Liberatn Front monstratn at Cy Hall New York, a large crowd memorat the 2nd anniversary of the Stonewall rts Greenwich Village of New York Cy 1971.

US WHE SUPREMACISTS FOUND GUILTY OF GAY PRI RT PLOT

The march was 51 blocks long om wt of Sixth Avenue at Waverly Place, Greenwich Village, all the way to Sheep’s Meadow Central Park, where activists held a “Gay-.

SARASOTA'S LGBTQ MUNY WAV 700-FOOT PRI FLAG OPPOSN TO 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL

” Borrowg a technique that had been popularized by the Civil Rights Movement, the “Gay-” was both a prott and a celebratn. The cy marked the one-year anniversary of the Stonewall Rts wh a week-long celebratn that clud a Gay Dance, workshops and speech. ” The next day, the Chigo Tribune ran a 75-word story on the third page wh the headle, “Gay Liberatn Stage March to Civic Center.

”Spencer Grant/Getty ImagView of the large crowd, some of whom are holdg up handma signs and banners, participatg a gay and lbian pri para the Back Bay neighborhood of San Francis, activists marched down Polk Street and held a “Gay-” at Goln Gate Park on June 28th, too. In rponse, a powerful and vibrant “We Say Gay” rally is set to take place Davenport, showsg unwaverg support for the LGBTQ+ muny, genr equaly, and social jtice.

Havg overe a difficult childhood beg both gay and on the tism spectm, No is now fully mted to makg sure that no one who’s LGBT fac the same trma that he did.

WHAT WAS BEHD GEIA’S ANTI-GAY RALLY?

The “We Say Gay” rally aims to “create a space where love, diversy, and acceptance prevail, ” Tuday’s release says. The Changed movement, a group of “ex-gay” advot that claimed to have left behd their LGBTQ inti, embarked on Washgton D.

One of the ma events of the tour was what was lled a “eedom march” yterday to celebrate their ex-gay inti and show support for anti-LGBTQ , as they’re lobbyg Congrs to stop their efforts to pass the Equaly Act or other pro-LGBTQ legislatn. The group also oppos efforts to make so-lled nversn therapy illegal, and many believe the psychologilly damagg psdoscientific technique n actually ‘change’ people om gay to straight, as many of them have ‘succsfully’ received . After today’s “march, ” the “tour” will nclu wh a two-day Speak Out trag event for other “ex-gay” people at the price of $35, which is “aimed at equippg and activatg CHANGED to raise their voic and change culture!

While the group claims relig people shouldn’t get “special” protectns om the ernment eher, the “ex-gay” lobbyists want a number of their “rights” protected that claims current pro-LGBTQ legislatn will remove.