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- HILLSBOROUGH’S SHERIFF PUBLICIZED A SEX STG. DID TARGET GAY MEN?
- AT POLICE REPEATEDLY PUNCHED A MAN THE FACE WHILE ARRTG HIM OUTSI OF A GAY BAR (VIO)
- CLASH, ARRTS AS GAY-RIGHTS ACTIVISTS RALLY IN MOSW DPE BAN
- JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
- GAY ACTIVISTS ARRTED AT UNTHORIZED MOSW PROTT
HILLSBOROUGH’S SHERIFF PUBLICIZED A SEX STG. DID TARGET GAY MEN?
The men are acced of agreeg to have sex a park wh other men — who were actually unrver puti. Experts and advot say rells an era of anti-gay policg. * gay association arrest *
Was the Sheriff’s Office crimalizg gay sex?
Crics ask if the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office is crimalizg gay sex. [ Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office]Sheriff’s spokwoman Crystal Clark fend the operatn as way of protectg children and said accatns that the stg was prejudiced agast gay men “are absurd, and que ankly, offensive.
Defense attorney Jam Amarosa, who has reprented several men acced such s, put bluntly: “I believe they’re targetg homosexual men. To her, appears that the Sheriff’s Office is targetg certa lotns, regardls of who’s havg sex there, rather than gay ncerns her that the operatns were nducted whout any plats om the public. ”• • •It has been more than six s sce Florida’s famo Johns Commtee targeted Black people, munists and gay men a McCarthye asslt on the civil rights movement om 1956-65.
AT POLICE REPEATEDLY PUNCHED A MAN THE FACE WHILE ARRTG HIM OUTSI OF A GAY BAR (VIO)
Rsian gay-rights activists vowed after receivg the thori' rejectn letter on May 17 that they would proceed wh the gay-pri event the pal. * gay association arrest *
Havg officers go unrver to target cisg — which men pick each other up for sex public — was a major aspect of those anti-gay efforts, cludg those by the Johns and raids targetg the LGBTQ muny cled the late 20th century, Stewart-Wter said — particular, police stopped raidg gay bars the face of public cricism.
CLASH, ARRTS AS GAY-RIGHTS ACTIVISTS RALLY IN MOSW DPE BAN
* gay association arrest *
”Durg the mid-century heyday of anti-gay policg, Stewart-Wter said, teachers and profsors arrted the stgs were often sgled out for particularly harsh public shamg, due to the myth that gay men pose a particular threat to said Chronister’s foc on the safety of children furthers that false and pernic stereotype. Neher of the parks targeted “Operatn Park Cleanup” has said she saw the sheriff’s language as fuelg prejudice agast gay men. Vio of the vlent At gay bar arrt has sce gone viral as police vtigate the officer’s e of force the vio.
Edwards’ At gay bar arrt vio shows an At police officer stg astri a shirtls man layg on the siwalk, repeatedly punchg him the face as a woman repeatedly screams “Stop! 23-year-old named Jt Grant is the man who gets punched and apprehend the At gay bar arrt vio. The At Amerin-Statman reports that the arrtee the At gay bar arrt vio is a 23-year-old named Jt Grant who was “arrted after threateng staff at the Ra nightclub early Wednday and charged wh dg posssn, ristg arrt and makg a terroristic threat.
JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
Here is Edwards’ vio of the At gay bar arrt:. While the punchg the At gay bar arrt vio occurs after Grant is already upon the ground, held down by two rtrag officers, the At Police Associatn said that bee Grant’s knife was attached to the ont of his belt, officers repeatedly punched him when his hand got ee to keep him om grabbg his knife. Here is another vio of the At gay bar arrt:.
Manley hasn’t released the nam of the officers volved the At gay bar arrt.
GAY ACTIVISTS ARRTED AT UNTHORIZED MOSW PROTT
What do you thk of the vios of the At gay bar arrt? 1950s: FBI Surveillance of HomosexualsDurg the 1950s the FBI engaged wispread surveillance of the gay world. Not only did llect om lol vice squads the nam of men arrted on homosexual morals charg; also placed a watch on gay bars and filtrated the Mattache Society and the Dghters of Bilis.
" They also saw him visg David's Bar, another gay bs.
Late March and early APril Hoover orred agents to terview a woman about Pffie's "homosexual activi. " Offie had once told an FBI rmer, "an admted homosexual, " that "I'd like to sleep wh you. " The homosexual rmer said "Offie is as queer asa a $3 bill" and is "known among the Washgton higher homosexuals as 'one of .