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
- PRI SAID GAY COPS AREN’T WELE. THEN CAME THE BACKLASH.
GAY MONUMENT THE HAGUE VANDALIZED WH ANTI-GAY GRAFFI
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PRI SAID GAY COPS AREN’T WELE. THEN CAME THE BACKLASH.
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The march, anized by the Eastern Regnal Conference of Homophile Organizatns (ERCHO) and the Christopher Street Liberatn Day Umbrella Commtee, was named the Christopher Street Liberatn Day time, that celebratn me to be simply known as the Gay Pri Para. Acrdg to activist Craig Schoonmaker, “I thored the word ‘pri’ for gay pri … [my] first thought was ‘Gay Power.
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A 2017 photo of the Internatnal Homomonument at The Hague.
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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.