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
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.
LAKE BLUFF NSIRS FLYG GAY PRI FLAG ON VILLAGE FLAGPOLE; ‘WE N SEND THE RIGHT MSAGE, THAT WE ARE AN ACCEPTG ... MUNY’
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.
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.