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“It is important now more than ever to remember the first Pride marches were protests against police brutality led by brown and black people.”
The country is one of the last holdouts in western Europe.
Police showed up in two trucks to raid the bar and dragged employees outside.
Witness say police fired at peaceful protestors and even bystanders. “I am very lucky to be alive.”
One activist’s arm was broken and he required multiple staples to close wounds on his head, but he wasn’t given medical attention for the 11 hours he was held in custody.
Fifty years after the first Pride parade commemorating the Stonewall riots, LGBTQ people will march down the same route to protest police brutality again.
The school refused to even say her name at the ceremony because she violated the gendered dress code.
He’s willing to excuse killer cops, but is upset that “they’re giving $15,000 a year to the transgender coordinator of the city.”
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