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🦄 Community, LGBTQ+, Police

Jackson Heights NYC Drag Story Hour Draws Defenders, Homophobes

February 1, 2023February 6, 2023

Queens, NY – On Dec. 29, 2022, hundreds of New Yorkers gathered outside the Jackson Heights Public Library in Queens, where a drag story hour was taking place. On one side were roughly 40 people protesting the event, including Proud Boys, neo-Nazis, anti-vaccine activists, and…

🦄 LGBTQ+, Police

Noisy Philly Counter-Demo Challenges ‘TERFs’ at Independence Hall

November 21, 2022December 6, 2022

Philadelphia, PA – On Sunday, November 13, 100+ counter-demonstrators tried to drown out about 30 protesters who were demonstrating against transgender people’s access to medical transitions, recognition of chosen gender and other rights near Independence Hall. The counter-demo side characterized them as “TERFs” or ‘Trans-Exclusionary…

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