A Pride parade was hijacked in England, it happened last year and again this year and it seems like the police looked the other way.
It looks like the conservative LGBTQ+ are in turmoil, its head quit over the endorsement of Trump and then there was this…
When the Trump administration goes out of its way and use the full force and weight of the federal government to support discrimination of us there must be a motive for them to continue their support of Trump. The only things that I can think of why LGBTQ+ people support Trump is greed and/or they are racists and xenophobes.
Trans charities condemn Manchester Pride and police after anti-trans protestors hijacked marchI would also about their safety for two first, the police did nothing and second if they were about to march in the front of the parade who else could get by security?
Trans rights charities have condemned Manchester Pride and Greater Manchester Police over their response to a group of anti-trans protestors, which were able to “lead” the front of the parade after hijacking the march.
Pink News UK
By Ella Braidwood
August 27, 2019
An open letter sent to PinkNews by national trans charity Sparkle adds to the growing backlash over the incident, during which a contingent gatecrashed the front of the march on Saturday, August 24, carrying banners reading “lesbians don’t have penises” and “gender ideology harms lesbians”.
Eye-witnesses told PinkNews that there were between 10 and 14 protestors.
The protest was organised by anti-trans body GetTheLOut, the same group that hijacked the front of Pride in London’s parade in 2018.
Tara Hewitt, a trans woman and co-founder of Trans Equality Legal Initiative, watched the parade with her partner – also a trans woman – and told PinkNews that the incident left them “worried about our own safety.”
“I am utterly devastated that this group was not challenged and excused by Manchester Pride and Greater Manchester Police. If we exclude Christian protestors, then we must also exclude other anti-LGBTQIA factions too.”So let me get this straight; if an anti-Christian group wanted to invade a Christian march the police wouldn’t do anything? Yeah right.
Greater Manchester Police told PinkNews that no criminal offences were committed so no arrests were made.
A spokesperson added: “We respect any individual’s right to freedom of expression and their right to protest peacefully; and with that comes a degree of responsibility.
It looks like the conservative LGBTQ+ are in turmoil, its head quit over the endorsement of Trump and then there was this…
Log Cabin's Trump Endorsement Proves They Are Morally Bankrupt RacistsMeanwhile not all the Log Cabin Republicans endorse the policy, namely the executive director,
The Muslim bans, the Nazi defenses, the concentration camps, the attacks on trans people — how can anyone who isn’t a bigot endorse that?
The Advocate
By Amanda Kerri
August 16, 2019
I've always hated forced irony. That’s probably the reason I hate hipster millennials — I mean, there’s already enough irony in the world you don’t have to force it. But true, genuine irony, it’s always just so perfect. When two heads of the Log Cabin Republicans (see above [Log Cabin's Robert Kabel and Jill Homan]) decided to release their Washington Post op-ed endorsing Donald Trump at the same time his Department of Labor decided to allow government contractors to discriminate against LGBTQ employees, it was just … I believe the meme is “chef’s kiss.” It was just serendipitous in its beauty and timing. It could not have been scripted or timed better to illustrate just how morally bankrupt that entire organization is and how much of a joke the Log Cabin Republicans are.
I think my track record as a writer has established that I firmly believe that being an LGBTQ person doesn’t mean you have to believe a certain ideology, whether it involves economics, politics, or philosophy. The diversity of experience and values we have demonstrates that the one thing that unites us as a community is our shared experiences of being an LGBTQ person, of challenging centuries of ingrained norms about gender and sexuality. The discrimination, oppression, and the general struggles of our lives unite us, but how we go about coping and overcoming them differs in so many ways. From there, we try to find a common ground to express ourselves and find unity, often contentiously yet with an ultimate shared goal.
Exclusive: Log Cabin executive director resigns over Trump endorsementWell at least one has saw the light!
The Washington Blade
By Chris Johnson
August 27, 2019
The executive director of the Log Cabin Republicans has resigned following a controversial decision by the organization’s board to endorse President Trump, the Washington Blade has learned exclusively.
Jerri Ann Henry, who was the first woman to lead the LGBT Republican group, formally submitted her resignation Friday and left Monday after discussions with board members characterized as “harsh,” sources familiar with Log Cabin told the Blade.
The resignation follows intense criticism of Log Cabin, which announced its support for Trump earlier this month without its members having met with him or having received any explicit commitments in exchange.
Sources said Henry’s discontent with Trump and dissatisfaction with Log Cabin’s approach to defending its Trump endorsement in the media were key among her reasons for stepping down.
When the Trump administration goes out of its way and use the full force and weight of the federal government to support discrimination of us there must be a motive for them to continue their support of Trump. The only things that I can think of why LGBTQ+ people support Trump is greed and/or they are racists and xenophobes.
What makes the situation at Manchester Pride so awful is that the same people used exactly the same tactics with exactly the same results at last year's Pride In London! I am Chair of a smaller Pride, through my conversations with the Police I know they liaise with each other and share intelligence about these protesters. Our own event had extra security in place this year as we were a possible target, we also had a contingency plan in place with the Police to make sure that any protesters would get minimum exposure. If Croydon can do that I'm sure that Manchester could have.
ReplyDeleteThe Trans community especially and the wider LGBT+ community here in the UK are incensed that these terfs, mostly political lesbians only, have once again been allowed hijack a Pride march and get publicity way beyond their level of support.