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lambchopp59

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7. The Pride parades still represent, and now celebrate, the success of those early protests.
Sat Jun 15, 2019, 11:00 AM
Jun 2019

I'm glad to tell the story of Stonewall to most anyone interested, it's important. Two days ago a young gay man in Sao Paulo, Brazil asked me about it, seeing that this year's parade is the 50th anniversary, I was glad to give a synopsis and share some links. Their pride parade is Sunday June 23rd, and it's tremendously important in their predicament under Bolsonaro to be loud and proud.
Even in a relatively enlightened day thanks to previous administrations that "evolved",
Under Trump's goofball regime, and plenty of anti-LGBT crap he's stirred on top of hosting Jair Bolsonaro:
We've still got plenty to protest:

https://www.washingtonblade.com/2019/06/05/all-of-trumps-anti-lgbt-actions-since-last-pride-plus-a-few-welcome-moves/

I doubt that only but a few "Straights" attending are unaware of the significance of Pride. I welcome all support.

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