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Fort Worth Protest Update
June 28th, 2009Organizers for the protest at the Tarrant County Courthouse have asked that those participating not bring signs specifically attacking the Fort Worth Police with crude or vulgar language. ex: “no signs saying screw you pigs”.
June 28th, 2009 at 3:48 pm
so sorry to learn about the troubles you all are having down there, but i’m trying to bring some attention to it for SF readers on my blog:
http://mpetrelis.blogspot.com/2009/06/cops-raid-texas-gay-bar-on-pride-sunday.html
also on early sunday, our large annual pink triangle display was burned:
http://mpetrelis.blogspot.com/2009/06/sf-pink-triangle-burned-on-pride-sunday.html
good luck with protest later today. i’m sending some solidarity your way.
June 28th, 2009 at 3:51 pm
i forgot to ask, if you all think of something we non-texans can do to help, like, calling the cops or sending emails to the board that oversees the cops, let us know. i’d like to think non-texan gays would heed a call to action over the web or the phone lines.
it’s totally outrageous to see such a raid happen at any time, never mind pride weekend.
June 28th, 2009 at 6:48 pm
I’ve posted it on my Twitter (California here) and my girlfriend Leathermenace has posted the whole thing (with a link to this article) so everyone knows what’s being done to innocent GLBT citizens in Fort Worth, Texas.
We support the GLBT citizens’ right to attend local venues for an evening of enjoyment without fear of being rousted by the the local police because of some lame excuse that is not used on heterosexual bars to arrest the patrons inside. There are laws to protect GLBT citizens from harassment of this sort. Time to get the ACLU involved maybe? Here is a link to the Fort Worth, Texas Chapter of the ACLU. http://www.aclutx.org/chapters/fortworth.php
July 8th, 2009 at 9:36 pm
maybe we should all move to Dallas? =)
July 9th, 2009 at 9:06 pm
The heck with Dallas, we sould all move from CALIFORNIA to Ft Worth!