Posted on 06/13/2015 4:17:29 PM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Pride in the Street is expected to draw protesters to downtown Pittsburgh Saturday, prompting police to make “sight and sound locations” available to demonstrators.
“The purpose for these locations is to provide a safe venue for the expression of dissenting perspectives while securing reasonable separation between groups to prevent violence from occurring. It is the role of police to maintain reasonable separation to ensure the safety of all,” police Chief Cameron McLay said in a statement.
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Protesters within the LGBT community are upset over the Delta Foundation’s leadership because they believe people of color and other minorities have been excluded from their board.
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Are they trying to convince others they have pride in what they are or are they trying to convince themselves? I’ve seen news coverage of some of these events and some of the participants make Lady Gaga look normal.
Does anyone know how to pronounce LGBT? I think acronyms should be pronounceable if possible. How about if I buy a vowel? Give me an “A”. How about LaGBaTs?
There’s no such thing as ‘people of color’ - there’s blacks and everyone else.
“people of color”
Well, that could be just about anyone since we’re all from Africa.
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