Ending the #HateState: #Coloradans were #shocked and #outraged after #passage of #antigay #amendment.
“#Gay #people were #objectified and talked about in all kinds of ways. A lot of #lies were promulgated,” Russell said.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Colorado #History #Representation #Culture
Colorado is known as one of the most LGBTQ+ friendly states in the country. But it wasn't always that way. In 1992, voters passed an amendment to the state constitution that labeled Colorado "The Hate State" and sparked a landmark legal battle for gay rights.
'Openly hostile toward #africanamericans #NAACP issues 'formal #travel advisory' for #Florida - Alternet.org
(Openly hostile? How about damn dangerous!)
https://www.alternet.org/openly-hostile-toward-african-americans/
#alert #blackfedi #BlackMastodon #blm #BlackLivesMatter #BoycottFlorida #RonDeSantisIsRacist #lgbtqia+ #StayOutOfFlorida #EscapeFlorida #FleeFlorida #GetOutOfFlorida #HateState #WhereTheWokeGoToDie #PlantationNation
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) issued a "formal travel advisory" on Saturday for individuals sojourning to the Sunshine State "in direct response to Governor Ron DeSantis' aggressive attempts to erase Black history and to restrict diversity, equity, and inclus...
#DragRace #producers #rally against ‘#unAmerican’ #drag #bans: ‘They will fail’.
#Drag is #underattack across the US, with #RepublicanParty #bills introduced in at least 11 #state #legislatures threatening to #restrict or #prohibit #public #drag #performances. One such ban has already been implemented in the #HateState of #Tennessee, which has also passed a bill that redefines #sex
https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/03/31/rupauls-drag-race-producers-bans/