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Tampa Pride cheapened by police contingent and harassed by Fundies but still went strong
On the 29th of March, Tampa Pride again took to Ybor City streets. Allowing police participation was especially inappropriate this year. The same Hillsborough County Sheriff's department that harasses sex workers and may be ordered to close down Gay clubs as Trumpism spreads was still welcome in Pride!
A second sour note was sounded by a few Christian nationalists who mixed with the crowd to preach lies and hate, but didn't gain any apparent converts. Their numbers were in the single digits.
For all that the parade was big and boisterous. The crowd looked thinner than in past years, unknown if that's due to mass LGBTQ flight out of Florida, people still here but keeping their heads down, or just where I was standing along the parade route near the finish.
Tampa Pride cheapened by police contingent and harassed by Fundies but still went strong
On the 29th of March, Tampa Pride again took to Ybor City streets. Allowing police participation was especially inappropriate this year. The same Hillsborough County Sheriff's department that harasses sex workers and may be ordered to close down Gay clubs as Trumpism spreads was still welcome in Pride!
A second sour note was sounded by a few Christian nationalists who mixed with the crowd to preach lies and hate, but didn't gain any apparent converts. Their numbers were in the single digits.
For all that the parade was big and boisterous. The crowd looked thinner than in past years, unknown if that's due to mass LGBTQ flight out of Florida, people still here but keeping their heads down, or just where I was standing along the parade route near the finish.
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