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| Subject: LGBTQ Community Prepares for Rumored Alt-Right Threats to Pride Festivities Thu Jun 14, 2018 11:04 pm | |
| In the lead-up to Portland's Pride weekend, the LGBTQ community has raised concerns about the possibility of hate groups inflicting violence against people joining in Pride celebrations. And for good reason. That's because a group of conservative anti-LGBTQ protestors who brought violence to Portland's 2017 Pride Parade is planning to attend.
The Hell Shaking Street Preachers, an anti-abortion and anti-LGBTQ group, protested with signs at the city's 2017 Pride Parade and festival, alongside Joey Gibson, founder of Patriot Prayer (an alt-right group out of Vancouver) and members of Proud Boys (a national right-wing frat). In a video provided by Fox 12 at the time, Proud Boy Tusitala "Tiny" Toese can be seen dragging a woman with fairy wings into a brawl, then punching a man repeatedly. Allan Pucket, leader of Hell Shaking Street Preachers, can also be seen in the video, and was seen punching people earlier this month at Portland's Patriot Prayer rally on June 3. On June 6, the Hell Shaking Street Preachers posted its own video of the 2017 Pride Parade on its Facebook wall with the words: "Get ready."
https://www.portlandmercury.com/blogtown/2018/06/14/20591039/lgbtq-community-prepares-for-rumored-alt-right-threats-to-pride-festivities |
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