Police Pepper-Spray LGBTQIA+ Protesters: Seattle’s Shameful Crackdown on Queer Resistance

That fascists would want to insert their hateful, transphobic, and homophobic message directly into the LGBTQIA+ community is predictable. But the absolutely shameful fact is that Seattle Parks officials recommended that this anti-LGBTQ+ group hold their rally at Cal Anderson Park—they hadn’t even originally planned to hold it there... There is a war being waged on LGBTQIA+ people—by the state and by the raising forces of fascism it is enabling.

The story behind the meme mocking Pepsi’s attempts to brand rebellion

On April 5, I woke up to find out I was a meme gone viral. https://twitter.com/ignant_/status/849428722130223105 The hilarious meme by @ignant_ was in reference to the shameful ad that Pepsi produced—and quickly took down—depicting model Kendall Jenner diffusing tensions between protestors and cops by handing one officer a refreshing can of Pepsi. When the officer …

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