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LOCAL Announcement :: Civil & Human Rights

Protest Oppression of Gays in Iraq, Russia This Sunday

International Day Against Homophobia (IDAHO) Protest: Stop the Murder of Iraqi Gays! Tell Russian Authorities to Permit Gay Pride In Moscow!

-NEW LOCATION-
CENTER ON HALSTED
HALSTED AT WAVELAND
Sunday, May 17 at 2 PM
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Late Breaking News: Andy Thayer and some 39 other protesters have been arrested in Moscow for attempting to stage a Slavic Pride public protest in Moscow. Although Andy has been reportedly released, it is important to add this denial of democratic rights to our IDAHO protest here in Chicago.
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Although a permit had been issued for a protest at President Obama's Hyde Park reisdence, late on Friday afternoon, the Law Department of the City of Chicago determined that our May 17 protest cannot take place at Obama's Chicago residence. Cited was a provision of state law that prohibits protesting at a private residence. Although other demonstrations have occurred near Obama's residence, it was felt that there wasn't time to mount a legal challenge to this latest denial of protest rights in Chicago.

[Our attorney in the Lawyer's Guild, Chicago Chapter, will be notified of this development as it is necessary that protest access to Obama's Chicago residence must be maintained.]

With a virtual guarantee of greater visibility perhaps off-setting symbolic value of a rally outside Obama's Chicago residence, the demonstration for Iraqi LGBTs will take place at the Center on Halsted, 801 West Waveland (at Halsted) at 2 PM.

Those planning to attend the protest are urged to arrive by 1:45 PM and need to know that a Chicago Cubs game is being played that day at Wrigley Field, thereby putting the squeeze on parking. Public transportation is advised.

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Protest Focuses on Obama's Failure to Denounce Rampant Anti-Gay Violence in Iraq.

May 17th is commemorated around the world as International Day Against Homophobia (IDAHO), a day on which LGBT people and our allies focus attention on the problems of anti-gay hate, discrimination and violence.

This year in Chicago, the Gay Liberation Network (GLN) is organizing the city's IDAHO event as a protest against the Obama administration's continuing silence about rampant anti-gay violence in U.S.-occupied Iraq.
 
 

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