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Duncan Grant

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6. Related: Black Lives Matter plaza removed in D.C., March 2025
Thu Aug 21, 2025, 05:26 PM
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Not to get too far off-topic, but right-wing extremists are sending marginalized people powerful messages — all the time. Pulse just happens to target lgbtq+ people and the victims of a domestic terrorist. It’s as if they want to erase history or to hide it. Not that anyone here is surprised, right?

‘More than brick and mortar:' DC begins removing ‘Black Lives Matter’ plaza near the White House

Edit: Another recent example pertinent to queer people, “Hegseth orders the name of gay rights activist Harvey Milk scrubbed from Navy ship”.

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