An LGBT+ bar in Des Moines, Iowa, was “violently raided” by police after club organisers gave medical assistance to Black Lives Matter protesters. The protesters limply wandered into the bar, their bodies bruised, their voices hoarse, strained from chanting.
UN experts condemn modern-day racial terror lynchings in US and call for systemic reform and justice
A group of independent UN rights experts today called on the United States Government to take decisive action to address systemic racism and racial bias in the country’s criminal justice system by launching independent investigations and ensuring accountability in all cases of excessive use of force by police. They also issued a statement regarding the nationwide protests against racial injustice.
OHCHR: Statement on the Protests against Systemic Racism in the United States
Pride in a time of COVID-19 should embrace a wider solidarity
US: Armed police ‘violently raid’ queer bar helping wounded Black Lives Matter protesters on the first day of Pride Month
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Costa Rica: Fabricio Alvarado Proposes Conscientious Objection Law Against Equal Marriage
After the approval of equal marriage in Costa Rica, the former presidential candidate for National Restoration and now secretary general of the New Republic Party, Fabricio Alvarado, announced that he will promote a bill to validate the right of "conscientious objection" against unions of persons of the same sex.
US: Wake deputies defend force used against owner of Raleigh LGBTQ bar during protest
Council member Saige Martin was sent the video by multiple people, and said he knows the establishment well as a queer person. He was one of two openly LGBTQ people elected to the council in 2019 — a first for the city: “It is a safe space for so many people,” he said. “It is a home to queer folks.”