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Activists Throw a Queer Dance Party Outside of Mike Pence's House
Source: The Advocate
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Around 200 people marched into the liberal enclave, where several homeowners had already hung up LGBT pride flags alongside their American flags. Residents set up the rainbow flags when they learned in December that Pence was moving into the neighborhood.
When the march finally made its way up to Pence's house, it was blocked by police. The car and motorcycles leading the queer cavalcade stopped there, and an impromptu dance party began. Firas Nasr, the founder of Werk for Peace, danced on the roof of the car that blasted dance music. Nasr shouted from the roof, "Daddy Pence, come dance!" The crowd chanted, "We are queer, we are here, we will dance!"
Werk for Peace partnered with DisruptJ20 for the event, dubbed a "queer dance party at Mike Pence's house," but it is only the first of several events activists plan for the week of the inauguration, which is Friday.
On that big day, the group will host a "qockblockade brigade," which the group describes as "a queer anti-Inauguration party." Wetk for Peace describes itself as a "queer-based grassroots movement that uses dance to promote peace." The group was formed in response to the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub in Orlando. Nasr told The Advocate that dance has the power to effect social change.
Around 200 people marched into the liberal enclave, where several homeowners had already hung up LGBT pride flags alongside their American flags. Residents set up the rainbow flags when they learned in December that Pence was moving into the neighborhood.
When the march finally made its way up to Pence's house, it was blocked by police. The car and motorcycles leading the queer cavalcade stopped there, and an impromptu dance party began. Firas Nasr, the founder of Werk for Peace, danced on the roof of the car that blasted dance music. Nasr shouted from the roof, "Daddy Pence, come dance!" The crowd chanted, "We are queer, we are here, we will dance!"
Werk for Peace partnered with DisruptJ20 for the event, dubbed a "queer dance party at Mike Pence's house," but it is only the first of several events activists plan for the week of the inauguration, which is Friday.
On that big day, the group will host a "qockblockade brigade," which the group describes as "a queer anti-Inauguration party." Wetk for Peace describes itself as a "queer-based grassroots movement that uses dance to promote peace." The group was formed in response to the mass shooting at Pulse nightclub in Orlando. Nasr told The Advocate that dance has the power to effect social change.
Read more: http://www.advocate.com/politics/2017/1/18/activists-threw-queer-dance-party-outside-mike-pences-house
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