Before clicking the link, I thought the reason they'd give that the signs were homophobic would be some dog whistle bullshit. It's actually much dumber; they think the signs were put up to prevent gays from meeting up. That's it.
The signs that read “No Cruising” and prohibited U-turns were installed in 1997 when neighbors complained about gay men hanging out and looking for dates in certain residential areas close to popular gay bars.
They actually were put up to prevent "gays from meeting up," which is a euphemism for turning residential neighborhoods into red light districts.
Before clicking the link, I thought the reason they'd give that the signs were homophobic would be some dog whistle bullshit. It's actually much dumber; they think the signs were put up to prevent gays from meeting up. That's it.
They actually were put up to prevent "gays from meeting up," which is a euphemism for turning residential neighborhoods into red light districts.
In that article the guy even admits that the faggots were loud and obnoxious and making life there difficult
That's also the real reason the police was ''persecuting'' people at Stonewall : public degeneracy being a nuisance.
Ah, of course. That's what I get for taking their words at face value.