James Finn
Jan 13, 2025

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Yes! I'm thinking about the Parasol Patrol, which formed three or four years ago to act as a loving shield for queer people and families faced with Proud Boy protests and militia activity at libraries, restaurants, community centers, and queer bars.

The Patrol surround the venue being attacked and hold up their rainbow umbrellas to make the protestors invisible -- as they sing or play music to make them inaudible.

Thanks for this story! All kinds of resistance are needed today, sometimes working together hand in glove.

We can all learn from late 90s backlash!

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James Finn
James Finn

Written by James Finn

James Finn is an LGBTQ columnist, a former Air Force intelligence analyst, an alumnus of Act Up NY, and an agented but unpublished novelist.

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