Of course they did it anyway. That's what the gay movement was built on...Stonewall was a defiant act too, The bathhouse Riots in Toronto was a big mess and other parts of Eastern Europe has seen Gays do the same thing. It takes courage to protest under these conditions.

There really does seem to be something wrong about protesting under the guidelines of the government you're protesting against, doesn't it.
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