Billboard as of 9-27-09 Photo by WMC-TV 5 Action News
By Brody Levesque (Washington DC) Sept 27 9:45PM | From WMC-TV 5 Action News Memphis comes this report:
One of the billboards featuring messages in observance of National Coming Out Day which were posted in the Memphis, Tennessee metropolitan area was torn to shreds by vandals on Friday night. The billboard, posted at Poplar Avenue and Highland streets, near East Memphis, featured a gay soldier who was discharged under "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" and read "I'm gay and I protected your freedom."
Memphis Gay and Lesbian Community Center President Heidi Williams says she's appalled by such an act of hatred.
"I know that they intended to silence us with hate. However, we are choosing to unite and come over that with a stronger voice, and a message that we are here - and we deserve equality as well as everyone else," she said.
MGLCC plans to hold an event later this week to rally against the vandalism.
The billboard was part of a campaign for National Coming Out Day, which takes place annually on October 11. The campaign's purpose is to promote understanding of issues affecting the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered community in the Mid-South.
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