Gay Trump Backers, ‘Deplorable Pride,’ Plan To Protest Exclusion From Charlotte’s Gay Pride Parade | Weasel Zippers
Gay supporters of President Donald Trump who were denied a place in the city's annual Charlotte Pride parade are staging a protest at the popular event on Sunday afternoon.
The Charlotte-based Republican group Deplorable Pride said their march will begin 30 minutes before the parade, and they intend it to be "a non-confrontational peaceful demonstration." The group will walk from Romare Bearden Park on Church Street to the corner of Trade and Tryon streets, which is the center of Charlotte Pride activities.
Come and show your support for your fellow Trump supporters who are LGBT and are being persecuted by their own gay community," said
Charlotte Pride got national attention earlier this year when it decided not to include Deplorable Pride's 27-foot-long float featuring a female impersonator dressed as first lady Melania Trump. Plans also called for a handful of other female impersonators to wear blue-sequined "Make America Great Again" evening gowns.
