Love Is...Holding Hands Across The Hawthorne Bridge
HANDS ON: It was cold. It was wet. It was a holiday weekend. But despite all those negatives, thousands gathered on Sunday night to send a positive message—just by holding hands on the Hawthorne Bridge.
Gay. Straight. Young. Old. Black. White. At least 4 to 5,000 good folks wanted to say it's okay to hold someone's hand in public at Hands Across Hawthorne Bridge (Holding Hands, In Solidarity). The event was sparked by a recent hateful attack on two gay men on the bridge. The violence seems to have been sparked by the fact that the two young men were holding hands. This violence falls almost a year, to the date, since the 2010 gay bashings that sparked the creation of the Q Patrol- a group of trained volunteers who walk the streets of Portland on select nights to promote safety and tolerance.
On Sunday, Basic Rights Oregon, Cascade AIDS Project, Pride Northwest, and The Q Center with Q Patrol urged their supporters to meet on the downtown side of the Hawthorne Bridge at 7:30 PM. Hand in hand, the thousands of supporters spanned the entire length of the bridge, in a show of support for the victims of the attack and for the right to show love, regardless of sexual orientation. Rock on, Portland. You made us proud once again.
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