Joe.My.God. LGBT News
NBC News reports:
LGBTQ rights supporters and people celebrating Pride welcomed Vice President Mike Pence to Columbus, Ohio, on Friday with a “Big LGBTQ Dance Party.” Crowds converged on a small stretch of Gay Street — you read that right — outside the hotel where Pence was speaking to a separate group about tax reform.
Videos posted to social media showed crowd members raising rainbow flags and dancing to loud music. They were celebrating the kickoff of Columbus’ Pride Festival, but organizers also wanted to send a message to the vice president.
Friday’s party was not the first time LGBTQ rights proponents targeted the VP with dancing. Back in January 2017, hours before his inauguration as vice president, about 200 protesters marched to Pence’s rental home in Chevy Chase, Maryland, and held a dance party outside, chanting, “Daddy Pence, come dance.”
People in Columbus, Ohio staged a “Big LGBTQ Dance Party” for #Pride outside the hotel Vice President Mike Pence was speaking at, to protest his gay rights record. pic.twitter.com/KEgb1P4CoG
— AJ+ (@ajplus) June 15, 2018
Today VP @mike_pence was greeted by a “Big Gay Dance Party” in Columbus! This is what I call #OHPride ?️? pic.twitter.com/v6SoxLEsg2
— Eli Kalil (@elikalil_) June 15, 2018
Gay Street was shut down for the “Big LGBTQ Dance Party” greeting Vice President Mike Pence @VP, who’s in Columbus today.
This is “Mike Hot-Pence” aka Glen Pannell, who traveled from New York for this. pic.twitter.com/zgap0NClLA— Maya Kaufman (@mayakauf) June 15, 2018
Columbus welcomes @VP Mike Pence to the Big LGBTQ Dance Party. pic.twitter.com/W9yCJGYS6o
— Columbus Alive (@ColumbusAlive) June 15, 2018
A taste of the festivities at “Welcome Mike Pence: Big LGBTQ Dance Party.” #Pride pic.twitter.com/qZIwmrWXHO
— Columbus Alive (@ColumbusAlive) June 15, 2018
My mother is at the big gay dance party for Mike Pence in Columbus, Ohio. #gaypenceparty #danceon pic.twitter.com/DNG1XNFvpr
— lizless (@lizlessner) June 15, 2018
Kicking off #Pride weekend with a big old #LGBTQ dance party for @VP Mike Pence, who’s giving remarks across the street. #HotPenceParty #HoosierDaddy #LoveIsLove pic.twitter.com/xVooCp25yY
— Chelsea Kiene (@chelseakiene) June 15, 2018