NC Museum Removes Photo Of Two Men Kissing

The Charlotte Observer reports:

LGBTQ equality advocates are demanding officials in Gaston County reverse their decision to remove a photo showing two men recently engaged, kissing, from a museum exhibit.

The photograph shows Justin Colasacco and his husband Bren Hipp kissing after Colasacco dropped to one knee and proposed in front of the crowd at the 2019 Charlotte Pride Festival & Parade. They married Oct. 4, 2020.

County Manager Kim Eagle told Gaston County Museum staff to have the photographer submit a replacement picture “that would be more considerate of differing viewpoints in the community.”

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The image shows the moment just after two men in Charlotte got engaged at the 2019 Pride Festival and Parade. https://t.co/mxPPpPbeuc

— The Charlotte Observer (@theobserver) June 16, 2022