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08-03-2016, 01:23 AM
Did Orlando and the Republican convention make Cleveland cancel its gay Pride?
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Cleveland, Ohio, is a city of just under 400,000 people (http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/3916000) — but for the past 27 years, residents all across the state have looked forward to its annual Pride celebration.*
So it came as a total shock to many when Cleveland Pride, (http://www.clevelandpride.org/home/) Inc. an**unced last week, days after the Republican National Convention (https://hameed.nwar.uk/vb/mashable.com/category/republican-national-convention?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=), that they would be canceling this year's Pride celebration, citing a "changing social climate."
Cleveland Pride Inc.'s president, Todd Saporito, blamed the city's inability to address new security issues following the terrorist attack on Orlando (http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2016/07/clevelands_lgbt_community_left.html), much to the chagrin of eager participants. The cancelation set off a domi** effect of finger pointing and blame-gaming, with Pride advocates pushing for a celebration and the traditional organization behind it refusing to put one together. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/02/cleveland-pride-cancelled/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Cleveland, Ohio, is a city of just under 400,000 people (http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/3916000) — but for the past 27 years, residents all across the state have looked forward to its annual Pride celebration.*
So it came as a total shock to many when Cleveland Pride, (http://www.clevelandpride.org/home/) Inc. an**unced last week, days after the Republican National Convention (https://hameed.nwar.uk/vb/mashable.com/category/republican-national-convention?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=), that they would be canceling this year's Pride celebration, citing a "changing social climate."
Cleveland Pride Inc.'s president, Todd Saporito, blamed the city's inability to address new security issues following the terrorist attack on Orlando (http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2016/07/clevelands_lgbt_community_left.html), much to the chagrin of eager participants. The cancelation set off a domi** effect of finger pointing and blame-gaming, with Pride advocates pushing for a celebration and the traditional organization behind it refusing to put one together. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/02/cleveland-pride-cancelled/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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