Boston LGBTQ Construction Site Vandalized with Anti-Gay Graffiti
metroweekly.comThe Pryde, Boston’s first-ever LGBTQ senior home, currently under construction, was vandalized with threatening hate speech on Sunday, July 10.
LGBTQ Senior Housing Inc., a nonprofit that organized construction of the senior housing project, posted images of the graffiti on its Facebook page, which included the phrases “The faggots will die by fire” and “die slow.”On its Facebook page, LGBTQ Senior Housing Inc.
condemned the vandalism.“We were heartbroken to wake up this morning to the terrible news that The Pryde was vandalized overnight with hate speech and threats spray painted on virtually every sign,” the statement read. “We will not let bullies and cowards stop our work to create safe and welcome affordable housing for our LGBTQ elders.
We will not let hate go unchallenged in Hyde Park.”The Pryde is set to open in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Boston in 2023.
