The queer community of Watertown, New York staged an impromptu celebration this week after police announced the arrest of a man in connection with removing the city’s Pride Flag.The gathering began as a peaceful protest demonstration after the unidentified man took down the city’s Pride Flag and stuffed it in a nearby drop box.
Word came down that police had arrested the man, inspiring the protest to morph into a celebration.“Watertown won’t stand for this anymore,” organizer Seth Hill told WWNY TV. “Watertown is all-inclusive.
It doesn’t matter if you’re part of the LGBTQ community or if you’re straight, Republican, Democrat — we are all here together to show we will not stand for hate and love will prevail.”Hill’s partner, Sexton Reece.