Protest planned outside McKinney Pride event
A McKinney resident is encouraging LGBTQ people and their allies in North Texas to attend the McKinney Pride event being held Friday afternoon in downtown to counteract right-wing protesters planning to attend.
The Groovy Coop, located at 109 S. Tennessee St. in McKinney, is hosting McKinney Pride from 2-6 p.m., inside the shop. The free event will include LGBTQ-friendly vendors, special guests and prices, along with light snacks and drinks.
The event will be held entirely inside the privately-owned business, according to a McKinney resident who notified Dallas Voice about the situation.
Still, he said, people are planning to show up to protest outside the store in McKinney’s downtown historic district. According to a post in the McKinney Conservatives Facebook page, “Tammy TDubs” has asked protesters to “Please come pray and support … in response to a McKinney Pride event hosted by Groovy Coop — making sure nothing is seen in public that is meant to be seen in private, if you know what I mean.” She invites protesters to “come and go — Pray for McKinney, Collin County, our State, our Country.” The resident who contacted Dallas Voice said, “Protesting a public event on public grounds is completely legal.
