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A library’s logo is scrapped because it’s too gay · PRIDE Daily

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  Speaker 2: Hi there, I'm Kev McGrath. Coming up, why a homophobic
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  Speaker 2: rage baiter isn't pleased as punch. First though, the 14-year-old
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  Speaker 2: logo of a library in America has been scrapped because
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  Speaker 2: it's too gay. North Carolina's Farmville Library had been using
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  Speaker 2: a representation of an open book with pages of different
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  Speaker 2: colors fanned out. A whole three bigots have complained it
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  Speaker 2: resembles a rainbow, which it actually doesn't, and therefore is
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  Speaker 2: yet another example of LGBTQ plus propaganda.
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  Speaker 3: Rainbows are a significant symbol of libraries across the entire US,
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  Speaker 3: so to see an action like this take place is
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  Speaker 3: really concerning. A library is a symbol of inclusion and
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  Speaker 3: is supposed to be welcoming to all, and for a
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  Speaker 3: handful of people to be able to decide Who is
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  Speaker 3: welcomed and who is not here is unacceptable in my eyes.
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  Speaker 2: Farmville Mayor Alex Joyner speaking to WCTI News 12. The
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  Speaker 2: change was made without any warning, but now there's going
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  Speaker 2: to be a public meeting about it. A new logo
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  Speaker 2: on the library's website is really drab and basic and
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  Speaker 2: saved under the file name Temp Logo 2026. Pride Daily. Next,
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  Speaker 2: a group of conditions affecting the heart and blood vessels?
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  Speaker 2: Hormone therapy could be a factor, plus the stress of
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  Speaker 2: more clarity on this. Pride Daily. And a gay dad
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  Speaker 2: in America who punched a homophobic, rage-baiting, radical right-wing influencer
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  Speaker 2: who provoked him isn't going to be charged. Husbands David
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  Speaker 2: and Anthony Viewlin were out with their baby in West
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  Speaker 2: Hollywood in April and they were approached by a film
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  Speaker 2: crew led by something called Riley Niemey. He lied about
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  Speaker 2: being from CNN, then went down the hoary old gay
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  Speaker 2: man pedophiles route. 32-year-old David acquainted the bedwetter with his fist,
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  Speaker 2: but his lawyer now says there won't be criminal charges.
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