Gay rights demonstrators arrested on [Las Vegas]Strip

Dan82 · Jul 21, 2010

http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/jul/20/gay-rights-demonstrators-arrested-strip/

About 20 people demonstrated Tuesday near the intersection of the Strip and Tropicana Avenue, calling on Sen. Harry Reid to support a bill banning workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

Metro Police spokesman Bill Cassell said officials arrested eight people during the demonstration at 1:30 p.m., charging them with blocking traffic and obstructing a police officer after they failed to follow a lawful order to disperse.

Cassell said the arrests were peaceful, and the eight people were transported to the Clark County Detention Center for booking.

GetEQUAL, the group holding the demonstration, is a new lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender direct action group whose mission is to empower the LGBT community and its allies to take action and demand full legal and social equality, organizers said.

Heather Cronk, managing director of GetEQUAL, said the group draped two banners near the New York-New York casino that read “Reid: Pass ENDA Now” and “Reid: No One Can Do More?”

Cronk said the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, which would enact federal workplace protections for the LGBT community, has been bouncing around Congress since 1974.
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Gay rights demonstrators arrested on [Las Vegas]Strip

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