Hundreds march in support of gay men attacked downtown
Trailing a banner that read “Austin March Against Hate,” hundreds of people walked from a downtown gay bar to City Hall on Saturday to retrace the path of two gay men who were attacked last weekend.
“Ignorance is not the way. Fear is not the answer. Love will conquer hate,” one of the victims, Emmanuel Winston, told the crowd. “Hate will not be tolerated, and we will not be silenced.”
Cori Sansoucy, 44, said she felt moved to attend the rally because “when one person gets hurt, we all get hurt. Two of our brothers got hurt, and we need to support them.”
Scanning the huge crowd of marchers, she added, “You can beat the body, but you can’t kill the spirit.”
Posted February 28, 2010 at 2:56pm
