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Protestors Greet Stonewall Columbus' Announcement Of New Community Center

WCBE 90.5FM | By Jim Letizia
Published September 18, 2017 at 5:21 AM EDT
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A local LGBTQ-rights group is attempting to answer criticism about its lack of diversity. Stonewall Columbus yesterday unveiled plans to build a community center at Fourth and High streets and invited residents to sign a steel beam for the building.  Protesters showed up at the event to write profanity-laced and anti-police messages, claiming Stonewall leaders failed to defend four black protesters who were arrested during the Pride Parade earlier this year.

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Jim Letizia
Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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