A gay journalist says he was briefly detained by security after he booed President Donald Trump during the opening night of the musical Chicago at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.

  • flop_leash_973@lemmy.world
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    6 hours ago

    A gay journalist says he was briefly detained by security after he booed President Donald Trump during the opening night of the musical Chicago at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, according to the Washington Blade.

    Emphasis mine.

    I have no issue with gay people, but why was it relevant to the article to call out the guys sexual orientation? Based on the article it didn’t seem to have anything to do with why he was prevented from exercising his first amendment rights. Is it just because the outlet is focused on gay, lesbian, and trans topics primarily, so they feel the need to bring orientation up anytime they cover something even if it has nothing to do with those topics?

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      4 hours ago

      Yeah, the advocate tends to include when a person is gay even when irrelevant to the issue because it’s relevant to the purpose of the publication.