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Queer Rising shuts down Manhattan Traffic

By Tara Cavanaugh

NEW YORK –
Queer Rising, an LGBTQ activist organization in New York, staged a protest at the intersection of 42nd Street and 6th Avenue in Manhattan on Tuesday morning, holding a 75-foot bannter that read "NY DEMANDS MARRIAGE EQUALITY NOW!"
"It's a sad thing that I have to go to such extreme lengths for rights that others were born with," said Frostie Flakes, one of the three arrested drag queens. Flakes was one of the eight who held the banner; all were arrested after refusing to move.
"We do not enjoy inconveniencing drivers on their hectic morning commute," said Jake Goodman, a member of Queer Rising and another arrestee, "but we less enjoy living without the 1,324 protections and rights granted by state-recognized marriage. We only hope others stop the routine of their everyday lives to join us and demand marriage equality now."
Queer Rising points to a recent poll distributed by Quinnipiac University, which shows that 56% of New Yorkers support same-sex marriage and only 37% oppose.
Those arrested were: Kevin Beauchamp, blind gay activist; Nora Camp, queer activist; Natasha Dillon, lesbian activist; Frostie Flakes (Adam Siciliano), drag queen activist; Jake Goodman, queer activist; Honey LaBronx (Ben Strothmann), drag queen activist; Eugene Lovendusky, gay activist; Kitten Withuwip (Caldwell) drag queen activist.
For more information on Queer Rising, visit http://www.QueerRising.org.

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