{"id":2268404,"date":"2024-06-15T09:05:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-15T13:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lgbt-activists-cheer-as-supposedly-homophobic-street-signs-are-removed-in-la\/"},"modified":"2024-06-15T09:09:51","modified_gmt":"2024-06-15T13:09:51","slug":"lgbt-activists-cheer-as-supposedly-homophobic-street-signs-are-removed-in-la","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lgbt-activists-cheer-as-supposedly-homophobic-street-signs-are-removed-in-la\/","title":{"rendered":"LGBT activists celebrate the removal of allegedly homophobic street signs in LA"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flgbt-activists-cheer-as-supposedly-homophobic-street-signs-are-removed-in-la%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2268404&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses the removal of street signs in the Silver \u2064Lake community of Los Angeles, which were considered by \u200dLGBT activists to be discriminatory. These signs, which included &#8220;No\u2064 U-Turn&#8221; and &#8220;No Cruising&#8221;, had been implemented in the 1990s to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-to-travel-to-germany-as-ukraine-russia-tensions-continue-to-escalate\/\" title=\"Kamala Harris To Travel To Germany As Ukraine-Russia Tensions Continue To Escalate\">address issues related<\/a> \u200bto \u200cgay individuals cruising the \u200barea for one-night stands, leading to concerns about safety and disturbances among local residents. These regulations and signs were seen as targeting the gay community specifically.\u2062 Recently, these signs were taken down in a ceremony attended by city officials who acknowledged the historical context and the discriminatory nature of the signs. This action was celebrated by \u200dmembers of the LGBT community, who viewed the signs&#8217; presence as \u200da form of oppression. The article captures different perspectives from \u2064local\u2064 activists \u2062and officials on\u200c the significance of removing\u200c these \u2062signs. Additionally,\u200b there is a broader emphasis on the current political \u200bcontext of increasing legislative actions against transgender individuals, highlighting\u2063 the \u2064need for representation and participation in political offices to protect and advance their rights.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/commentary\/\">  Commentary <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/igcolonel\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/igcolonel\/%20\"><span>Warner Todd Huston<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   June 15, 2024 at 5:36am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>L.A.\u2019s radical LGBT activists were exultant Monday when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/city-mural-depicts-black-firefighter-as-white-now-shes-suing\/\" title=\"City Mural Depicts Black Firefighter As White. Now She\u2019s\u2019 Suing.\">city officials removed<\/a> a group of street signs in the Silver Lake community that the activists called \u201chomophobic\u201d because of why they were originally erected decades ago.<\/p>\n<p>The east-central L.A. community is a hipster\u2019s paradise, certainly, but in the 1990s, local residents were vexed when gays began cruising the area looking for one-night-stands with other gays. They felt the streets had become dangerous because cars were randomly making U-turns in the streets all night long to head back down the street.<\/p>\n<p>So the officials instituted new traffic rules and put up \u201cNo U-Turn\u201d signs and other signs warning \u201cNo Cruising.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In response to residents\u2019 complaints about rowdiness, noise, unsafe driving and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/openly-gay-professor-christian-college-indicted-heinous-charges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unsafe behavior<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-red-wave-of-conservative-women-elected-to-congress\/\" title=\"The Red Wave of Conservative Women Elected to Congress\">city council<\/a> also passed an ordinance restricting drivers from passing through the same area twice within a six-hour period between midnight and 6 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>Gay activists complained that the traffic rules were discriminatory and were meant solely to prevent gays from hooking up, an act that isn\u2019t good for any neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p>Now the signs are officially history. At the removal ceremony, L.A. City Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martinez even explained away the act of hooking up for one-night stands as just an example of gays looking for \u201chuman connection,\u201d according to a report by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XQvAslla6_Y&#038;t=35s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KCAL-TV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCruising, of course, meant something very different. It meant an opportunity for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/la-dodgers-shredded-caving-vile-blasphemous-group-truly-reprehensible\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LGBT community<\/a> to try to find human connection and intimacy,\u201d he said at a small gathering to celebrate the removal of the signs.<\/p>\n<p>Well, that doesn\u2019t seem so \u201cvery different\u201d at all, does it? Isn\u2019t that just a more flowery description of hook-ups and one-night stands?<\/p>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"City leaders join Silver Lake community to remove street signs that targeted gay men\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XQvAslla6_Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Drag queen and Silver Lake Neighborhood Council member Maebe A. Girl (Yes, that is the name he uses) was thrilled at the demise of the signs they claimed were oppressing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/lgbt-activists-falsely-smear-those-protecting-children-in-need\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LGBT community<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was also surprised that these U-turn signs were still up, and at first, they seem a little \u2026 \u2018Oh, OK, it\u2019s just a \u201cNo U-Turn\u201d sign,\u2019 but when you learn the history of it, and you realize that these were used to profile gay people, it\u2019s so important that we have these removed,\u201d he told <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7.com\/post\/turn-cruising-signs-silver-lake-used-target-lgbtq\/14936303\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KABC-TV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Silver Lake, California took down \u201cno U-turn\u201d traffic signs because the signs are anti-LGBTQ.\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MB9KPLKsrQE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Oddly, the Silver Lake council voted to eliminate the signs 10 years ago, but many were still up until this week.<\/p>\n<p>Another L.A. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/sign-times-drag-queens-take-national-mall-create-spectacle-lincoln-memorial-white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">drag queen<\/a> was thrilled to know that the evil signs were taken down and was glad the oppression was finally coming to an end, even though he never knew they existed until this month.<\/p>\n<p>Drag queen Pickle, who recently joined the LGBTQ commission in Los Angeles County, said that he was glad to see the \u201cinsidious\u201d signs removed, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2024-06-12\/silver-lake-retires-their-remaining-anti-gay-cruising-signs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lost Angeles Times<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>Pickle added that the nasty signs were so bad he and other local members of the gay community \u201cdidn\u2019t have any context for\u201d them.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, he also admitted that all this oppression slipped past his radar when he noted, \u201cI was unaware of those signs and never would have found [them].\u201d Apparently, the signs were so oppressive, no one noticed them.<\/p>\n<p>The activists won the battle on the signs. And there is more to come, Girl told the Times. He also urged transgender people to run for office like he did.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are living in an era with where there are, annually, hundreds of bills being introduced discriminating against transgender people,\u201d he said. \u201cIf you\u2019re not at the table, you\u2019re on the menu. And queer people are very much on the menu right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One wonders if girls who are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/massive-transgender-athletes-banned-womens-sports-naia-major-blow-lgbt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">losing their sports<\/a> to men competing as women would agree.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>I heard a chilling comment the other day: \u201cWe don\u2019t even know if an election will be held in 2024.\u201d <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>That wasn\u2019t said by a conspiracy theorist or a doomsday prophet. 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Will you <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>join us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  in the fight? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Sincerely,<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Josh Manning<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Deputy Managing Editor<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Western Journal<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-43\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/igcolonel\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-43\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-43\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-43\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-43\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Warner Todd Huston has been writing editorials and news since 2001 but started his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/byron-donalds-takes-shot-at-host-of-the-view-dares-panel-to-invite-him-on-as-a-guest\/\" title=\"Byron Donalds Takes Shot at Host of 'The View,' Dares Panel to Invite Him On as a Guest\">writing career penning articles<\/a> about U.S. history back in the early 1990s. Huston has appeared on Fox News, Fox Business Network, CNN and several local Chicago news programs to discuss the issues of the day. Additionally, he is a regular guest on radio programs from coast to coast. Huston has also been a Breitbart News contributor since 2009. Warner works out of the Chicago area, a place he calls a &#8220;target-rich environment&#8221; for political news. Follow him on Truth Social at @WarnerToddHuston.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  Warner Todd Huston has been writing editorials and news since 2001 but started his writing career penning articles about U.S. history back in the early 1990s. Huston has appeared on Fox News, Fox Business Network, CNN and several local Chicago news programs to discuss the issues of the day. Additionally, he is a regular guest on radio programs from coast to coast. Huston has also been a Breitbart News contributor since 2009. Warner works out of the Chicago area, a place he calls a &#8220;target-rich environment&#8221; for political news. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On June 15, 2024, LGBT activists in Los Angeles celebrated as city officials took down several street signs in Silver Lake, deeming them &#8220;homophobic&#8221; due to their historical context. 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