Organizers condemn reported verbal attacks of gay people but refuse to apologize for Jenner display and skirt issue of brownface,saying it is parodyPhiladelphia’s next mayor and organizers of the city’s annual New Year’s Day Mummers parade beget condemned expressions of abominate made by marchers who painted their faces brown and harassed and mocked gay and transgender people.
Leaders of various groups participating in the 116-year-obsolete Mummers Parade, including the “Wench Brigade Division” and “Fancy Division”, and promised on Saturday to cooperate with authorities looking into any complaints. In a statement,such groups said they “categorically reject expressions of abominate and bigotry”.
Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com