Suspicion of Arlington Pride participants is unwarranted, hurtful

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The article regarding the Pride event in Arlington garnered nearly 60 inches of coverage (“Arlington Pride even delayed after mayor questions ‘drag story time,’” The Herald, May 6). The request to omit drag story time due to safety and community concerns has left the organizers honestly hurt. Local officials are apparently asking that drag story time participants’ backgrounds be checked against sex offenders, assuming they groom children. The mayor wrote the city had been hearing about various community concerns.

Suspicion of Arlington Pride participants is unwarranted, hurtful
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