Fort Worth LGBTQ community sees progress - and fears backslide - 15 years after raid on bar

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The June 28, 2009 rain on the Rainbow Lounge in Fort Worth made international headlines and led to protests and policy changes.FORT WORTH, Texas — Fifteen years after a police raid on a Fort Worth gay bar, some in the city's LGBTQ+ community celebrated the progress made while others fear a backslide in the face of growing political opposition."We were all just in absolute shock," said Todd Camp, who was at the bar that night.

For the first time in years, the city council did not have unanimous support for -- and thus did not issue -- a pride proclamation, councilmember Elizabeth Beck said.

 

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