If these religious fanatics had an ounce of courage and decency this kid displayed the world would be slightly less crappy, still crappy, but less so.
Story out of Celaya, Mexico:
A 12-year-old Mexican boy became an overnight icon after a journalist snapped a photograph of him attempting to block an anti-LGBT demonstration.
The image was shot at a Saturday protest in Celaya, Guanajuato that targeted President Enrique Peña Nieto’s proposal to legalize same-sex marriage nationwide. The Celaya demonstration, which drew 11,000 people, was just one of dozens that took place across the country over the weekend following marriage equality victories in Mexico City and nine Mexican states, The Los Angeles Times reports.
Journalist Manuel Rodríguez originally published the image, which shows the boy standing in the middle of the street with his arms outstretched in an effort to block the oncoming march, in the Mexican publication Regeneración.
Rodríguez’s captivating photo has drawn comparisons to the famous “Tank Man” shot of a young Chinese man stepping in front of a line of tanks in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square in 1989, just one day after China’s military killed hundreds of protesters. It’s since been reposted by USA Today, The New Civil Rights Movement, Attitude and Pink News, among other publications around the world. Cont. (Video)
Story from - Huffington Post
Image from - @RegeneracionMx - Twitter
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