Protest safety 101: How to protect yourself when exercising your First Amendment rights
Here are some tips to help protect your safety and privacy if you plan on attending any upcoming demonstrations.
June 13, 2025
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Police in Turkey Shoot Rubber Bullets, Tear Gas at Pride Marchers
Pride Parades have been banned in the city since 2015, but unofficial marches are still organized annually.
June 28, 2021
WATCH: Istanbul Pride Revelers Attacked By Police
Police in the Turkish city turned water cannons at people celebrating Pride, and fired tear gas and rubber bullets at them.
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June 28, 2015
Chilling Footage of Turkish Police Attacking LGBT People
Activists in Istanbul planned to hold the Pride march this weekend, but police fired rubber bullets and tear gas, and detained several people.
June 26, 2017
Attackers stone Romanian gay rights march
Police used tear gas against protesters who hurled stones at the annual gay rights parade in Bucharest, the Romanian capital, Saturday, officials said.
June 12, 2007
A Ban and Rubber Bullets Didn't Stop Istanbul Pride
Around 1,000 people marched in the LGBT parade, which had been banned by authorities and faced a heavy police presence.
July 2, 2018
Human Rights Groups Ask Turkey to Drop Charges Against LGBTQ Activists
19 people were arrested during a police raid on a Pride march in Ankara.
November 9, 2019
No Building Has Been Damaged More by the Unrest Than the White House
Trump has sullied the People's House -- and his stain and stench may never be fully excised.
June 3, 2020
Police Detain Dozens of Far-Right Protesters Before Kiev Pride
More than 150 demonstrators tried to stop the LGBT celebration in Ukraine.
June 17, 2018
Polish Pride Persists in the Face of Rocks, Bottles, Flames
More than 1,000 people marched in Lublin after a court struck down a ban and police dispersed anti-LGBTQ protesters.
October 16, 2018
Gay Syrian Refugee Murdered in Turkey
Muhammad Wisam Sankari was beheaded and mutilated in Turkey, which has admitted many Syrian refugees but failed to protect the rights of LGBT ones.
August 4, 2016
HRC's Alphonso David: Voting Key to Racial Justice, LGBTQ+ Equality
"We are fighting for our lives," says David, and we must take the fight to the voting booth.
June 2, 2020
Neo-Nazis Attack Gay Bar While Screaming ‘White Power’ & Antigay Slurs
Earlier in November, more than 100 people gathered at the same bar and chanted similar slurs.
December 1, 2021
Florida Man Arrested for Threatening Mass LGBTQ+ School Shooting
The man claimed the post was only a satirical joke.
January 6, 2023
Out Atlanta City Council Member Antonio Brown Indicted for Fraud
Brown, a Black bisexual man, is accused of falsifying information to obtain loans. He says he'll fight the charges and won't resign.
August 3, 2020
In Hong Kong, Pride Goes on Despite Police Ban
Organizers said that about 6,500 people attended the rally this year.
November 16, 2019