WASHINGTON (AP) — With glow sticks, hula hoops and rainbow flags, protesters took a dance party to the streets near the vice president-elect’s temporary home to oppose his positions on LGBT issues.
News outlets report that more than 100 people accompanied by a truck blasting music danced Wednesday night through the usually quiet Chevy Chase area of northwest Washington, where Mike Pence has been renting a home.
Disrupt J20, a collection of activist groups, and WERK For Peace, which formed after the Orlando nightclub shooting, organized what they called a ‘‘Queer Dance Party.’’ Activists have criticized Pence for signing a law as Indiana governor that they say could sanction discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender customers. The legislature later reversed course.
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The group found Pence’s street blocked. It wasn’t clear if he was home.
View social media from the dance party:
"The idea is to leave a mark that Mike Pence will never forget," said Firas Nasr, a protest organizer #wewilldance @werkforpeace @postlocal pic.twitter.com/dKm8G5S8qr
— Victoria St. Martin (@VStMartin) January 19, 2017
"This is our dance party!" @werkforpeace @DisruptJ20 @postlocal #wewilldance pic.twitter.com/w813pW6A9x
— Victoria St. Martin (@VStMartin) January 19, 2017
Dance protest has arrived - now dancing a half a block from Mike Pence's rental house. Were chanting "Daddy Pence, come dance" pic.twitter.com/kaUEbUXxAC
— Betsy Klein (@betsy_klein) January 19, 2017
Now playing on Western Ave: @ladygaga -- protest almost at Mike Pence's home pic.twitter.com/wugfY0Ud76
— Betsy Klein (@betsy_klein) January 19, 2017
Dance party near Mike Pence's house in DCJUST DANCE: It was a lively and peaceful scene nearby Vice President-elect Mike Pence's home with just two days before the inauguration as LGBT activists and protesters took over the street in his Washington D.C. neighborhood for a dance party: http://bit.ly/2jas1n5
Posted by Fox 5 DC on Wednesday, January 18, 2017