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‘Daddy Pence, come dance’ — D.C. LGBT dance party held to protest Mike Pence

APJanuary 19, 2017, 7:51 a.m.
Supporters of LGTBQ rights elld a dance party in the middle of the street where Vice President-elect Mike Pence is temporarily renting a home before he moves to the Naval Observatory.
Supporters of LGTBQ rights elld a dance party in the middle of the street where Vice President-elect Mike Pence is temporarily renting a home before he moves to the Naval Observatory. (JIM LO SCALZO/European Pressphoto Agency)

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.

(JIM LO SCALZO/European Pressphoto Agency)
(JIM LO SCALZO/European Pressphoto Agency)
(JIM LO SCALZO/European Pressphoto Agency)

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