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PHOTOS: ‘Wake Up! The Most FAB Party at the RNC’

Milo Yiannopoulos speaks to gay Trump supporters

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10 years ago

July 20, 2016

Milo Yiannopoulos speaks at the 'Wake Up!' party in Cleveland on July 19, 2016. (Washington Blade photo by Michael Key)

A group of LGBT Donald Trump supporters held an event at the Wolstein Center at Cleveland State University on July 19, 2016 during the Republican National Convention. The “Wake Up!” event, billed as the “Most Fab Party at the RNC,” was sponsored by Breitbart News, Gateway Pundit and LGBTrump. Speakers included Milo Yiannopoulos, Pam Geller and Dutch Party of Freedom founder and MP Geert Wilders.

Photographer Lucian Wintrich displayed his works.

A group outside of the event protested with a “Queers against racism” banner.

: Geert Wilders

: Pam Geller

: Metro yanked ads for Milo Yiannopoulos’s book.(Washington Blade file photo by Michael Key)

: Photographer Lucian Wintrich

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PHOTOS: ‘No Kings’ rally and march

Demonstrators in Anacostia join nationwide protests

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Demonstrators in a "No Kings" protest march toward the Frederick Douglass Bridge in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, March 28. (Washington Blade photo by Michael Key)

A “No Kings” demonstration was held in Anacostia on Saturday to protest the Trump administration. Speakers at the rally included LGBTQ activist, Rayceen Pendarvis. Following the rally, demonstrators marched across the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge.

(Washington Blade photos and videos by Michael Key)