LGBTQ equality advocates are demanding officials in Gaston County reverse their decision to remove a photo showing two men recently engaged, kissing, from a museum exhibit. The photograph shows Justin Colasacco and his husband Bren Hipp kissing after Colasacco dropped to one knee and proposed in front of the crowd at the 2019 Charlotte Pride Festival & Parade. They married Oct. 4, 2020. County Manager Kim Eagle told Gaston County Museum staff to have the photographer submit a replacement picture “that would be more considerate of differing viewpoints in the community.”
So getting engaged is now a political act?
Perhaps someone should contact the Institute for Museum and Library Services and the National Endowment for the Humanities both of who give museums grants, But not Nazi run anti-lgbt museums .
The Gaston County Museum has not one reference to LGBT Pride on its website,. Gaston.Museum@GastonGov.com