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Hundreds turn out for forum on racial discrimination in Phila.'s Gayborhood
Speaker after speaker at a city forum Tuesday night spoke of racial discrimination they had encountered when patronizing bars and clubs in Philadelphia's Gayborhood.
They said they were turned away because of the clothes they wore, or harassed about their IDs, or treated with disdain by white employees.
"In the Gayborhood, people of color are being targeted," Giana Graves told the packed event hosted by the Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations.
"For many of us, the Gayborhood is not safe," she said.
Read more: http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20161026_Hundreds_turn_out_for_forum_on_racial_discrimination_in_Phila__s_Gayborhood.html
