Hundreds of LGBTQ people were kissing ...

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LONDON — Hundreds of LGBTQ people staged a kissathon in a London supermarket after a gay couple was reprimanded by a security guard for holding hands in store.

On Saturday, people gathered at Sainsbury's in Hackney, east London, to do something other than a spot of grocery shopping: they kissed en masse in an act of solidarity with the couple.
Last Monday, Thomas Rees and his boyfriend Joshua Bradwell were reprimanded by a security guard at the store after a customer complained about the couple's handholding.

According to Michael Segalov — who organised the "kiss-in" — the couple were told by a security guard that "holding hands was 'inappropriate,'and they’d need to stop right away or leave the store."

During the kiss-in, Rees and Bradwell took to a microphone and delivered an "emotional address," stating “no matter how you identify, or who you love, it’s your human right to express that love as you see fit”.

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1. I'd love to have participated

And phuck phuck phuck this inequity BS. Having survived extreme bullying and subsequent homelessness as a youth, I cannot help but rebel, and revel in any actions such as this. No we will not be silenced, closeted and accept second class citizenship. There has been far too much pain, bloodshed and loss amongst the LGBT community to tolerate idiotic admonishment for being who we are.

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2. Looks like fun, wish we could have been there!!! n/t