{"id":30649,"date":"2024-06-14T19:41:21","date_gmt":"2024-06-14T19:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sasquatchnewsonline.com\/?p=30649"},"modified":"2024-06-14T19:41:21","modified_gmt":"2024-06-14T19:41:21","slug":"unbelievable-la-city-council-removes-no-u-turn-signs-in-gay-neighborhood-claiming-theyre-homophobic-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sasquatchnewsonline.com\/?p=30649","title":{"rendered":"UNBELIEVABLE! LA City Council Removes \u2018No U-Turn\u2019 Signs in Gay Neighborhood, Claiming They\u2019re Homophobic (VIDEO)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Screenshot: abc7<\/p>\n<p>The Los Angeles City Council has decided to remove \u2018No U-Turn\u2019 signs from a gay neighborhood, claiming they\u2019re homophobic.<\/p>\n<p>In an era where ideologies should be advancing, it\u2019s baffling that the far-left remains stuck in the past, misreading everyday symbols as politicized messages.<\/p>\n<p>Who, in the year 2024, still believes that road signs like \u201cNo U-Turn\u201d are covert directives aimed at the LGBTQ+ community, instructing them not to engage in wild sex in the streets?<\/p>\n<p>I didn\u2019t know that traffic signs were hurting feelings.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2024-06-12\/silver-lake-retires-their-remaining-anti-gay-cruising-signs#:~:text=Messages%20like%2C%20%E2%80%9CNo%20cruising.,the%20streets%20to%20hook%20up.&amp;text=For%20years%20the%20signs%20remained,community%20grew%20%E2%80%94%20until%20this%20week.\">LA Times<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>Messages like, \u201cNo cruising. No U-turns. Midnight to 6 am\u201d were posted around the neighborhood in 1997, with the intent to curb gay men from roaming the streets to hook up.<\/p>\n<p>For years the signs remained, even as the city\u2019s leadership changed and the community grew \u2014 until this week. In a celebration with LGBTQ community members, District 4 Councilmember Nithya Raman and District 13 Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martinez retired the signs on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLos Angeles has a rich history of welcoming the LGBTQIA+ community, but there has also been real and present homophobia\u2014 which at times has been inscribed into the city\u2019s physical spaces, as with these no-U-turn signs,\u201d Raman said in a prepared statement.<\/p>\n<p>[\u2026]<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would completely agree that we need to do more to protect these spaces,\u201d said Soto-Martinez. \u201cIt\u2019s not just unique to Los Angeles\u2026we\u2019re all sort of facing the same very serious challenges.\u201d<\/p>\n<h5>WATCH:<\/h5>\n<p>BREAKING: LA City Council members have removed \u201cNo U-Turn\u201d traffic signs in a gay neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p>They say the signs were homophobic.<\/p>\n<p>No, this is not satire. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yadflyo588\">pic.twitter.com\/yadflyo588<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EndWokeness\/status\/1801632184929030367?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 14, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p>Yet, this explanation doesn\u2019t sit well with many who see the removal as a knee-jerk reaction to a non-existent issue. Critics argue that repurposing standard traffic control measures into an anti-LGBTQ+ narrative is a stretch.<\/p>\n<p>One social media user expressed disbelief, saying, \u201cHow tf is a uturn homophobic? We have real-life issues happening, and these stupid fvcks defeated a uturn signal. You can\u2019t make this up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another user highlighted broader urban challenges, commenting, \u201cThere\u2019s so much crime in Los Angeles but this is what they\u2019re concerned about\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another added, \u201cImagine having nothing better to do with your life than look for ways to be offended like these people are doing. It\u2019s pathetic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2024\/06\/unbelievable-la-city-council-removes-no-u-turn\/\">UNBELIEVABLE! LA City Council Removes \u2018No U-Turn\u2019 Signs in Gay Neighborhood, Claiming They\u2019re Homophobic (VIDEO)<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/\">The Gateway Pundit<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Screenshot: abc7 The Los Angeles City Council has decided to remove \u2018No U-Turn\u2019 signs from a gay neighborhood,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>UNBELIEVABLE! 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