About 40 protesters, some with the group This is Texas Freedom Force, stood across St. Mary’s from the theatre. They have said they came to protest the all-ages drag show because it is inappropriate for children.
A protester yelling through a megaphone said the counterprotesters had likely all been vaccinated and the vaccine was coming out of their pores and he didn’t want to catch “it.”The crowds on both sides were mostly behaved, although police did step in to stop minor disturbances. Some members on the Pride side of the street helped with crowd control, keeping people from spilling into the street. Many cars honked; some waved signs in support of the LGBTQ community.
City Councilman Jalen McKee-Rodriguez made an appearance, as did Councilwoman Teri Castillo and City Manager Erik Walsh. Earlier in the day, McKee-Rodriguez, the first openly-gay Black man to win a city council seat, told the San Antonio Report that counterprotesters should “focus on [what we] hope to say in a protest — and it’s that we are equally as deserving to be in this space as anybody else. And you can’t intimidate us away from that.
McManus said he was not aware of any direct contact SAPD had with organizers of the counterprotest, which was not coordinated by a single group. The crowd supporting the local LGBTQ community continued to grow throughout the evening, eventually taking over the bridge at Crocket and St. Mary’s streets., features at least one reference to alcohol, but does not include any nudity or sexually explicit acts, according to promotional material and videos of previous performances posted online.
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