3 dozen counterprotesters who were arrested at Saturday's Boston Straight Pride event received high-profile help when Reps. Ocasio-Cortez and Pressley tweeted a fundraiser link to help raise their bail money.
— billed as an opportunity to"embrace the vibrancy" of heterosexuality — received high-profile help when Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., tweeted a fundraiser link to help raise their bail money.
“One way to support the local LGBTQ community impacted by Boston’s white supremacist parade?” Ocasio-Cortez. “Contribute to the Bail Fund for the activists who put themselves on the line protecting the Boston community.” Ocasio-Cortez noted that leftover funds would be donated to the Massachusetts Bail Fund and GLASS, a local LGBTQ youth center.Contribute to the Bail Fund for the activists who put themselves on the line protecting the Boston community:
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