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In their own words Eighteen-year-old Dan Hamilton was one of more than 1,000 people caught up in mass arrests during the G20.
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once you leave you can act the way you choose…. Actually I’m going to put you and your boyfriend in a segregated room.’ “And it was just a little stall; it
two separate lesbians that were put there just because they were gay. But they didn’t admit that; they were put there just for their own safety. -
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who were homophobic in that building were the police. Everybody else was so peaceful and kind and loving toward everything.
a lesbian couple, there was me and my boyfriend and then there were
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all they said, ‘Sometimes your rights just don’t apply here.’ And I’m like, ‘Oh, I’m pretty sure they apply everywhere but if that’s what you want to think….’
“So after I was released they were describing how we’d have to go into a holding cell. And then I mentioned my boyfriend, and he said, ‘Oh, you are part of the gay community, are you not?’ I’m like, ‘Yes.’ He’s like, ‘Well, the people in here don’t really take too kindly to your type. So I recommend that you act straight during your visit here. And
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I was inside for about 26 hours. At the 24th hour, I demanded to be released because that was my right. And they assured me that my rights
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