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Enrique Limón

Apr 5 • 4 tweets • 3 min read

@UUtah

This was the @UUtah's emblematic Block U sculpture dressed in vibrant Progress Pride colors before it was vandalized 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

The structure, which had received the temporary wrap in honor of #PrideWeekAtTheU, is back to its usual red hue ahead of schedule after unidentified subjects defaced it with duct tape and tagged the messages “F*** transectionalism” and “Don’t listen to the CCP propaganda."

@UofULGBTRC

"It’s hard to reconcile a hostile act against this symbol of LGBTQIA+ power and community... It’s harder to know this vandalism exists in a larger culture of transphobic, homophobic, and racist acts that target our communities," the university's @UofULGBTRC said in a statement.

@MarriottLibrary

⚬ Read the resource center's full text here: lgbt.utah.edu/about/dear-cam…

⚬ An investigation by campus police is currently underway. Updates: diversity.utah.edu/initiatives/st…

In the meantime, the structure's spirit can still be spotted at @MarriottLibrary's welcome desk in sticker form:

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