When contacted early Monday afternoon, the group declined to comment as members were “currently working on getting our comrade released” from Curran Fromhold Correctional Facility. Segin is apparently the suspect's " deadname" and supporters did not broadcast the name by which she now identifies. … Queer revolution, not rainbow capitalism!” “It just goes to show who these pride events are really for. “This is awful that a trans person would be forcibly removed from Pride and that they used state sanctioned violence to do so,” read a Facebook post from the group. The Philly Socialists group has been leading the protest charge, highlighting a rift in the community regarding trans people. I'm outside the jail in Philadelphia with a crowd of about a dozen people waiting for our comrade's release, and I brought the light /uEAJWRAYpF- DragoncatLily????? June 11, 2018 Some questioned the necessity for the arrest as burning a flag isn't a crime. You can criticize and belittle Trump but if you said that about Obama you would be called 'racist' you can have B.E. Such laws apply in parts of Indonesia, so it is shown here in orange. Map of the 71 countries where sexual relations between people of the same sex are illegal. Photos from the arrest scene show Segin wearing a black hoodie and black-and-red bandana over her face. You can burn the flag but its hate speech to burn a rainbow flag. Bhutan in the Himalayas and Gabon in central Africa are the most recent countries to have repealed their anti-gay laws. Supporters were claiming on social media that it wasn’t an American flag, but actually a “Blue Lives Matter” flag. A preliminary hearing scheduled has been scheduled for June 25. Though Segin’s was set at $5,000 (10 percent) and posted, she was not yet out of custody at noon Monday. Segin – police said she’s 18 years old, but the birthdate on court records state she’s 20 – was charged with arson (attempt to commit), causing/risking a catastrophe, recklessly endangering another person and related offenses, authorities said. Three officers injured, four demonstrators arrested during Broad Street protest.Philly wine bar serving rainbow flights during Pride Month.Guide to the 30th Philly Pride Parade and Festival.This weekend’s 30th annual Philly Pride Parade and Festival was supposed to be an event to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community, but for one trans attendee – and her supporters – it became a legal mess.Īccording to Philadelphia police, Ryan Segin of Woodbine (Cape May County), New Jersey allegedly tried “to set a thin blue line American Flag on fire while in a crowd at 12:10 p.m.” near 12th and Locust streets.