Thursday, March 31, Pride & Color recently coordinated a kiss in with participants from Mt. Holyoke, Amherst College, UMASS Amherst and Hampshire College. A kiss in by the way is a peaceful protest in which homosexual (and sometime heterosexual) couples kiss publicly to redefine sexuality and romance outside of the boundaries of gender.
The idea to have one here near Amherst was originally brought up as a response to homophobic and racist duct-taping incidents at Food for Thought Books. So, we took to smooching and hand holding and hugging and rainbow flag waving to inform and remind anyone who passed that love is a queer thing, no matter the color of your skin. We began on a corner of Route 9 up by Amherst Center and moved down to Food for Thought Books, where it seems the duct taper has taken to chalking inane messages on the walls of the store. On a very positive note, we were fortunate enough to be passed by a school bus of impressionable little children! YES! Hopefully they won't grow up to be as close-minded as whoever is causing this trouble.
Check out photos from the event below. Thanks to all of the beautiful people who helped make this a success, especially those who traveled from other colleges.
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