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might be more effective,” he told KUER Radio. “I think there’s a bigger audience for these kinds of anti-pride activities in Idaho.” Medina said white supremacist groups are trying to appeal to young, white men who are fearful of the changes they’re seeing, including the population becoming less white and the changes in gender perceptions and masculinity. Ultimately, the six-hour Pride event went on as scheduled, including booths, food, live music, a drag show, and a march of more than 50 people. At a press conference, Coeur d’Alene Mayor Hammond said the city would not return to “the days of the Aryan nations.” “We are the same city that
we were last week and that city is a city that respects everyone,” Hammond said. “We are not a city that wants to discriminate, we are not a city that wishes to bring any hurt on anyone. We will do everything we can to make sure we continue to stay past those types of problems.” The events took a toll on Pride organizers and the LGBTQ community. “We have been through so much, so much,” Jessica Mahuron of the North Idaho Pride Alliance, which organized the event, told KREM-TV. “Harassment, and attempts to intimidate on the psychological level, and the truth is if you allow yourself to be intimidated you let them win and what we have shown today is that you will not win.”
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Utah mom kicks out ‘Patriot Front’ son after Idaho arrest One of the Patriot Front extremists was kicked out of his mother’s house after his arrest with dozens of white nationalists allegedly conspiring to provoke violence at an Idaho LGBTQ+ pride event. Karen Amsden, the mother of Jared Michael Boyce, told The Daily Beast that her son had struggled since his father left their family years ago and came out as gay, and she said she was going public in hopes of damaging her son’s reputation in the group and finally cut ties with white nationalism. “I would love to do whatever I can to out him [as a Patriot Front member] so that he can’t be a part of it,” Amsden said, “and that they don’t want him to be a part of their group because his mom has loose lips and a big mouth and he’s never going to get away with anything.” Amsden said her son
had vowed to remain with the group after his release from jail, so she gave him an ultimatum. “I told him, ‘Well, then you can’t live here. You can choose between Patriot Front and your family,’” she said, “and he’s like, ‘Well, I can’t quit Patriot Front.’ I’m like, ‘Well, then you’ve just chosen. So pack your stuff and get out of my house.’” Police said the 27-year-old from Springville, Utah, was among 31 masked men from various states who were spotted climbing into a U-Haul truck packed with riot gear, shields and a smoke grenade, along with an “operations plan” for a possibly violent confrontation at the parade. “He’s so misguided and bought into all their rhetoric, it just makes me sick,” Amsden said. “This is not who I raised. This is not the example that was set for him.” Q
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