Posted on 12/01/2022 4:57:50 AM PST by real saxophonist
CU student says Pride Flag was removed, burned, and returned to home
By: Colette Bordelon
Nov 30, 2022
BOULDER, Colo. — Boulder is typically thought of as one of the most progressive cities in the entire state, but a college student said his Pride flag was vandalized overnight Tuesday, and it's not the first time it's happened.
Glacius, 20, said he moved to Boulder to attend the University of Colorado at Boulder, and also because it is such an accepting community.
“I can really be myself out here. I can really just show to the world who I really am," Glacius said. "I'm queer, and I'm here. And I'm here to just show that it's okay to be who you are."
The student chose not to use his given name in this story.
“Especially with the climate out there right now toward the LGBTQIA+ community, it's just kind of scary to throw myself out there when people are doing very violent things like this right now, such as burning my flag," Glacius said from his porch. "I've never experienced this before. It's all new to me.”
What's new for him is what happened to the Pride flag that hangs on the fence outside his front door. In August, Glacius said his cameras caught someone ripping down the flag.
Glacius installed more cameras after that and replaced the flag. But overnight Tuesday, his cameras caught the flag once again being removed.
“When I went out to go look, that's when I found the burnt flag there," Glacius said while showing the melted flag, which was tossed back onto his front porch. "You get that weird, like, adrenaline anxiety, like, wow, some people really don't want me here.”
Glacius said he even noticed a bullet on his porch.
“Even though it's just a little bullet, it's a threat. I view it as a threat. And the second violence gets involved with that, that's when it becomes a very serious matter to me. I don't want any of that here," Glacius said. “It does still show that there's hatred out there, and it really is a punch in the gut to some of us.”
Still, what happened to the Pride flag has only strengthened Glacius' resolve.
"In the end, I'm still me. I'm still going to do what I do, no matter what people think about me. And I hope my friends feel that way too," he said.
According to a statewide survey from Hate Free Colorado, Coloradans who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, or queer are more than 1.5 times as likely as straight Coloradans to have experienced a hate crime or incident.
Glacius filed a report with the Boulder Police Department, which is investigating the incident. Police ask anyone with information that could help identify who burned the Pride flag to call their detective on the case at (303)433-4322.
Yep, I noticed that.
The left trashes and burns Old Glory with impunity….welcome…
OMG he’s wearing the same tennis shoes as the “assailant”...
hoax
“The video does show what appears to be a 9mm cartridge. Wonder where he got it.”
Same thing happened at the Boulder Rifle Club when on of the Boulder denizens complained that a stray round had hit his house from the range. Never mind that his house was a couple of miles away and in the opposite direction. He showed the officer a complete 30-06 round, case and all, sticking out of his house. He got arrested.
I remember that.
How about this, fly the American Flag now that’s a novel idea.
That’s it in a nutshell. Gay people just can’t help telling and showing the world that they are gay. They haven’t figured out yet that most of us don’t care what they do in their bedroom. But we do not support them shoving their “pride” in our faces 24/7. Why do they feel the need to fly a pride flag outside their apt. or dorm room? Or wearing the “rainbow” colors everyday just to show they are gay?
I think straight people need to come up with a flag to show we are straight and start putting them up everywhere.
Didn’t we have years of the left solidly locking-in that flag burning was a form of free speech and necessary for a solid political expression? Suck it up buttercup.
So?, flags are just pieces of cloth.
At least that’s what I have been told.
“also because it is such an accepting community.”
My bet is the drama queen burned the flag himself. They always have an agenda.
Glacius, you are not “queer”. Sexual proclivities are not identity.
Apparently, even in liberal Boulder there are still a few loyal Americans who have their heads on straight, or as many posts seemed to say....this was a false flag operation. That sure seems to be the case. Used to love going to Colorado for it’s scenic beauty, but now I find myself not even wanting to cross the state line any more.
I am the same way. Used to live in CA years ago and would never go back. We traveled through Colorado in 2010 and loved it. SO beautiful, but wouldn’t go back now.
“I can really be myself out here. I can really just show to the world who I really am,” Glacius said. “I’m queer, and I’m here. And I’m here to just show that it’s okay to be who you are.”
All he’s showing is that he’s rebelling against who he really is as God created him.
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