Fly the LGBTQ Plus Flag in York

Hi,

My Brother and I are both Gay and we hung an LGBTQ+ Flag outside our Shop in the Centre of York, England. It was ripped down the next day and my car window was smashed in . So we put another one up really high and somehow it was completely unscrewed and taken off by Homophobes.

Any donations will go towards repairs and then putting 2 flags up… and if they are ripped down, 3 Flags. It is scary but we will not be quiet or ashamed we WILL BE GAY!

If the donations are more than needed for the flags we will use the money to create more safe spaces for the LGBTQ+ community.

To be honest it is a scary time, but we will not be silenced!

Love

Claire & Xander Platz

UPDATE:

It has been a hard week after the Homophobic Attacks and we are overwhelmed with your support.

We have read all your messages and there are no words to explain how touched we are.

It is hard being attacked and it has made us think about LGBTQ+ (especially Trans) children and adults who must be feeling very attacked right now.

But don’t worry, WE have your back and WE have a plan!!

We originally asked for £100 on Go Fund Me but you have donated so much more we have decided to extend the target and do something SPECIAL with the extra money:

We are starting a Charity to educate and help LGBTQ+ people. We aim to create a fun LGBTQ+ History museum in the basement of our shop in York for you all to enjoy, and importantly to show the facts that LGBTQ+ people been around since year 0, that we we are all “normal” and always have been. We will donate 10% of our cafe profits and hopefully the museum will educate and inform as well as be great fun.

…we may even educate some homophobes long the way!

So we have kept the Go fund me open, raised the target and hopefully if we raise enough money, together we can turn these attacks into something really great!

Thank you SO much,

Claire & Xander Platz

UPDATE:

Xander put 2 new flags up today so fingers crossed they won’t be ripped down.