Hyatt boycott launched

About 200 GLBT activists and union members gathered in front of the Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego on July 18 to launch a boycott of the hotel.

The hotel's owner, prominent local businessman Doug Manchester, donated $125,000 to the campaign that placed an initiative on the November ballot to amend the California Constitution to undo the state Supreme Court's legalization of same-sex marriage.

About half a block away, nearly 100 supporters of the proposed amendment staged a counterdemonstration.

Note the Mary statue.

NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt founder Cleve Jones

Rainbow flag creator Gilbert Baker, left, and prominent British gay activist Peter Tatchell, who is in town to serve as international grand marshal of the gay pride parade

San Diego activist Nicole Murray-Ramirez speaks at the rally

Peter Tatchell

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