DePaul University forbids ‘Gay Lives Matter’ posters as students protest gay reporter’s talk on radical Islam

Here's the call for protests of my talk tonight at @DePaulU "Dictatorships and Radical Islam: Enemies of LGBTQ Rights." Notice missing word? pic.twitter.com/zgesx9zSuJ

— Jamie Kirchick (@jkirchick) May 10, 2017

DePaul University has prohibited the campus group Turning Point USA from displaying posters with the slogan “Gay Lives Matter” to advertise a presentation Wednesday by a gay reporter on radical Islam’s discrimination against the LGBTQ community.

The decision to reject the posters was made as some students at the school protest the event, titled “Dictatorships and Radical Islam: The Enemies of Gay Rights” and to be given by journalist and foreign correspondent James Kirchick.

Kirchick has worked for numerous publications, foreign and domestic, and is considered a leading voice on American gay politics and international gay rights.

But DePaul Students for Justice in Palestine has indicated on Facebook that its members intend to protest the event. Students leading the charge against his talk appear to have left out any mention of the fact that Kirchick is gay as they sound the alarm on social media...