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Mixing glitter and protest to support LGBTQ rights

  • Written by Anya M. Galli Robertson, Doctoral Candidate in Sociology, University of Maryland
imageOn Ash Wednesday 2017 glitter was used to show support for LGBTQ rights. Parity , CC BY

On Ash Wednesday, March 1, a number of churches and Christian groups in the U.S. blended purple glitter into the blessed ashes before applying them to the foreheads of Christians to mark the beginning of Lent.

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