Los Angeles officials celebrate removal of 'No U-turn' signs they call 'remnants' of neighborhood's homophobia from the 90s
CARLOS GARCIA
A drag queen who attended the removal said he didn't even know they existed.
Los Angeles officials applauded the decision to do away with street signs that they say were remnants of bigotry and discrimination against the gay community in the nineties.
City officials had set up signs in 1997 against cruising and U-turns in the Silver Lake neighborhood of L.A. after residents complained about gay men cruising for romantic partners near some popular gay bars.
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