Students who were part of the Catholic activist group TFP Student Action gathered outside of the Art Institute of Chicago on Monday holding signs with messages such as “Honk! Stop Promoting LGBT Lifestyle to Kids.”
Bystanders had mixed reactions to the demonstration, according to a video of the event shared by TFP Student Action on their website on Thursday.
“I strongly, strongly support what you guys are standing for,” one woman told the demonstrators in the video, identifying herself as a math teacher. “People have different opinions, they don’t even want to talk about it. They just call you names.”
A man walking by with a dog called one of the students a “hateful bigot,” while claiming that they are “living in a dream world.”
Another woman who approached the protesters told them to not “spread hate” and tried to grab the camera of one of the protesters.
“Spread the hate, it’s lovely,” the same woman later said as she was walking away. “I’m very glad I’m being taped, spread the hate.”
Meanwhile, the Catholic students continued to protest — chanting slogans such as “biology is not bigotry” and “innocence is a God-given right.”
Radical LGBT counter-protesters soon arrived at the scene, one of whom brought a bullhorn and began screeching: “Drag queen story time is f—ing harmless. Grow the f—k up.”
Another counter-protester with bright red hair disrupted a group of Catholic students praying the Rosary to shout: “LGBT rights are human rights.”
“You guys are bigots,” she claimed.
The red-haired LGBT activist returned later in the day with a can of spray paint and began spraying the students’ signs while they tried to drive her off. During the scuffle, she allegedly sprayed students and a teacher — leaving several of the Catholic protesters with paint on their clothing and even hitting at least one of them in the face.
One protester can be heard on video saying that they wanted to press charges against the LGBT activist, who left before police arrived at the scene.
The leader of the TFP group, Rex Teodosio, reported being hit in the face with spray paint — stating that his eyes “burned for about six hours,” according to a press release.
“Getting hit in the face with spray paint is not pleasant. My eyes are stinging, inflamed and bloodshot,” Teodosio said, according to the press release. “The attacker yelled ‘bigot’ and ‘hater’ as she destroyed our signs and ruined our clothes with paint — she played the victim as she committed the crime. But the sacrifice is all worth it because I know I’m building a culture that protects the innocence of children and shields them from grooming and corruption.”
The press release further notes that one of the radical LGBT activists told the Catholic students: “I hope you (expletive) die, you Christian fascist (expletive). You will die a lonely death.”
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