Homophobia and racism

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I wanted to take a picture of the couple on the right but the checked shirt guy was determined to make sure that I did not forget Orlando and jumped into the shot.

He seemed convinced that I was key to stamping out homophobia and racism and kept jumping into every shot I was trying to make there.

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[afrosnow.livejournal.com]

Lmao

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I even took a couple of his closeups and thought that would calm him down but no, he kept trying to get into every shot.

[diejacobsleiter.livejournal.com]

He is very determined to recruit you into his sect of Orlando's Witnesses.

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Usually people try to avoid being photographed but this guy was trying to get photographed as much as possible. Made me realise that I prefer the former.

[asher63.livejournal.com]

How tiresome.

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For a moment I wasn't sure whether you meant that the guy's jumping into every shot or this post was tiresome, ha ha.

[asher63.livejournal.com]

lol yes i meant the behavior! sorry

[beautesauvage13.livejournal.com]

I guess Mr remember Orlando thought you were a newspaper/magazine photographer. He wanted to make sure he got his sign on the front page/cover of whatever newspaper or magazine he thought you were working for.  Maybe he should have asked you to do an exclusive on him Instead of rudely jumping into every shot ha! 

Athena

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I did a couple of exclusives for him, it didn't help. I am unlikely to be mistaken for a magazine photographer with my point-and-shoot camera I think. I think he wanted people to share the pics on social media as much as possible, these days it can be as good for publicity as the papers. He probably hoped that I was one of those people with hundreds or even thousands of followers on facebook, instagram, twitter, etc. He probably wouldn't have bothered if he knew that I just have a journal on a site that almost nobody goes to these days and have only seventy something friends (meaning that probably about 20 are reading the journal every now and then), ha ha.

[sleepybadger.livejournal.com]

Was there a protest or something going on, or does he just hang out all the time carrying that sign?

Her shoes are cute, I like how her toenail polish matches her shoes :)

The commenter above is probably right, he probably thought you worked for a newspaper or something and has all of his friends scouring the papers looking for a pic of him :)

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It was a busy week, both London Gay Pride and Brexit referendum week. And it is Oxford Circus, something is always going on there, somebody always protests or preaches something there (at the very least you will have a couple of beatboxers).

I am unlikely to be mistaken for a magazine photographer with my point-and-shoot camera I think. I think he wanted people to share the pics on social media as much as possible, these days it can be as good for publicity as the papers. He probably hoped that I was one of those people with hundreds or even thousands of followers on facebook, instagram, twitter, etc. He probably wouldn't have bothered if he knew that I just have a journal on a site that almost nobody goes to these days and have only seventy something friends (meaning that probably about 20 are reading the journal every now and then), ha ha.