{"id":29216,"date":"2023-01-22T18:23:31","date_gmt":"2023-01-22T23:23:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=29216"},"modified":"2023-01-22T18:29:26","modified_gmt":"2023-01-22T23:29:26","slug":"a-little-protest-on-98-n-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2023\/01\/22\/a-little-protest-on-98-n-saturday\/","title":{"rendered":"A little protest on 98 N Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" data-id=\"29219\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/324873837_702864018226289_7902184162764633806_n.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/324873837_702864018226289_7902184162764633806_n.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/324873837_702864018226289_7902184162764633806_n.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/324873837_702864018226289_7902184162764633806_n.jpg?resize=1152%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/324873837_702864018226289_7902184162764633806_n.jpg?w=1536&amp;ssl=1 1536w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" data-id=\"29218\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/326064146_1168480233808991_2993705646259036763_n.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/326064146_1168480233808991_2993705646259036763_n.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/326064146_1168480233808991_2993705646259036763_n.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/326064146_1168480233808991_2993705646259036763_n.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/326064146_1168480233808991_2993705646259036763_n.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/326064146_1168480233808991_2993705646259036763_n.jpg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" data-id=\"29217\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/326781346_478998347739238_5944174730089256013_n.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/326781346_478998347739238_5944174730089256013_n.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/326781346_478998347739238_5944174730089256013_n.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/326781346_478998347739238_5944174730089256013_n.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/326781346_478998347739238_5944174730089256013_n.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/326781346_478998347739238_5944174730089256013_n.jpg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloodstainedmen.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Bloodstained Men &amp; Their Friends<\/a>&nbsp;have something to say:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.victoriaadvocate.com\/news\/health\/anti-circumcision-group-protests-on-navarro\/article_443f34b4-d62d-11e8-be98-97d60d049fa1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Everyone has a right to their own body<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Bloodstained Men will share this message on the streets of Florida during their 13-day protest tour. The human rights protest \u2013 and its attention-grabbing aesthetic featuring bloodstained men \u2013 will take place in Lakeland on Saturday, January 21, 2023, with a protest at Sleepy Hill Road and US 98 from 10 am to 12 pm. Please see\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloodstainedmen.com\/upcoming-events\" target=\"_blank\">the full protest schedule<\/a>\u00a0below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lakelanders will be&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fosters.com\/news\/20180803\/protesting-against-male-circumcision-in-dover\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">peacefully educated by activists<\/a>&nbsp;including victims of genital cutting.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-5536567\/Group-red-stained-crotches-protest-infant-circumcision.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The public will be reminded<\/a>&nbsp;that babies whose genitals are mutilated as infants grow up to be&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/intaction.org\/circumcision-awareness-mobile-education-unit-nyc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">men who are speaking out<\/a>&nbsp;about what was done to their penis before they could defend themselves. Passersby will be faced with&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.arclaw.org\/resources\/articles\/is-circumcision-legal-peter-w-adler\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the basic, undeniable human rights argument<\/a>&nbsp;against the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/XwZiQyFaAs0?t=281\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">routine genital cutting<\/a>&nbsp;of children: the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.arclaw.org\/resources\/articles\/is-circumcision-legal-peter-w-adler\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">foreskin is a healthy, valuable body part<\/a>&nbsp;that belongs solely and entirely to the child. It is&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cirp.org\/library\/general\/denniston\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">unnecessary<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.scientificamerican.com\/talking-back\/judicial-activism-attacks-the-penis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cruel<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.circinfo.org\/Warren.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">damaging<\/a>, and&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cirp.org\/library\/ethics\/clark2006\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ethically unacceptable<\/a>&nbsp;to remove a healthy body part from a&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.norm.org\/respect.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">person<\/a>&nbsp;who is&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1136\/medethics-2012-101229\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">incapable of consent<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"519\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/PastedGraphic-1.png?resize=1024%2C519&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/PastedGraphic-1.png?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/PastedGraphic-1.png?resize=300%2C152&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/PastedGraphic-1.png?resize=768%2C389&amp;ssl=1 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Our billboard is currently on display in Ocala on I-75 6093\u2032 North of US Rte 27. (29.22334\u00b0N, 82.1837\u00b0W)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/15265161.2019.1643945\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The intactivist message<\/a>&nbsp;is gaining traction in the mainstream media.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eyGwCcHLupE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Recently Tosh.0 featured an extended interview<\/a>&nbsp;with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/256436369\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bloodstained Men &amp; Their Friend<\/a>&#8216;s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BbYO2Fda7d4&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Founder and Co-director Brother K<\/a>, reaching millions worldwide with the irrefutable argument for bodily autonomy.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/politics\/politics-news\/andrew-yang-circumcision-809954\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Presidential Candidate Andrew Yang aligned himself with the intactivist message<\/a>. The Bloodstained Men have received&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/masslawyersweekly.com\/2018\/08\/09\/backed-by-member-of-bar-anti-circumcision-activists-take-to-boston-streets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">diverse<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westword.com\/news\/bloodstained-men-and-war-on-male-circumcision-11412935\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">significant media coverage<\/a>&nbsp;of their highly visible protests, having been featured on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/news.prairiepublic.org\/post\/transnodak-exhibit-opposing-circumcision\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">public radio<\/a>, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbc11news.com\/content\/news\/National-group-protests-male-circumcision-in-Grand-Junction-512712651.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">evening news<\/a>, and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloodstainedmen.com\/media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">just about everything in between<\/a>. The Bloodstained Men have a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BloodstainedMenTheirFriends\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">prolific and educational social media presence<\/a>&nbsp;including millions of shares and comments. The horror of infant circumcision really gets people talking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bloodstained Men &amp; Their Friends is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to giving victims of genital cutting a voice and to educating Americans about the harms of infant circumcision and the importance of the foreskin. Our&nbsp;bloodstained suit&nbsp;serves as an arresting visual reminder that&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/med.stanford.edu\/newborns\/professional-education\/circumcision\/complications.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">circumcision affects its victims for life<\/a>. When a baby boy is circumcised, so is the man he will become.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please visit:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloodstainedmen.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/www.bloodstainedmen.com<\/a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BloodstainedMenTheirFriends\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BloodstainedMenTheirFriends<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bloodstained Men &amp; Their Friends&nbsp;have something to say:&nbsp;Everyone has a right to their own body.&nbsp; The Bloodstained Men will share this message on the streets of Florida during their&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29218,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"0","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","default_image_id":71799,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[12,14],"tags":[4326],"class_list":["post-29216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","category-news","tag-a-little-protest-on-98-n-saturday"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29216"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29216\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}