A Los Angeles neighborhood has removed a number of "no U-Turn" signs from the streets after claims that the signs targeted the LGBTQ community in the area.
According to NBC 4, "No Cruising" and prohibited U-turns signs were installed in a Silver Lake neighborhood in 1997 after neighbors reportedly complained about gay men in residential areas outside gay bars looking for dates. The No Cruising signs were removed after a vote in 2011 by the Silver Lake Neighborhood Council, and some of the no U-turn signs have remained up since.
"I was also surprised that these U-turn signs were still up, and at first, they seem a little ... 'Oh, ok, it's just a no U-turn sign,' but when you learn the history of it, and you realize that these were used to profile gay people, it's so important that we have these removed," said drag queen Silver Lake Neighborhood Councilmember Maebe A. Girl.
