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Lyra McKee was was changeable portion observing rioting successful Derry's Creggan property successful April 2019
A mural dedicated to Lyra McKee has been vandalised successful the US authorities of Florida.
The mural successful Orlando was defaced with a swastika and anti-LGBTQ graffiti.
Unveiled successful 2019, the mural was a tribute to Ms McKee, who had visited Orlando successful 2017, a twelvemonth aft a gunman opened occurrence astatine a cheery nightclub successful the city, sidesplitting 49 radical
Member of the Florida House of Representatives Anna Vishkaee Eskamani described the graffiti arsenic "absolutely disgusting".
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Ms McKee spoke of her visit, with a delegation from the UK, successful 2017 astatine the TEDxStormontWomen event.
She said she had been reticent astir visiting a mosque during her clip successful Orlando.
"I hated myself for overmuch of my beingness due to the fact that of what religion taught maine astir radical similar maine and erstwhile I stopped hating myself I started hating religion," she said.
However, Ms McKee said she was amazed by her enactment with the mosque, which had led the effect to the nine shooting and had condemned it.
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A clean-up of the graffiti has since been carried retired astatine the LGBTQ+ Center & Zebra Coalition buildings.
In a societal media post, Zebra Youth said it would not let the vandalism by a "hate group" to deter the group.
"Zebra Youth stands beardown successful our dedication to empowering LGBTQ+ younker to go healthy, productive, and self-sufficient individual," the radical added.
"We volition ne'er let hatred to win!"
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