HOUSTON (KIAH) – Monday morning, crews with METRO quietly covered up the rainbow-painted crosswalk at the intersection of Westheimer Road and Taft Street in Houston’s Montrose neighborhood, a symbol that since 2017 has stood for both safety and LGBTQ+ visibility.
For hours, the roadways surrounding that intersection were closed off to traffic. The majority of the work was done during morning rush hour. The job was finished around 11:20 am. However, the job started in the overnight hours around 2:00am, protesters stood side by side and chanted “Whose street, our street,” blocking workers and police from starting the crosswalk cover up.
“I hate being so powerless, and there’s nothing we can do to change this,” said Johnny Forte, Montrose resident…