Around 150 protestors gathered outside the Legacy of Love Monument in Dallas' Oak Lawn neighborhood on Saturday to protest Gov. Greg Abbott’s directive that cities remove street designs that are primarily in historically LGBTQ and Black areas of Dallas.

Demonstrators demanded the city request an exemption for the rainbow — a prominent LGBTQ symbol — crosswalks throughout the neighborhood.

“None of those expressions of free speech and cultural identity should be erased for any reason whatsoever,” said Cece Cox, CEO of Resource Center, a nonprofit that provides health services for LGBTQ+ communities.

In an Oct. 8 press release, Gov. Greg Abbott said he was directing the Texas Department of Transportation to remove "non-standard surface markings, signage, and signals that do not directly

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