"Claire Platz, who co-owns This Shop is So Gay in York with her brother Xander, detailed the latest incident in a January 19 Instagram post. 'Our gay shop's been egged!' she explains in a video clip showing several broken eggs that were allegedly thrown at the storefront. 'Eggs are expensive!' Claire jokes in the clip. 'Throwing one at a shop window is a choice, and if your enemy is a shop window you're already losing.'"
"This is far from the first time the Platz's shop has been vandalized. Xander told the outlet that even at their former location, some passersby would shout aggressively at the shop, which had the word 'Gay' painted across its front windows in large letters. 'We've always said we're going to turn hate to great, so every time somebody is hateful we make something great out of it,' he said."
This Shop Is So Gay, an LGBTQ+ gift shop in York owned by siblings Claire and Xander Platz, has experienced repeated homophobic vandalism including an egging of the storefront. The owners respond with humor and upbeat messages, turning incidents into moments of visibility and connection. The shop previously had a Pride flag ripped down twice and had string lights cut, and a trans Pride flag was later removed. Community responses on social media have been supportive, and the owners say negative incidents have driven people to share stories and increased the shop's success.
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