“They’ve gathered here to show support for me and my wife—it’s amazing.”

Earlier this week, dozens of people gathered on the streets of a small Kentucky town in support of a local woman whose home was vandalized with anti-LGBT graffiti.

According to news sources, the large group of protesters marched through Berea, Kentucky Monday evening chanting “What do we want? Fairness! When do we want it? Now!” to spread a message of solidarity with the town’s LGBT community following the vandalism.

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Last week, Whitney Preston, who recently moved to the town with her wife Madison, returned to her home to find the word lesbian scrawled across her garage door and on her truck.

Though Preston was shaken by the event, she’s found strength in the outpouring of love from her new community.

“I never would have dreamed I would have this kind of support,” she said at the rally Monday. “I’m new to the area and I don’t know any of these people. None of them. And they all have said such nice things to me.”

“They’ve gathered here to show support for me and my wife. It’s amazing, just absolutely amazing.”

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After snaking through the town’s streets, the group of supporters gathered at a meeting of the Berea Human Rights Commission, where several spoke on the importance of marching for LGBT equality.

“This is not the only incident of hate here,” said marcher Loren Webber. “But it is one that’s been very visible and one we need to take notice of and one that we can use as a platform to understand everything that’s going on.”

Preston, whose wife is currently serving in the United States army, later said that a group of local students helped to clean up the homophobic graffiti.