Assuming marriage equality is on the fast track and Don't Ask Don't Tell is repealed:
My Ambitious List: 1) More inclusion in education
2) National Recognition, either Stonewall or Milk's assassination to become recognized nationally. Day of Remembrance maybe, as a national holiday might be expecting too much.
3) More engagement with other minorities/ special interest groups, like ethnic minorities, but also things like age groups like AARP because elder queer people by large margins still encounter a lot of discrimination
4) *A lot* of internal work, dealing with how disconnected the various groups are with in.
5) Refocusing on AIDS and other STIs. It's unacceptable that the rate is still so high, especially for African-American gay men. Personally responsibility, surely, but there a lot of other factors that the community can do a lot of work on.
"What if California got out of the marriage business altogether? What if the state merely licensed or just recognized private, contractual civil unions with all the benefits of marriage, and couples went to the religious or private institution of their choice to sanctify their vows? Would that resolve the legal differences between Proposition 8 and the state Supreme Court's 2008 ruling that gay and lesbian couples were entitled to the same marital rights as heterosexuals?"
Assuming marriage equality is on the fast track and Don't Ask Don't Tell is repealed:
ReplyDeleteMy Ambitious List:
1) More inclusion in education
2) National Recognition, either Stonewall or Milk's assassination to become recognized nationally. Day of Remembrance maybe, as a national holiday might be expecting too much.
3) More engagement with other minorities/ special interest groups, like ethnic minorities, but also things like age groups like AARP because elder queer people by large margins still encounter a lot of discrimination
4) *A lot* of internal work, dealing with how disconnected the various groups are with in.
5) Refocusing on AIDS and other STIs. It's unacceptable that the rate is still so high, especially for African-American gay men. Personally responsibility, surely, but there a lot of other factors that the community can do a lot of work on.
1) Getting rid of the term "Gay Agenda". It plays on the Mob Mentality that Starr was using for Prop 8.
ReplyDeleteOur own day of the week.
ReplyDeleteSame-sex marriage compromise.
ReplyDeleteDid you see today's L.A. Times:
"What if California got out of the marriage business altogether? What if the state merely licensed or just recognized private, contractual civil unions with all the benefits of marriage, and couples went to the religious or private institution of their choice to sanctify their vows? Would that resolve the legal differences between Proposition 8 and the state Supreme Court's 2008 ruling that gay and lesbian couples were entitled to the same marital rights as heterosexuals?"
Take over professional sports. That'll show 'em.
ReplyDeleteWhat Paisley and calicolyst said
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ReplyDeleteGetting rid of the term "Gay Agenda". It plays on the Mob Mentality that Starr was using for Prop 8.
"Gay Agenda" is a term that was introduced by anti-gay christians.