The Homosexual Agenda

[Kind-of-well-ok-really-stereotypical-but-still-kind-of-funny-and-hot picture via John Coulthart]

In honor of Ally Week (the week for awesome straight folks that support LGBTQ rights)

I wanted to share a comment from a Feministing article by VT Idealist.

Because it is awesome beyond words.

The homosexual agenda

8:00 - Networking reception and mingling with straight people. Coffee and pastries will be provided.

8:30 - Welcome and opeing remarks

9:00 - Initiation of America's youth into Teh Gay

10:15 - Break. Oppurtunity for lusting after straight people in sex-segrated bathrooms.

10:30 - Workshop: Using anti-discrimination laws for your advantage

11:30 - Destroying the sanctity of marriage

12:00 - Lunch and awards reception. Recognition for converting others.

1:00 - Workshop: How to make children ask their parents uncomfortable questions

2:00 - Marriage cermonies involving polygamy, incest, under age children, and/or animals. Because, hey, once you allow same sex marriage, the sky's the limit.

3:00 - Break

3:15 - Workshop: Flaunting your homosexuality

4:00 - Workshop: How to raise your children to be gay, too

5:15 - Cocktail reception

Ally Week

[10/19/09] Check out our Facebook event page here!

From Monica Carr, our Coalition's Secretary:

Hey Everyone,
Hope you are as happy as I am that this week is over! We have some ambitious goals for next weeks Ally Week (October 19-23rd) and hit our first snag in the process. We were not granted permission to table the dates and times we requested (damn you!) Regardless, the week will still go on. We can still have people take the pledge, hand out pamphlets, pledge cards, stickers, etc. Think of it as a grass roots campaign :) We still need people to sign up for what I'm now calling "lobbying hours." The times we are trying to fill are:

Monday: 10/19/09
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Tuesday: 10/20/09
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Wednesday: 10/21/09
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Thursday: 10/22/09
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Friday: 10/23/09
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Lastly, considering the work load of posters, informative pamphlets (hehe), banners, etc. that still need to be made I'm having another arts and crafts meeting of the sort. I'll be having people over my place tomorrow @ 9pm. I understand this is uber last minute, and no one is obligated to attend, but if you have nothing better to do with your Friday night and feel like spending it with happy feminists and queer activists alike, come make some influential signs! Tempting, isn't it? If this interested you, please text me @ (908) 894-9472 to confirm and I'll send you my address. That's all for now. Thanks for being wonderful <3
Best,

Monica Carr
Secretary of Hunter's Women's Rights Coalition

Reflections on a sign from the National Equality March

To those of you about to march, we salute you.

Picture via Twitter user mickjddc.

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Today, in Washington, D.C., an estimated hundred thousand members of the LGBTQ community and their allies marched on our nation's Capitol to make their voices heard.

Their request is basic: full equality.

A tremendous number of pictures have been put up on Twitpic from the protesters themselves, some funny, some evidence of the incredible number of people marching today. The slogans and sign always funny and thoughtful.

Perhaps this one was the most striking. A mixed-race apparently heterosexual couple who came out in support held up a sign that read, "Our marriage was once illegal, too."

The oppression of women, blacks, and the LGBTQ community are often compared. During the primary election, people questioned who would be a more powerful symbol to put in office, a woman, or a black man?

I am done with the Oppression Olympics. No one wins. To pretend that there is no overlap, that there are no LGBTQ individuals of color, to think that any repression, harassment, and violent attacks can be treated in relative terms is not only unwise, it is hurtful.

Women's rights are human rights.
Civil rights are human rights.
Gay rights are human rights.

We believe we are all deserving of equal treatment before the law. Because we are human.

So let us not forget to stand together as we all push for human rights.

UPDATE:

The couple from the first picture have become e-famous! Congrats! You can check out Mike's blog here.