Joe Hoeffel’s postions are clearly very progressive and he is clearly a real friend the the LGBT community, but what has he actually done for LGBT rights? What can he list as his accomplishments? Where are the examples/accomplishments of his leadership on these issues?
The PFOX agenda is to tell a lie about what gay/straight alliances do and accomplish, and to perpetuate the lie that gay people recruit. And it is real youth, like CJ who are harmed by this malicious message.
I received a request to add the video clip of Lynn Griffen who spoke on behalf of Jack Wagner at the Steel City Stonewall Democrats endorsement meeting, to my previous post that included videos of Dan Onorato and Joe Hoeffel. So, I did just that. Here the link: https://thomascwaters.com/3838
If we fail to help and protect our growing families and our children, we also set our overall movement back.
We do not need to talk about homosexuality, but rather talk about being gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transexual.
By focusing on the issue of “rights,” we have rightfully framed a part of the issue, while ignoring the fact that this very frame masks a bigger underlying issue. Sexuality, isn’t about being gay or being straight. Sexuality is far more complex and fluid than that.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zs0X3pneqEw[/youtube]
But the question of who inspires me, is a harder question. Or to move our of the realm of generalizations and identify specific people or things that inspire me. Much more work!
If we talk about gay and lesbian people, we are talking about people- real people. People talking about people. But if we talk about homosexuality, we are talking about something else- and the longer our real lives are labeled and considered as a “something else” we can be treated as outside of the norm, outside the realm that includes all real people.
“Politics of Love” a website with downloadable resources for anyone interested in doing advocacy work for Marriage Equality. Check it out! The site contains, audio, video, handouts, and powerpoint tools.