Until we look at the issue of Marriage Equality as a civil issue, and stop thinking of it as a religious/moral issue, we will continue to propagate unfairness and complexity for employers and employees.
Few of them would say that Culture is the reason. Culture’s collective homophobia is manifest in words and actions that result in the way these people feel. They feel shame? Is that the best language we have? We might call this internalized homophobia- a fear to accept oneself as one really is. But even this language seems to fall short I think.
If you Google, Santorum, you find out pretty much everything you need to know about Rick Santorum. But if you don’t believe that, all you have to do is watch and listen to him. The link below is an article of text and a video worth watching. After his misstatement, he was warned by CNN host Ali Velshi that he shouldn’t just go around saying things that are insanely wrong, for his own sake. “I[Read More…]
If you care about LGBT issues, then you must also care about feminist issues in today’s political climate. we are all under attack, and unless we join together, we won’t make any progress against the attacks. A special session open to NOW leaders, activists, & supporters. NOW President Terry O’Neill will discuss how the budget discussion affects women in a 15-minute presentation, followed by questions. Date: Thursday, July 7, 2011 Time: 8:00 – 9:00 p.m. EDT NOW[Read More…]
We are the Civil rights struggle for today, demanding nothing less that full equality, and our place within the fabric of the American Culture. And our struggle will not end under that has been achieved.
We are at Houlihans and these two straight boys just went to the bathroom and exchanged shirts. Why would they do that?
Every time a journalist uses this type of language it discredits any attempt to portray the bill as being truly about non-discrimination. “Bathroom Bill” kills real dialogue and understanding every time. Even if the journalist feels it is important to share both the truth as well as the opposition’s position, it can be done without this language.
If activists truly care about full equality, then we must take responsibility for keeping the focus on full equality. Consider Canada, which has had Marriage Equality for 10 years, but a Trans person can still be fired or refused housing. We, as activists, especially highly vocal ones, do the whole of our community a disservice by being too overly focused on only one aspect of full equality.
Surprisingly, Martinelli doesn’t mention his old boss, NOM at all. They stood the most to lose by a passage of Marriage Equality. Lead Hater Spokesperson, Maggie Gallagher likes to describe NOM as “the group that wins.”