Wednesday, August 10, 2011

What is the best form of gay rights activism?

All of these things together have furthered the LGBT cause. Many people were offended when Barney Frank told those who gathered in DC for the national equality march that they would only be putting "pressure on the gr" but he was partially true. We need to use our system of government to also further our cause. Currently, there is a bill to overturn the "don't ask, don't tell" policy, which would be a milestone in gay rights. It needs only 36 more co-sponsors for it to be eligible for a vote in the House. Many Representatives like Nancy Pelosi would certainly co-sponsor the bill if only they had the pressure from our community to do so. Find out if your representative has co-sponsored the bill, if not, meet with them and request them to do so. If your representative has, see if a neighboring district has co-sponsored and energize the gay community in that district to lobby their representative. And this is the same with a bill overturning DOMA and will be true as our cause continues. Marches and movies are fun, and they help, but we also need to actually do work that may not be so fun to really make an impact. Go to sldn.org to find out if your rep. has co-sponsored the bill that will overturn discrimination in the military.

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