Comments on: 2009 equality march yielded $90K surplus

By: Rowan

Rowan — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 12:35:29 +0000

Get Equal are the biggest agenda obsessed fraudsters ever seen in the activist community who are yes responsible for shaking the Democrats are apart so that one, the GOP hold the House.

Gee, thanks Kip and Robin! Gays will soon be free to continue the imperialist America ‘fight’ abroad and continue with all those senseless wars-whoopie! I guess it’s only fair that gays to can contribute to Cheney and his ilk getting richer and richer off all the shares they bought in Iraq.

Pity all that selfless energy isn’t spent on trying educate society in schools and communities that gay people are not the boogie man because whilst you all pat each other in the back, another gay kid is bullied and commits suicide.

By: Robin Tyler

Robin Tyler — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 22:28:18 +0000

correction: I meant the 1987 March on Washington in the first line.

By: Robin Tyler

Robin Tyler — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 22:20:51 +0000

Cleve: The 1997 Lesbian and Gay March on Washington for almost l million people and helped bring ‘The Quilt’ to Washington and organize the entire country around AIDS and our rights, actually came out with a surpluss of, I think,
$10,000.00. So, your snipy comment about this being the only march to
come out ahead, is disengenous. Also, why brag. You din’t do the work on it,
you just show up and speak. Although I was against the NEM March because I felt that 4 months would not give enough people enough time to save up money to get to DC (or take time from their jobs or schools), and because it was not
held in an election year, so that we could use it to register voters and also,
pressure the candidates, one great thing came out of it. It was the activism of
Robin McGehee and Kip Williams. I know that Get Equal was a catalyst for
finally getting rid of DADT (activism and advocacy-both legal and political work).
I see Robin at demonstration after demonstration, not just when she is speaking, but when we are both just activists, like the one in Arcadia against focus on the family this morning. And you Cleve, I see you nowhere. I know that the MILK
movie (which you worked closely with the writer) made you look like some kind of hero in the streets. But the fact is, Cleve, that Harvey’s political support and
influence came from a lesbian feminist and other’s in the community.
You were a minor player, and you still are. So stop dishing the younger ones that are stepping up and helping carry on for the rest of us.

By: AndrewW

AndrewW — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 16:18:22 +0000

The NEM didn’t accomplish anything. It’s easy to assemble and “complain,” but that doesn’t change any minds or votes.

We must focus on educating, enlightening and enrolling people to support our full equality. Marching around with clever signs doesn’t do that – conversation does. Talk to family, friends, neighbors, co-workers and even strangers. ASK them for their support. THAT makes a difference.

By: Jake

Jake — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 03:42:05 +0000

First equality march not to end in unpaid bills? Maybe that will help fuel discussions of the potential 2012 march.

“The remaining two-thirds share of the funds went to an LGBT youth scholastic achievement award fund operated by the Colin Higgins Foundation and to the Face Value Campaign, a group that conducts research and educational campaigns to overcome “social stigma against LGBT children and adults.””

That’s really cool, I hadn’t heard that before.