Reflections of The Gay Movement

[Chris]

Okay I know I havent been around lately these day. (Work got busy, busted constant internet users and I got laid off, job hunting.)

I wanted to see what are your view on the GBLT movement. It part of the issues dealt in the presidential tickets. The flurry of areas advocating for gay marriage in SF, NY and Canada and various more progressive laws in our favor and yet Bush is advocating for an admendment for a gay marriage ban to even "Gay or Asian" fiasco bit.

How does you as YWer feel about these issues now? I remember it took me quite a while to advocate for this forum (Thanks Kasie, Mommy Kim and SWK for the extra push), having all these article centralize in one area for the GBLT memeber and interested parties.

I think this forum was past it one year mark. Have it help you get a better idea of another aspect of the Yellowworld Community?

Thoughts and I will be monitoring this closely! :D

[Faithless]

Observation: the glbt community has the unenviable position of having a few civil rights issues before it, but only a handful of politicians strong enough to tackle the issues.

[kimpossible]

This was my first year at Pride, as an ally of course but I did actually work. I felt kind of like a poser because I was giving out info on protecting the GLBT community from proposed discriminatory legislation. If I had to reflect on changes in my perspective in the past year I'd say I've taken a more active role that supports my previous convictions and support as an ally.

[SunWuKong]

on gay marriage - it doesn't surprise me at all that it got negative reactions, but i say it's about damn time that more attention is given to it.

[Faithless]

One of the more abstract issues that probaby doesn't have much to do about rights is the issue of being open about one's orientation.

Sure, amongst friends, being open about your orientation is great, but at work, it appears to be a different story.

Just read where "don't ask, don't tell" can help you get discharged, and you're orientation is put on your military documents, which can be inspected by future employers.

It's sad that with employment a gay person might not want their orientation disclosed because of the fear that they will be turned-away.