Uh-oh! I am NOT one to toss around the "M" word.... sure George Carlin's seven fall off the tongue with relative ease, but you have to save a few epithets for the special times, this would be one of those times.
The homoblogisphere has gone gay crazy over the White House hosting a CELEBRATION OF THE 40th ANNIVERSARY or the STONEWALL RIOTS of 1969.
Again..... MARY, PLEASE! ( I'll stop with the strong language now...)
from the nyt : "As advocates for gays and lesbians intensify their criticism of the White House, President Obama has invited some of their leaders to an East Room reception next Monday to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall Rebellion, the 1969 Greenwich Village demonstrations that gave birth to the modern gay rights movement."
Ms. Spaulding and Mr. Aravosis are outraged! " How dare they sip champagne and eat canapes while our brothers are dying in the streets...." - or have to get their hair cut at Supercuts or something. I got board at their rants and stopped reading. Take a deep breath people. I am NOT an Obama apologist, nor am I a gay Stalinist. Let's just look at this with a historical eye and be THRILLED that we have a First Couple that KNOWS what STONEWALL is. Call it crumbs if you like... but IT IS A START.
It is pretty obvious to anyone who it not in full rage mode that the White House is really really sorry for the California DOJ memo, really. " My bad , guys... sorry". YES THEY COULD BE DOING A LOT MORE! But lets don't poop in our rainbow marabou covered Easter Baskets just out of spite. Do you think those liquored up drag queens and rent-a-boys who got so pissed off that hot summers night back in 1969 could , in their wildest post Judy dreams EVER have seen this coming? The President and First Lady of the United States of America, toasting them in the East Room of the White House? It's not just ok to be gay, it's down right celebrated.
The Obama White House is NOT OUR ENEMY. Too many of us are forgetting this. And I for one , do not see this as some patronizing pat on the back... it is a HUGE step in the right direction. Yes, we are in a war... but sometimes, you need to stop and smell the Chanel Homme Spray... or eat a shrimp toast in the East Room of the White House , while drinking a fine domestic sparkling wine.
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preach on! amen!
(ooooo...tomorrow's the BIG DAY!)
You know, it is not a HUGE step. It really is a small nod to the insider-political-clicque. The Obama administration has F'd up on each gay POLICY issue that it campaigned on. Each and every one. Kinda feels like Bill Clinton all over again, only with better music. We don't need any more crumbs, or canapes, or champagne toasts. We need at least ONE significant policy change or executive order to make this a BIG DEAL. I just can't get behind champagne and caviar with the Human Rights Champagne being all that meaningful or significant.
Anon: We need to recognize this as a step forward.
We cannot afford to fight amongst ourselves. We cannot afford to stand on our moral high horses and call each other names.
We need to all start working together. That includes accepting some political realities AND accepting that we will disagree on tactics. Here I am saying that no big organization need to to be saying that any other organization or effort is doomed to fail or be telling anyone not to march on Washington... get my drift?
I may not agree with or understand the position, decisions or actions of someone else and we need to respect those others...
This is a shift in my personal thinking. It will take grassroots and professional organizers to stop claiming that it is there way or the highway. We need to just all get out there and do our best.
I am going to March on Washington. It is my sincere hope that anyone who cares about LGBT issues will stop telling others that it is a bad idea.
It is a grassroots thing, not lobbying, not a circuit party... it could potentially be a powerful presence! Let's all work together to make it happen.
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