You Say You Want a Revolution?

[Shana A]

You Say You Want a Revolution?
Filed by: Rebecca Juro
March 25, 2010 7:00 PM

http://www.bilerico.com/2010/03/you_say_you_want_a_revolution_1.php

Looks like the movement for LGBT equality is finally getting interesting again.

Last Thursday, we saw two gay soldiers chain themselves to the White House fence to protest DADT, dual sit-ins staged at both the DC and San Francisco offices of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to protest the lack of action on an inclusive Employment Non-Discrimination Act, and a massive blogswarm which produced not only dozens of blog posts on the topic of ENDA, but also enough calls to the Speaker's office to jam up her office phone lines for at least part of the day. All that in just one day, along with all of the ensuing fallout of these actions, but that's not all.

It seems the balance of power in American LGBT advocacy is finally shifting back to where it should have been all along. Apparently, the Human Rights Campaign actually locked down their headquarters last Thursday afternoon, fearing protesters... LGBT protesters. Why? No doubt at least in part because of the refusal of HRC President Joe Solmonese (documented in both video and print) to join DADT activist and spokesperson Lt. Dan Choi on his march to the White House after indicating he would earlier. It illustrates where the vast majority of our community is now culturally and politically, and how very far outside of that mainstream HRC has drifted. Most importantly, it demonstrates beyond the shadow of a doubt that HRC knows it too.

[gennee]

HRC and numerous other LGBT organizations are nothing more than fund raising organizations. It keeps th  staff well heeled but has contrbuted little to LGBT concerns in recent months (see Prop . We need more people like Lt. Choi and grassroots organizations to get the ball rolling.               

Gennee