Guest Blogger
Why Is GLAAD Endorsing the AT&T/T-Mobile Merger?
Filed By Guest Blogger | June 03, 2011 4:30 PM
http://www.bilerico.com/2011/06/why_is_glaad_endorsing_the_attt-mobile_merger.phpEditors' Note: Guest blogger John Aravosis is the founder and editor of
AMERICAblog.com. He and Joe Sudbay ran the campaign against AT&T and others for their support of Tennessee's new anti-gay, anti-trans law.
1. What is a gay rights organization doing weighing in on a phone company merger? I have an AT&T iPhone and the coverage sucks and is getting worse, so hey, I'm all for AT&T improving the quality of their service. But my sexual orientation has exactly zero to do with my phone service. Well, that's not entirely true...
2. AT&T was one of the companies whose local representatives sits on the board of directors of the Tennessee chamber of commerce. You remember them, the group that endorsed and actively lobbied for the measure repealing gay and trans rights ordinances in the state, mandating it so that no trans person can ever change their birth certificate gender in the future, and banning any future civil rights ordinances for anyone in the future. That AT&T.
