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Title: The New Politics of Yes: Yes We Can... Overturn Prop 8
Post by: Shana A on December 01, 2008, 12:31:36 PM
The New Politics of Yes: Yes We Can... Overturn Prop 8
Filed by: Guest Blogger
December 1, 2008 11:00 AM

http://www.bilerico.com/2008/12/the_new_politics_of_yes_yes_we_can_overt.php (http://www.bilerico.com/2008/12/the_new_politics_of_yes_yes_we_can_overt.php)

Editors' Note: Guest blogger Torie Osborn has been a social activist for 40 years; She is former Executive Director of the LA Gay and Lesbian Center, NGLTF, and the LIberty HIll Foundation. She is currently Senior Advisor to Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and a Durfee Foundation Stanton Fellow.

A Prayer

Thursday was the 30th anniversary of Harvey Milk's assassination. In his honor, I write this to help move forward the conversation in the wake of Prop 8. It is a loving work in progress. I dedicate it also to my friends who died of AIDS and who are shouting from The Beyond: Do not miss this opportunity to forge transformation from this defeat. Do not forget us!

In particular, I honor Ken Dawson, Connie Norman, Marlon Riggs, Rand Schrader, Mark Kostopolous, Paul Monette, Tom Stoddard, and Gabe Kruks. They never forgot what really matters: love and justice.