Monday, October 25, 2010
Gay, Inc.- Wanna Preserve Your Jobs And Pass TBLG Rights? Simple Tips For Doing So
Posted by Monica Roberts at 5:00 PM
http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2010/10/gay-inc-wanna-preserve-your-jobs-and.html (http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2010/10/gay-inc-wanna-preserve-your-jobs-and.html)
The one thing I hear from GL people far too often is that they respect the history of the African-American civil rights movement. They may respect the history of that movement, but they haven't studied it enough to avoid making some fundamental mistakes they repeatedly make in their own.
One of those is an overriding belief in the power of direct action as the main avenue for creating positive social change when it is really just a weapon in your civil rights toolbox.
snip
There is the growing perception in the rest of TBLG America that Gay Inc ogs are only concerned with fighting just hard enough to give the illusion that they are doing something for LGBT rights, but not passing the laws we need to really make a dent in the ills that impact BTLG America.