Take a tip from the Lions: or why I don't like the marriage fight
Filed by: Austen Crowder
November 6, 2009 4:00 PM
http://www.bilerico.com/2009/11/take_a_tip_from_the_lions_or_why_i_dont_like_the_m.phpHundreds of thousands of dollars poured into Maine. We out-fundraised the opposition three to one. We even forced the opposition to change their rhetoric halfway through the campaign, making them recognize our importance as human beings. They beat us by six percentage points to deliver our thirty-first loss on gay marriage. I'll say it again, because it's quite important: 31 losses. Thirty. One. Millions of dollars invested, and the religious right remains undefeated.
Meanwhile, a smartly-deployed, grassroots campaign in Kalamazoo, focused on basic civil rights for all LGBT people, passed by an overwhelming majority. Hundreds of thousands of dollars weren't spent on the campaign, and the media didn't swarm over the city. But Kalamazoo was a stunning success, and dollar-for-dollar one of the best investments of LGBT resources in this election cycle. Why do I say this? Here's a news flash: some people in the LGBT community - myself included - are not homosexuals.
That's right: I'm a straight transgender woman, and I want my rights too. Take a second to think that over before hitting the jump.
