Join the Struggle for LGBT Liberation!
Thursday, January 8, 2009, 7pm
Media Education Foundation
60 Masonic Street, Northampton
In the wake of the passage of Proposition 8 in California in the past election, which took away the recently-won right to gay marriage, hundreds of thousands of LGBT people and their allies took to the streets across the country, including 500 in Northampton. Their demand: marriage is a civil right!
This has turned into a grassroots movement that is building momentum, rejecting top-down lobbying in favor of bottom-up, protesting in the streets tactics. Many protesters said they were "sick of asking for my rights," so now we're demanding them!
This meeting has 3 main purposes:
(1) Making the case for supporting equal marriage rights for ALL, regardless of gender identity or sexual orientation, and how it fits within the broader struggle for LGBT liberation.
(2) There will be a discussion period for us all to discuss what's happened so far, and how we can move forward and work together in the struggle against oppression.
(3) We can organize carpooling to Boston for the PROTEST against the anti-gay Defense of Marriage Act, which is on Jan. 10 from 1:30 to 4pm in City Hall Plaza, part of a national day of protest (info at www.jointheimpactma.com).
We hope you will join us for a discussion in these exciting times for activism!
