Washington Blade columnist Mark Lee comments on Facebook that “people are starting to ask on social media if the event will actually happen or if they should cancel their travel plans and reservations.”
As the Blade reports:
The National LGBTQIA+ “Equality March for Unity and Pride” in DC takes place in only 7 weeks – but there’s been little preparation or organizing for the event. No permits yet, no route finalized, no website launched, no details disclosed, and no money raised to cover the major expenses for an event of this type.
Yes, it will happen. Yes, it will be a mess. And yes, it will amount to little and lead to nothing.
But hey, the co-chairs are diverse, complete with a listing of their preferred pronouns including “They, Them, Theirs,” “They/Them She/Hers,” and “She, Her, Hers, Trans Goddess.”
More. When it’s finally announced, expect that platform to embrace the full bag of left-progressive political demands. On the LGBTQIA+ front, expect calls to roll back the extremely limited protections for small businesses under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act by passing the Human Rights Campaign-backed Equality Act, and demands that the federal government mandate what are essentially gender-neutral restrooms and changing facilities.
Some activists might even say having ‘genital preferences’ in dating is transphobic, at which point sexual orientation itself may become a thought crime.
18 Comments for “More on the Anti-Trump March”
posted by Tom Scharbach on
Yes, it will happen. Yes, it will be a mess. And yes, it will amount to little and lead to nothing.
Standard stuff. National LGBT marches and rallies have been historically useless.
This year, as always, the useful work will continue to be done by state and local organizations, largely unheralded, advancing equality little by slowly at the local level and battling back against anti-equality legislation.
The Christio-Republican push this year seems to be to enact laws preempting local non-discrimination ordinances. A nod to the success that local and state organizations have made over the last several years.
posted by Houndentenor on
I think we should follow the example of other protests, like last weekend’s Science March and hold as many local events/rallies/marches as possible on the same day. One of the problems for Democrats is that these events happen far away from where the issues are really playing out. Congress is not where the action is. State capitals are where the battles are being fought and our presence there will mean more than any event in DC, NYC or LA.
posted by TJ on
Support and organization building at the local level is probably more useful. But that aint appealing to many homocons, or some big ckty
posted by TJ on
..big city folk. Its actually quite expensive to stay in Wash DC. Can be expensive to travel as well
posted by TJ on
I rather see more time, money and effort put into State/local communities.
I get why DC gets the focus – the focus
is not without merit, mind you – but I also know that many LGBT groups – often in the South and Midwest – struggle to stay afloat .
Yet, its not simply a problem with “liberal” LGBT groups. I suspect that quite a few “homocons” would be protesting Hillary, had she won. Heck, I know quite a few homocons who were involved in Tea Party protests.
posted by Jorge on
When it’s finally announced, expect that platform to embrace the full bag of left-progressive political demands. On the LGBTQIA+ front, expect calls to roll back the extremely limited protections for small businesses under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act by passing the Human Rights Campaign-backed Equality Act, and demands that the federal government mandate what are essentially gender-neutral restrooms and changing facilities.
As opposed to right-conservative political demands?
The lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual, and more communities are entitled to look out for their own interests.
I would consider a more telltale sign whether the progressive BTQ+ communities try to dictate things on such irrelevant matters as birth control. You can expand that for other issues, too.
posted by TJ on
(sigh) The narrative Stephen is selling ain’t going help pass good legislation or change social attitudes. It may score points with the alt-right movement or the wannabe Ayn Rand libertarians.
Few “national” LGBT parades have actually been well organized, or responsible for serious policy.
In fact the vast majority of “national” political parades to happen in DC have generally been messy and disorganized.
The 1963 March on Washington for Civil Rights and Jobs wasn’t the norm.
Stephen wants to try and argue that its only them gays – especially them liberal ones who object to white supremacists – are disorganized and being silly.
posted by Tom Scharbach on
When it’s finally announced, expect that platform to embrace the full bag of left-progressive political demands.
Hardly a surprise.
Wouldn’t it be wonderful, though, if the platform embraced right-conservative political demands instead?
Sanction at-will discrimination against gays and lesbians by business owners and government officials claiming religious justification? Preempt local non-discrimination ordinances protecting gays and lesbians? Require transgendered men and women to use bathrooms according to birth-assigned gender? Allow counselors, doctors and other medical personnel to refuse to treat gays, lesbians and transgendered men and women on religious grounds? Prohibit/limit adoption and foster care by gays and lesbians? And so on?
Wonderful. Just wonderful.
Maybe there’s a reason why we can “expect the platform to embrace the full bag of left-progressive political demands”. Maybe so.
posted by Kosh III on
Once again MIller, Quisling and Co. focus on everything but what their masters are doing:
http://www.salon.com/2017/04/24/sweet-home-alabama-not-for-same-sex-couples-adopting-if-bill-becomes-law/
posted by Tom Scharbach on
Ah, the homocon dilemma.
posted by Jorge on
Evaluation: Snowflake splat.
Fair. Next.
posted by Tom Scharbach on
The idea that homocons are fools of the first order, sucker-punched over and over again and coming back for more, is the charitable explanation.
posted by Jorge on
Charitable isn’t too different in meaning from patronizing. Both involve a portrayal that the speaker has more of something (usually power) than the subject, and portray an intent to lend a kindness. But patronizing is more accurate here, where it is the illusion of power, rather than its presence, that reveals the insincerity.
posted by Tom Scharbach on
Charitable, as in the one explanation that doesn’t ascribe bad motive.
posted by TJ on
1. Most gay Canadian and British Tories I know, don’t have much patience for American homocons.
They (Canadian and British) actually worked to improve their party’s record and got some results
posted by Jorge on
Irrelevant. Most Canadian and British Tories don’t have much patience for American conservatives, period.
posted by Tom Scharbach on
Some activists might even say having ‘genital preferences’ in dating is transphobic …
You might want to change “some” to “one”. But even if a half dozen activists say that, what difference could it possibly make?
… at which point sexual orientation itself may become a thought crime.
Oh yeah, right, thought crimes. And no doubt jack-booted transgendered folks will meet the box cars at the end of the line.
You really are falling off the rails, Stephen.
As an aside, what do you think the chances are that The Greatest President might be influenced by this letter? I hope that it is slim to none, with LCR working hard.
posted by TJ on
Transgender armed thugs….hmmm….reminds me of an episode of Archer. Does anyone else watch that show?