I have been tired of hearing "WAIT", "BE PATIENT", OR "One day we will get our rights from encouraging voters". This thinking has caused our movement to work in reverse of all other civil rights movements and has caused our goals to be underachieved.
We are willing to wait until people like us enough to give us rights (Usually sitting on our bar stools), stay in the closet because we have become comfortable there (And are like some battered women who won't leave their husbands because it might be bad, but it is what they know) and, like many Americans, expect things to be given to us without effort because, well, we are (arrogant) Americans.
The movie, "Outrage" deals with these issues as a, "CLOSET EFFECT". We are so used to the way things are, so afraid to demand what we want, and SO AFRAID that people might hurt us, that we hide, lie, and hurt our own in order to keep things the same. The ones that they talk about, also start more risky sexual practices and in turn hurt us more because they are the stereotype our haters have for us.
I see it as that we are born into families in every minority or majority group and we learn these abilities to hate, lie, and the pain from our parents. We learn that they hate us and we need to stay hidden. We do not have a parent, as other minorities do, that can understand our pain from our point of view. This also causes an almost 6 times greater gay teen suicide rate. Not having laws to protect us, and judges telling people we don't deserve them, encourages bullies to taunt and perform hate crimes and then gives us more reasons to feel depressed.
New data and old data prove that 30 year old comments from Harvey Milk are one of the best ways to get votes and move public opinion, "COME OUT, COME OUT, COME OUT!!!" We would have been about 15% ahead in California if our friends, family and co-workers knew we were gay.
If we followed Milk's actions and those of all other Civil Rights Movements and used the full book of nonviolent protest practices, we would have our rights by now. Protests, Boycotts and SCREAMING works to move legislation/Legislators.
We all need to get involved, step up the fight and use all the help we can get. If we settle for bits and pieces, that is what we will always get. We will never receive everything unless we demand it & demand it all at once, NOW!
Help to get others involved by using my 4 Hour Plan & keep the conversation alive. I want conservatives to get so tired of hearing about us and seeing us in the news, that they grow tired, go away, and let us have our rights.
"Goes To Twelve" Blog gives us some interesting ideas on how to focus our fight and encourage our enemies to give up, with "Alinsky's Rules For Radicals" in the right column.
What do you want? EQUAL RIGHTS
When do you want 'em? NOW
WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO? GET ANGRY
WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO? COME OUT
WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO? READ THE 4 Hour Plan
WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO? GO SEE OUTRAGE
WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO? GET OTHERS TO FOLLOW 4 Hour Plan
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