BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
X-WR-CALNAME:www.indybay.org
PRODID:-//indybay/ical// v1.0//EN
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:Indybay-18559225
SEQUENCE:18599643
CREATED:20090107T043200Z
DESCRIPTION:Like many of you, I wanted to take part in the "Day without a Gay" protest 
 against Prop 8, but I was unable to because of current economic conditions 
 (read: I'm broke and can't afford to lose my job because I called in 
 "gay"). But there were other problems with getting people to participate in 
 that movement; for one thing, in its name alone, it excluded all those who 
 don't identify as gay but wanted to support the cause.\n\nSo I was trying 
 to think of a way that people could show their support for gay civil rights 
 that didn't involve the potential of losing one's job, and I came up with 
 this. Let's all wear pink on January 15th to show our support for 
 reinstating marriage rights for gay and lesbian couples.\n\nI know what 
 you're thinking: How is wearing pink going to advance the queer civil 
 rights movement? One of the great frustrations I've heard about the No on 
 Prop 8 campaign is our complete lack of visibility. People didn't see us. 
 There weren't even gay people on the literature or ads. So let's raise the 
 visibility. Let's let people see us. Let people see that we're proud of who 
 we are and proud of whom we love. Wear pink on January 15th and show the 
 world that we won't go back into the closet.\n\nUpdate as of January 5th: I 
 wanted to make sure everyone knew about a major hate crime that occurred in 
 the Bay Area last month. On December 13, a Richmond lesbian was brutally 
 gang raped by four men who have now been arrested and are being charged 
 with a hate crime. You can read about it 
 here:\n\nhttp://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/01/01/state/n091840S52.DTL\n\nStudies 
 have shown that incidents of hate activity have gone up in areas that have 
 passed anti-gay legislation. While the passage of Prop 8 didn't cause this 
 attack, the atmosphere that it created makes it easier for some to see us 
 as less than human. I started this group to do something about Prop 8, and 
 now wearing pink seems woefully inadequate. If you want to do more, please 
 check out this website that was created to support the victim of this 
 attack:\n\nhttp://tatasworld.typepad.com/were_here_for_you/\n\nWe need to 
 remind the world that we are beautiful human beings. We need to tell the 
 world that we will not suffer quietly. And we need to be seen. Please 
 forward this note and invite anyone you know who wants the hate to end to 
 join us on January 15th.\n\nWe are going to make a graphic you can download 
 to wear as a sticker if you like, but queers are generally creative anyway 
 and can figure out their own nonverbal messaging pretty well. \n\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/01/06/18559225.php
SUMMARY:Stop the Hate Pink Day: Wear Pink!
LOCATION:Yourself.
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/01/06/18559225.php
DTSTART:20090115T160000Z
DTEND:20090116T040000Z
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR