3/17/04: The contingents that are taking shape for this Saturday's demonstration against the US wars and occupation show the political diversity of the LGBTQI communities. The Strength in Unity Contingent will gather early, at 10am at 24th St BART. "This is gonna be an amazing, beautiful and LOUD contingent representing people of Arab and Palestinian, Latino, African American, Asian and Pacific Islander communities, youth, elders, queer folk, and white allies." The Defend Equal Rights Contingent will gather on the front steps of the park, rising from Dolores Street near 19th Street. The Get Divorced from State Terrorism Contingent, which includes Gay Shame, sees marriage as the "central institution of that misogynist, racist system of domination and oppression known as heterosexuality." That contingent will gather at 11am at 18th and Dolores for a banner and fliering campaign to link marriage as an institution to war, classism, racism, and political opportunism. The Queers for Palestine Contingent with gather at the park at 11am with the Palestine Contingent.
See the anti-war page for more about the US wars and protests against them.