Weekend Update: Bathrooms, Divorce Equality, Freedom of Speech
Posted on 04. Oct, 2009 by Matthew Clark in GAYtor Bait
Feministing lets you know you must see Sins Invalid in San Francisco, and has some good interviews on it. Also, a good deconstruction on gendered bathrooms.
Sweet Melissa talks about how divorce could lead to equality. And Ann Coleman breaks own how marriage equality is about something greater. I used to be pretty anti-marriage, mostly on the basis that it gets the bulk of activist/lobbying time and resources. But if you listen to Sherry Wolf’s interview, she makes a strong argument for how referendums like Proposition 8 propel people into thinking about the larger spectrum of queer and sex lib. issues.
After the Alligator’s editorial drama, I’ve been discussing the concept of free speech with a lot of people. I’m all for anti-hate speech (although I don’t think Dove Ministries’ rhetoric went so far as to be called hate speech). Some people seem to think that’s a breech of freedom of speech in itself. I tend to think there’s a difference between expressing an opinion and using language as a means of oppression. Words like ‘fag,’ when used in derogatory contexts, are calls to violence in and of themselves. And sexual harassment in the workplace inherently implies women on a lower status. Anyways… I thought this was appropriate.
Speaking of oppression and violence, a community organizer is holding a town meeting to discuss the Atlanta bar raid from last month.
I’ve never listened to Mika before, but mad props on simultaneously coming out and supporting sexual fluidity.
QueerToday links to a petition for health care reform. Please take the time to fill it out. Health care is an GLTBQ issue as much as any other!
Finally, in case you didn’t hear about the UCSC protests, Bashback threw its support in. Which I guess isn’t all that surprising.
