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An Interactive GLBT ResourceArchive for December, 2008
FOX40: Day Without A Gay
Source: FOX40 News
By: Jamie Soriano
“We’re your neighbors. We’re you’re friends. We work for you. We work with you and we’re not going anywhere.” Jade Baranski is taking a stand. She’s one of many people who won’t be showing up to work Wednesday. It’s being called “A Day Without A Gay.” “I don’t know how many people will actually stay home, but I think people are talking about it and that’s the first step,” said Lester Neblett with the Sacramento Gay and Lesbian Center. The move is in response to the passage of Proposition 8, the gay marriage ban.
Though the rallies and marches have died down, gays and lesbians say, the fight is still strong. Sean Hetherington, co-founder of A Day Without a Gay, said, “The message we’re trying to send first is to our own community. Though we’ve been hopeless and down about Prop 8, we’re hopeful and headed in a positive direction.” Instead of just staying home from work, people are being encouraged to volunteer at non profit organizations.
FOX40: Day Without A Gay Article by Matthew Keys
Source: FOX40 News
By: Matthew Keys
“We were baffled that an educator could be so anti-gay.” Sean Hetherington, a Sacramento-native now living in West Hollywood, was shocked when he received an e-mail from a university in Alabama allegedly from an educator, laced with strong and direct allegations. The e-mail sent to Hetherington was in response to a campaign called Day Without A Gay, a grassroots effort in protest of California’s Proposition 8, which eliminated marriage rights for same-sex couples when it passed during the recent November election.
