Longtime gay-rights advocate and sports fan David Mixner yesterday issued a call for a National March on Washington for gay rights. It was followed up today by Cleve Jones, friend of Harvey Milk and creator of the National AIDS Quilt, who wants to see the march happen on National Coming Out Day, October 11. That date coincides with the final day of the annual Gay Superbowl, which will be held in D.C. this year. Both David and Cleve make a great case for an event like this. Would you attend?
on May 21st, 2009 at 12:03 pm
YES - OMG YES!!! I’ll attend. . .
on May 21st, 2009 at 12:47 pm
That’s deer season and if there’s rain the Chinook will be running. OK a guys got to get his priorities straight but yes I would consider it. I don’t do well in big cities or crowds though. Too impatient.
on May 21st, 2009 at 1:04 pm
Last year there was a softball tournament that my team participated in during that weekend. I don’t know if they’re still having the tournament, or if they’ve changed the dates since the flag football tourney is that weekend. But if finances allow, I’ll either be with my team at the softball (if we go) or watching my friends at the flag football. I wouldn’t miss the games in order to attend a march.
on May 24th, 2009 at 12:42 am
I will be there. In the past three years I have been diagnosed with a brain tumor, had it removed, and came out to my family. I am ready for a party with a purpose.
on May 24th, 2009 at 9:55 am
I will be there playing in the football tournament. Would love to participate.
on May 25th, 2009 at 8:03 am
Since it’s right down 9th St from me, I don’t see why I wouldn’t. Meet up at Nellie’s for cocktails first?
on May 26th, 2009 at 1:06 pm
Nah, why bother? We have a man in the White House who apparently can’t walk and chew gum at the same time (i.e. work on GLBT rights and deal with pressing other issues), a man who was more than willing to pal around with homophobic preachers in the primaries, who has been tepid, at best, on GLBT rights issues so far in his political career, so why expect any change unless it’s politically advantageous to Obama? He’s a dinosaur and he’ll be swept aside by kids in their 20’s and 30’s, when those generations come to power.
NOTE: I voted for Barack Obama, so spare me any “right wing troll” nonsense.
on May 26th, 2009 at 1:45 pm
I will make every attempt to go.So I guess it is a yes.
on Jun 2nd, 2009 at 1:39 am
yes 100 percent will be there….playing in the softball tourney that weekend in DC so it is perfect timing.