[Editorial]
You know when I came out back in the late ‘90s I met a gay couple they have been together for over 30 years.
I never knew a gay or lesbian couple before, or for that matter I never knew a lesbian woman or gay man. I knew about them and how the media portrayed them of one night stands never in a long term relationship. Living a lonely life going to dark sleazy bars.
However, when I came out I learned that was all a conservative lie.
But conservatives still believe it today. Not only that, they are working to force us back into those shadows, back to the sleazy bars and the fleeting encounters. They want to erase the stability we have fought for.
We have been here before, and we have fought back before:
- 1959: Cooper’s Donuts Uprising
- 1965: Dewey’s Lunch Counter Protest
- 1966: Compton’s Cafeteria Uprising
- 1967: Black Cat Tavern Protest
- 1969: Stonewall Uprising
We were in the streets protesting back then, and we can do it again.
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