How Pink Power Can Help Fight Climate Change

Published October 15, 2009 @ 06:28AM PT

Pink Power

Today is Blog Action Day (http://www.blogactionday.org/), the annual day in which bloggers from around the world unite to write about the same topic on the same day. This year's topic is climate change, and if you think the topic has little to do with LGBT rights, think again.

LGBT rights activist Peter Tatchell, one of the most vocal champions for equality in the United Kingdom if not the globe, spoke about the importance of LGBT folks getting behind the campaign to fight climate change. Last month, Tatchell put it pretty bluntly: "There is not much point campaigning for LGBT human rights unless we have a habitable planet on which to enjoy these rights."

Or, in other words, the two movements aren't mutually exclusive.

Tatchell's comments came as he joined several other prominent UK activists to launch the 10:10 campaign, which called on folks in the UK to cut their emissions by 10% in 2010. And if the LGBT population were to sacrifice their carbon footprints for this campaign, we'd be making a monumental difference in the fight to save the planet.

"Queers make up one in ten of the population. By reducing our energy consumption by a tenth, ‘pink power’ can help save the planet,” said Tatchell.

And hey, wouldn't it drive the anti-LGBT crowd nuts to know that 'pink power' helped save the planet?

(Photo courtesy of missbossy's photostream on Flickr.)

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Terrific positive power - love it. A call to lead and succeed.

Posted by Jennifer Perugini on 10/15/2009 @ 10:58AM PT
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I love it...

We could call it 10:10:10...

And let all who supports equality participate in addition to the homosexual community.

Posted by Thomas McHugh on 10/15/2009 @ 01:29PM PT
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There must be a substanible and healthy planet for a place for equality for LGBT people. Global Warming already exists and so many countries don't recognize the important right of same-sex marriage, with some countries putting prison sentences for homosexuality. However, it's good that the Blog Action Day calls for action to keep Global Warming in check, especially to fight it to the max. Hopefully, the United Kingdom will reduce emissions by 10% next year.

Posted by Edwin Bonilla on 10/15/2009 @ 02:02PM PT
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Michael is the Communications Director for the Human Rights Program at Harvard Law School, and previously was Communications Director for Pax Christi USA, a progressive Catholic human rights organization.