More than 100 Cities Fight Back Against H8

categories: Gay Marriage, LGBT History, Marriage Equality

Published May 27, 2009 @ 06:36AM PT

Equal rights

Last night, more than 100 cities around the continent gathered in part to protest and in part to fight the hell back (as Harvey Milk might say...) against Proposition 8, the ballot measure that was upheld yesterday by the California State Supreme Court. Marriage equality may have been denied in California yesterday (although let's not forget that we do have 18,000 same-sex couples whose marraiges will remain valid by the state), but the renewed energy and movement to push for equal rights has only just begun.

Yesterday, between 5,000-10,000 LGBT rights supporters gathered in San Diego. People gathered in Anchorage and in Atlanta; from Joplin, Missouri to Ithaca, New York. And more. I was lucky enough to go to the Boston rally last night, were anywhere between 300-500 people showed up (it's hard to count when you're in the middle of a crowd). After the jump are a few pictures from the event. Speakers included Sue Hyde from the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, Massachusetts Rep. Carl Sciortino Jr., Paul Sousa from EqualRep.com (himself one of the organizers), and several others. As one of the speakers last night said, and as we wrote about yesterday, we may have lost the court case yesterday, but we'll win the battle for marriage equality in the end.

Day of Decision

Sue Hyde (pink dot, middle of the picture) speaks before the Boston Day of Decision rally.

Day of Decision 2

Around 300-500 people attended the Boston Day of Decision rally.

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My wife and I are one of the 18,000 couples. Thank you, to the rest of the country, for your support. Yesterday was a sad day for us, even though we were made legal again. We are not giving up. We are in it to the end. We'll be in Fresno for the big rally this weekend

Posted by Gail Wise on 05/27/2009 @ 11:13AM PT
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I'm so glad to see all these people. Thanks for this roundup; it's really encouraging to see how numerous we are!

One minor quibble, though ... I think it might alienate potential allies to see the word "hate," or it's cute cousin "H8." If we're trying to convince someone to come over to our side, it seems like accusing them of being hateful might just irritate them.

Posted by Matt Baume on 05/27/2009 @ 11:36AM PT
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It's great that more than 100 cities in North America held protests against the intolerant decision of the California Supreme Court. In addition, using religion to justify oppression against the LGBT community is wrong and same-sex marriage is a necessary LGBT right. With hundreds of LGBT rights supporters attending the protests, it shows that LGBT equality is very important and that the LGBT rights movement will always advance.

Posted by Edwin Bonilla on 05/27/2009 @ 02:33PM PT
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That is so encouraging to see all these protests and all these people standing up for equality. It's a breathtaking sight. There weren't any protests in my city or state. I wish I could've been in California!

Posted by D W on 05/30/2009 @ 11:40AM 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.