F-i-r-e I-n C-A G-a-y. | October 29, 2008 | Comments (0)

(Okay, so maybe that the gayest obscure Cure reference ever made in the history of life, but read on. Please.)

Here’s the thing, kittens. There will always be those who see life and those living it in a more black & white fashion, and then there are those who innately grasp at the grays and gradations. That’s important to remember before walking across the plains of anyone’s identity – we never know where potential landmines are buried until, well, until we know.

And, really, let’s face it – it’s not worth running your Yves Saint Laurent Volume Effet Faux Cils over, you know? So, please donate to the fight against Prop. 8 right now. Seriously. Your friends and lovers out here in California are fucking DAYS away from being stripped of their rights by a bunch of ignorant, fear-mongering bigots with deep pockets. Those fuckers just raised $3M. It’s insane.

DO NOT WANT.

HRC and EQCA and everybody else (the good guys) are trying to raise $3M to counter it by Friday night. Peep the Ugly Betty cast ad against Prop 8, then share it like crazy with everyone you know:

The Harvey Milk movie (starring Sean Penn) premiered in SF’s Castro last night (dude hotties abound in these pics, so have at it, all you peen-loving ladies).

Some POS motherfucker beat a gay with his YES ON PROP 8 sign whilst spitting out homophobic slurs in Torrance, CA.

Senator Dianne Feinstein has put out an ad urging Californians to vote No on Prop. 8, too:

Of course, the folks behind Prop. 8 are exploiting children to back their vile, hateful arguments. You may or may not have heard that some adorable (and deliriously happy) SF schoolchildren went on a field trip to see their lesbian teacher get married at City Hall in SF not long ago. Not only did Prop. 8 supporters stoop to terrible lows by attacking this otherwise wonderful and memorable learning experience to garner support, they went even lower by using video of the kids in their ads.

From the article:

In their letter to the Prop 8 campaign, the parents wrote: “We are absolutely outraged that you have chosen, without permission, to shamelessly hijack the images of our innocent children to promote a cause that we in no way, shape or form support. It is even more maddening that you have willfully and calculatingly edited the images of our children, with menacing music in the background, in a way that is completely contrary to their nature and harmful to them.”

Here’s a video about that (not the one w/ kids, I am NOT re-posting that awful shit):

Y’all? I am seriously, seriously, seriously freaking out and getting more tense and anxious with each passing day. I keep donating money I can’t really afford to donate to fight this shit. I have the feeling I will be spending lots of time at the field office downtown phone banking and stuff this weekend.

IF YOU LIVE IN CALIFORNIA, PLS. MAKE TIME TO VOLUNTEER AT A FIELD OFFICE NEAR YOU.

IF YOU CANNOT DONATE, AT LEAST CONSIDER SPREADING THE WORD.

Here is the list and contact info – if you don’t see anything near you or are having trouble, let me know and I’ll try and put you in touch with someone:

Northern California
Berkeley >> (415) 252-8132
Oakland >> (415) 252-8132
Santa Cruz County (831) 427-2586
San Francisco >> (415) 252-8132
Santa Rosa (707) 332-9537
South Bay/Peninsula >> (408) 453-4592
Central Valley & Central Coast
Fresno >> (559) 862-4559
Modesto (209) 614-7532
Sacramento >> (530) 329-3501
San Luis Obispo (805) 440-6487
Southern California
Hollywood >> (323) 377-9771
Long Beach >> (323) 377-6556
Orange County >> (323) 377-6556
Palm Springs >>
Santa Barbara >>
San Fernando Valley >> (937) 304-6001
Silverlake >> (323) 377-0280
West Los Angeles >> (310) 210-1662
San Diego & Inland Empire
Inland Empire (626) 616-0945
Palm Springs & Coachella Valley (408) 966-9373


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SBJ @ 3:19 PM

Comments (0)

  • Meredith

    Oh, honeybunny… I wish I could volunteer with you. If I lived in CA I’d be doing it every day. I really have no monies to give but I will at least give a little bit. This is so, so, SO important.

  • mllejanine

    YES!!!! Please to especially volunteer if possible. I am shit on the phone but damnit if I ain’t workin’ it out in the SF office doing basic stuff. So many of the No on 8 donations have come from small donations, it really does add up!!!!

    And please to forever support businesses like Apple, which not only donated a hefty chunk of change to No on 8, they defended the shit out of it on their own site just days after the Yes on 8 folks announced they would publish a list of businesses supporting the No on 8 campaign in order to lead a boycott unless these businesses recinded their support of gay marriage. Yea, it’s THAT kind of campaign.

  • Skinny Bone Jones

    Janine, I love you. Thank you. THANK YOU!

  • M

    they need to blast these no on 8 ads on Galavision!

  • mllejanine

    Aww, thanks. I typed that quick-style before running for my bus. (Yikes, could I say businesses just once more in that run-on sentence?)

    So, lessons from the campaign tonight:

    –It’s still a statistical dead heat. Pout. (But seriously? I haven’t received a single election-related phone call on my cell and neither have most people I know. And don’t most cell-only users skew on the younger side?)

    –I double-checked: $800,000 has been raised on donations of $20 or less ALONE. Skip a few lattes and donate the money saved! IT ADDS UP.

    –No on Prop 8 finally out-raised the yes fuckers by $2million and they made it up and then some within 24 hours. This is a last stand for a whole lotta people with deep pockets and we don’t have time to sit around and fret.

    –Ways to volunteer: work the phones, do data entry (like me!), visibility campaigns at BART and MUNI stations/farmers markets/various neighborhoods, join us for a FREAKING PUB CRAWL on Saturday night.

    –How did I forget this part? Volunteers report everyday that people are STILL confused and think a yes vote=yes on gay marriage and vice versa. Talk to your friends, family, co-workers (if possible) and make sure they know what their vote means.

    –Volunteering=Free homemade baked goods courtesy of various no on 8 university groups!

    Now to find a Stylista recap….