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| Jennie Warren / OC Weekly |
A few ideas I couldn't quite fit into this week's
cover story on gay-rights activism in Orange County:
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LGBT-rights doesn't necessarily mean LGBT:
Most of the LGBT activists working in Orange County told me that one of
the most remarkable thing about the network that has developed because
of Prop. 8 is that it includes a ton of "straight allies."
Alex Gorman--the guy in
the story wearing the nun costume--is one. So is
Felicity Figueroa, the
Orange County Equality Coalition's membership chair, as are a number of other board members. Groups that don't
have marriage equality as their stated mission, like
Americans United
for Separation of Church and State, have also played a big role in activism
here.
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OCEC is full of newbies. There's an old guard in Orange County
gay activism. People like
Jeff Letourneau,
Harvey Liss,
Misha Houser,
Zoe Nicholson
and even
Weekly contributor
Dave Barton--as well as groups groups like the
Elections
Committee of the County of Orange and institutions like
The Center
OC--paved the way in the 1980s and 1990s with their work on AIDS
awareness, gay visibility and the opposition of maniacs like
Bill
Dannemeyer. They all remain involved in some way, but one
of the noteworthy things about gay activism since Prop. 8 has been the
emergence of completely new leaders--most of whom show up in this week's
cover story.
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You can see it all in action this weekend. Read on...
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