2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: This message was self-deleted by its author [View all]Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)vanished into the mists after a few gestures of support around the Briggs amendment 'wussed out'. The LGBT movement doubled down, got far more radicalized and engaged in the most aggressive activism this country had seen since the 60's. And you, WillyT, in the Bay Area, could have been a supporter and participant is some of the most moving and important actions in the political history of California and the United States. But apparently you did not even notice what was going on around you:
1990:
We were fraught, frustrated, enraged, and with very little hope. But we were also determined, and with all of us together there was a feeling of strength and even festivity.
Journalist Tim Kingston is telling me over the phone what it felt like to be in San Francisco from June 20-24 in 1990, when the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP) staged historic protests during the Sixth International Conference on AIDS.
http://www.48hills.org/2015/06/16/the-week-act-up-shut-sf-down/
The link will show you what you missed by 'wussing out' as you did. This is your own home town! Look at the photos of your courageous neighbors, read the stories of men and women in the streets and in the halls of power standing up and acting up!!!!