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Tell Three: Because Coming Out Is Not EnoughFor those of us who work for equal rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people, it’s been clear for years now that we are slowly but surely getting closer and closer to attaining equality. Thanks to the Lawrence v. Texas decision five years ago, our intimate relationships can no longer be outlawed. Many state and local governments ban discrimination against LGBT people, hundreds of major corporations offer domestic partner protections to their LGBT employees, and many other advances have been made. But it’s just as clear that we still have a long road ahead of us. In the last election, California voted to get rid of marriage rights for our community; 29 other states have done the same. LGBT people still get fired from their jobs just for being who they are, young people still get beat up in school for seeming "queer" while school administrators do nothing about it, and in some states, same-sex couples can't foster or adopt while children in need go without homes. LGBT visibility has brought a lot of progress, but being out and visible just isn’t enough. What we’ve learned from social science research is that the thing that most changes people's hearts and minds and gets them to support equality is having had meaningful, detailed conversations with LGBT people about what our lives are really like. That’s what Tell 3 is all about. Tell 3 is a campaign we just launched in partnership with Join the Impact; Equality California; the Equality Federation; Freedom to Marry; the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force; the National Center for Lesbian Rights; and Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays to encourage LGBT people and their supporters to have three conversations with friends and family to help build support for LGBT equality.
So check out the Tell 3 website, where we have suggestions about what to talk about, ideas about who you can talk with, resources and more. Who are you going to tell?
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Feb 3rd, 2009 at 10:53pm
Sick disgusting perverts. You fags and dykes will burn in hell forever one day unless you give up this sick shit called sodomy.
Feb 4th, 2009 at 5:04pm
Aw, I love you too!
Feb 6th, 2009 at 2:16am
And what an example of Christ you are! If we DO go to hell, the worst part about it will be that YOU will still be in our midst! Face it, we're here, we've always been here and we always WILL be here. You might as well get used to it.
Feb 6th, 2009 at 3:56am
Please help the hard working women of Lafayette College. Six women have come forth to stop sexual harassment at the college. The pervert responsible for sexually harassing these women was sentenced to 18 months probation in a plea bargain. How could such a plea bargain be available this scares me. The man accused of the harassment is basically walking away untouched. He got his rocks off for years at these women’s expense. This man was put in a position to protect the college, its employees, and its students. Below are the local newspapers links to the articles. Please help these women return to there jobs. These women were scared to come forth because the man responsible carried a gun and must have had some kind of connection with college considering he worked there for 20 years. Lafayette is trying to sweep this under the rug and its working. I hope the ACLU can help these women and make it known that these type of actions will not just be swept under the table.
http://www.mcall.com/news/local/all-b4_3lafayette.676928 1feb04,0,2728419.story
http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/easton/i ndex.ssf/2009/02/sixth_woman_files_civil_lawsui.html
Feb 6th, 2009 at 2:57pm
liberal hater - level with us. You are always the first to post. It's like you do nothing all day but cruise the site.
Are you really the ACLU writing these things to get the rest of us to write comments?