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adiam7
10/12/09

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I had to exchange a jacket down the street form there today thinking its a holiday there will be no traffic-WRONG. I drove past the HRC headquarters and observed the frenetic washing and steaming. The HRC sign was covered. I thought it was odd that the cleaning didn't happen BEFORE the big gala. Then I thought WTF were they doing out there over the weekend to cause such a mess.
I was stopped by some HRC workers in front of the store and had they mentioned this amazing new movement I would have made a pledge then and there.
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BlinkyMcChuck
10/12/09

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I'm just here to say this tactic is at least as old as these kids. But! It's good to see it getting used again.
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subpar
10/12/09

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In other news, I FINALLY know what I'm going to be for Halloween.
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Solomon Grundy
10/13/09

@subpar: I just hope we're not at the same party.

Also, for your consideration:
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iplaudius
10/12/09

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Eh, isn’t pink and glittery is a little too homo-normative/gay mainstream? OR IS IT AN IRONIC APPROPRIATION OF SYMBOLS OF GAY MINSTRELSY? You decide.

Call me conservative and hetero-normative, but it seems to me that guerrilla art projects are a lot less effective than the organized activities of groups like HRC (i.e., lobbying, litigation, and so on).
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banof1983
10/12/09

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Please - so many of the "radical queers" I know are people who mainly date people of the opposite sex, did not ID as queer, pan-sexual, bi or (shocker) gay until later in life,and don't really face much gender variance oppression (i.e. are straight acting).

I'm sorry you're a middle class white person who always hates being the priviliged person, but taking it out on an org with pretty impressive number of members is so lame.
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adiam7
10/13/09

@banof1983: I thought I was in the loop and my gays can' t help on this one: What is a pan-sexual and could you provide an example
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Solomon Grundy
10/13/09

@banof1983: Oh really, because most of the radical queers I know are kinda stinky but harmless radical faeries and trannyfags. In short, total freaks. Transfolks, poor folks, people of color, freaks of all types, and basically everyone at the so-called margins of the queer communities have many serious grievances with HRC. Try to listen to them and take their issues seriously, rather than make your idiosyncratic personal experience universal.
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ngonzogo
10/12/09

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The HRC is a centrist, heteronormative (for lack of a better word) organization. That would be just fine, they are free to take whatever positions they want, EXCEPT some of their positions step on the rights of non-heteronormative portions of the lgbt community: collectively, queer people. If you're a leather man or a flamer or a transgendered person et al. who isn't interested in "passing" in the straight community, the HRC can act as much as an enemy to your rights as any homophobic group. Just ask the transgendered community when the HRC sided with House Republicans and endorsed the removal of TG people from protection under ENDA in 2007.
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Solomon Grundy
10/12/09

@ngonzogo: Hm, the executive director of Queers for Economic Justice explained really clearly in this interview how HRC directly and indirectly causes real-life damage to various types of LGBT folks. And he didn't use the word heteronormative once heh.
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Solomon Grundy
10/12/09

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The fact that Gawker completely missed the point of their action (HRC is "a group that tries to help"? yikes) makes me think it was a very poorly conceived action. "Quit leaving queers behind" is not exactly the battle hymn of the gaypublic.
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eatsshootsleaves
10/12/09

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Oh my God, I know a bunch of kafiya-wearing gays who are going to LOVE this.
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Solomon Grundy
10/12/09

@eatsshootsleaves: Lol I've been trying to think of a peace scarf joke for two hours.
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Choire
10/12/09

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I'm pretty sure their point was exactly what you told the kids that they should have as an agenda: that HRC--and its funders--are a target that really are oppressing "us." And I find myself agreeing with these youngsters, at least in part.... (Speaking as someone who actually was in ACT UP in 1991, when the condomizing happened, you whippersnapper.)
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lionboy
10/12/09

@Choire: At first glance, I thought the portrayal of the HRC as "oppressors" was excessive. On second thought, maybe it's not that far from the truth. Bash Back has every right to be offended by the roster of corporate "partners" the HRC proudly showcases on its website. Call it guilt by association, but how can I trust an organization to protect my rights while taking money from the corporations responsible for the collapse of the economy? So where do I get my glitter grenades?
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BettyCrocker
10/12/09

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Decorate Your Enemies With Pink Paint And Glitterz.
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raincoaster
10/12/09

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Otherwise known as Cornify IRL.
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itmustbeken
10/12/09

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Can their tasteful redecorating of the Republican Party Headquarters be far behind?!

THEY MUST BE STOPPED!
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Airvault
10/12/09

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Watch out for the one with the BeDazzler. He's a maniac!
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AndPreciousLittleofThat
10/12/09

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Well-dressed, nice-smelling, non-destructive and with an actual point?

Earth Liberation Front, this ain't.

Keep it up!
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drewonline
10/12/09

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"announced on their website..."

This is a joke. I think we have reached a point, when dot coms cost about $6 and a dot info is $0.99 at GoDaddy, not too mention WordPress is automatically installed that if a group does not have a non-unique website, it is NOT their website. I am sorry, but all these xxxxx.blogspot or xxxxx.wordpress are totally lame when you can have a very nice and professional looking site for about $10, with no computer skills and your OWN unique domain name. Rant over. Thanks,

ps. I am not sure what my point was, but seriously, in 2009 to use a xxxx.wordpress.com just pisses me off.
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