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Miss Scarlett · 06-26-2010, 10:29 AM

I wrote this as part of my response to a friend's editorial column about the need for LGBT friendly members of our local government in order to achieve acceptance for everyone in our metro area. We have a culture of apathy where I live and that is in all communities not just the LGBT. It is extremely frustrating that everyone wants rights and privileges but very few offer to actually pitch in, much less support our efforts.

I'm not giving up - ever...

Here's part of what I wrote:

We CAN make changes individually and as a community. Imagine what our lives would be like had Stonewall never happened – 41 years ago this weekend a small group of people had had enough. Several years prior to Stonewall there were the riots at Compton’s. And what about Harvey Milk, Barbara Gittings, Frank Kameny, Harry Hay, Larry Kramer, Del Martin, Phyllis Lyon and many others? Their actions helped to further open the closet door for us…but that door has yet to be knocked off its hinges.

We can do this if we just get out there and get to work. Understand that we WILL meet with resistance. Change will NOT happen overnight. But if we continue to do little or nothing that closet door will begin to close inch by inch. If you don’t believe me I have 2 words for you: Prop 8.

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Miss Scarlett Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Relationship Status: . Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: . Posts: 5,530 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 4,478 Thanked 12,947 Times in 3,419 Posts Rep Power: 21474857	I wrote this as part of my response to a friend's editorial column about the need for LGBT friendly members of our local government in order to achieve acceptance for everyone in our metro area. We have a culture of apathy where I live and that is in all communities not just the LGBT. It is extremely frustrating that everyone wants rights and privileges but very few offer to actually pitch in, much less support our efforts. I'm not giving up - ever... Here's part of what I wrote: We CAN make changes individually and as a community. Imagine what our lives would be like had Stonewall never happened – 41 years ago this weekend a small group of people had had enough. Several years prior to Stonewall there were the riots at Compton’s. And what about Harvey Milk, Barbara Gittings, Frank Kameny, Harry Hay, Larry Kramer, Del Martin, Phyllis Lyon and many others? Their actions helped to further open the closet door for us…but that door has yet to be knocked off its hinges. We can do this if we just get out there and get to work. Understand that we WILL meet with resistance. Change will NOT happen overnight. But if we continue to do little or nothing that closet door will begin to close inch by inch. If you don’t believe me I have 2 words for you: Prop 8.