Amidst all the news coverage of yesterday’s ruling by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals that California’s November 2008 Proposition 8 is unconstitutional as well as Washington State’s passage of a marriage equality bill, I wish to nuance the excitement of these events with a critique of the narrow focus of the LGBTQ movement in recent years. I have personally participated in marriage equality activism through organizing voter phone banking against Prop 8 as well as the ” target=”_blank” title=”Follow me @KalilCohen”>Follow me @KalilCohen
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