Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Rainbow of coalitions; We need to define ourselves by what we are -- not what we aren't

Coming out of the shadows is harder than coming out of thecloset. The gay/lesbian/bisexual movement is having its day in thesun, reaping the rewards of decades of fighting for rights enjoyedby heteros. Let's face it, when Disneyland wants to throw your gaywedding, you can pretty much say you've "arrived."

It seems like last year's illegal-immigrant marches put all of usHispanics in the spotlight despite our birthplace. The Hispanic"movement" to be acknowledged as just a brown American face in thecrowd -- rather than a bunch of non-English-speaking apple-pickerswho say "joo" when they mean "you" -- can stand to learn a fewlessons from our gay friends who instinctively …

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