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[Behind the Aegis]

This was a very interesting article. I really liked what she had to say and found it to be straight (queerly) to the point. The only place I would disagree:

The blame of the passing of Proposition 8 should not be placed on the shoulders of blacks, Latinos, or even religion, but rather the blame should rightly be placed on the shoulders of our government.

No, the blame does fall on all those people (and others who voted to pass this), as well as the government. They are responsible for their vote. To pass the buck off to the government is to excuse the bigotry they used in casting their vote.

My favorite part was:

While it is true that the white LGBTQ community needs to work on its racism, white privilege, and single-issue platform that thwart all efforts for coalition building with both straight and queer communities of color, the African-American community needs to work on its homophobia.

I will add they also need to work on their sexism and a few others of bigotry (including "lookism.")