Comments on: And Then There Were Ten http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2009/06/18/12283 News, analysis and fact-checking of anti-gay rhetoric Wed, 22 May 2013 00:59:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Jose http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2009/06/18/12283/comment-page-1#comment-42949 Jose Fri, 19 Jun 2009 05:32:21 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=12283#comment-42949 Ooops... Forgot to finish that thought: The same goes for congress(wo)man. You would think that San Francisco of all places could elect an openly LGBT congressperson, and yet they haven't. Ooops… Forgot to finish that thought: The same goes for congress(wo)man. You would think that San Francisco of all places could elect an openly LGBT congressperson, and yet they haven’t.

]]> By: Jose http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2009/06/18/12283/comment-page-1#comment-42948 Jose Fri, 19 Jun 2009 05:29:34 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=12283#comment-42948 I've always thought it was bizarre that San Francisco, of all places, has never had an openly gay mayor. Newsom is awesome, and Willy Brown was great, but really... Paris and Berlin have gay mayors. Portland and Providence have gay mayors. Even Tempe, AZ had an openly gay (and Republican) mayor: Neil Giuliano, who is now the outgoing director of GLAAD and rumored Arizona gubernatorial candidate. I’ve always thought it was bizarre that San Francisco, of all places, has never had an openly gay mayor. Newsom is awesome, and Willy Brown was great, but really… Paris and Berlin have gay mayors. Portland and Providence have gay mayors. Even Tempe, AZ had an openly gay (and Republican) mayor: Neil Giuliano, who is now the outgoing director of GLAAD and rumored Arizona gubernatorial candidate.

]]> By: Lindoro Almaviva http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2009/06/18/12283/comment-page-1#comment-42943 Lindoro Almaviva Fri, 19 Jun 2009 04:09:17 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=12283#comment-42943 <i>Fight back. Act Up.</i> Where have I heard this before? Oh I know, it was the response we gave when Saint Ronald <i>"won't acknowledge AIDS"</i> Reagan bit more than he could chew. Just as i said, maybe it is time to revive the old ACT UP! policies and people. Not everyone liked what they did, but they certainly did not get ignored. Once again, where is Solmonese in all of this? Where is his announcement pulling out of this farce? Where is the concentrated effort to make sure the leaders of the gay community DO NOT attend this shindig and make a statement with their non attendance? Fight back. Act Up.

Where have I heard this before? Oh I know, it was the response we gave when Saint Ronald “won’t acknowledge AIDS” Reagan bit more than he could chew.

Just as i said, maybe it is time to revive the old ACT UP! policies and people. Not everyone liked what they did, but they certainly did not get ignored.

Once again, where is Solmonese in all of this? Where is his announcement pulling out of this farce? Where is the concentrated effort to make sure the leaders of the gay community DO NOT attend this shindig and make a statement with their non attendance?

]]> By: Joel http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2009/06/18/12283/comment-page-1#comment-42933 Joel Fri, 19 Jun 2009 02:06:55 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=12283#comment-42933 we need to recruit more LGBT.. maybe then it'll make us as important as to maybe attract obamas attention. If he sincerely cares, he might actually heed the LGBT's concerned voice... but Obama has always struck me as the kind of person that begins and ends in his oratory. we need to recruit more LGBT.. maybe then it’ll make us as important as to maybe attract obamas attention. If he sincerely cares, he might actually heed the LGBT’s concerned voice… but Obama has always struck me as the kind of person that begins and ends in his oratory.

]]> By: Warren http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2009/06/18/12283/comment-page-1#comment-42931 Warren Fri, 19 Jun 2009 01:14:11 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=12283#comment-42931 Sullivan is right. Pelosi cannot get elected to represent SF without gay and allied support. We could put forward someone like Matt Gonzalez (who nearly beat Gavin Newson in 2003) and form a coalition with the progressive community in the city and toss her out if she makes no movement on our issues. THAT would be a wake-up call! Sullivan is right. Pelosi cannot get elected to represent SF without gay and allied support. We could put forward someone like Matt Gonzalez (who nearly beat Gavin Newson in 2003) and form a coalition with the progressive community in the city and toss her out if she makes no movement on our issues. THAT would be a wake-up call!

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