AIDS Quilt founder, Cleve Jones: New Gay March On Washington this October 11 [video]
”It is time to march again. Time to end this state-by-state, county-by-county, city-by-city struggle for equality and rip apart the patchwork of inequality that it has created. We are one nation, indivisible, with one Constitution, one Bill of Rights, and only one class of citizenship. It is time to march again, on the 30th anniversary of our first March, to seize this moment history, to believe as President Obama has taught us, that real change is possible in this country that we love…. We have a message for the people, the President, the Congress and the Supreme Court of the United States of America. We are equal!”
California gay rights activist Cleve Jones, best known for establishing the famous AIDS Quilt, speaking at the Utah Pride Fest, and calling for a fourth March on Washington for gay civil rights. The first march occurred on October 11, 1979, and the last occurred in April of 2000. Many will recall that the latter Millennium March was was immersed in controversy from the start, and that hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of debt was accrued, and enormous sums of cash were reportedly stolen from a terribly designed street festival that resulted in many service vendors not being reimbursed. Jones began his speech in Salt Lake City, by thanking the Mormon Church for uniting the GLBT community through its efforts to pass Proposition 8. (YouTube)
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