Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Did Dan Choi Jump the Shark, or Has the Gay Community Forgotten What Real Activism Is?

I'd say that we've had the gay Martin Luther King, Jr. already: his name was Harvey Milk. He organized his community, he broke ground for equality, he confronted institutional bigotry at the ballot box, he advocated for equal treatment, and he spoke out despite death threats.



And, like King, he was murdered by someone who hated him for who he was and what he stood for.
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost

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