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A Day Without a Gay
Some people will skip work Wednesday. But instead of calling in sick, many will be calling in “gay.”
That's because a West Hollywood man and his boyfriend have responded to the passage of Proposition 8, which eliminated the right of same-sex couples to marry in California, with a protest idea that has caught the attention of gay rights activists and community organizations across the nation - a “Day Without a Gay.”
Sean Hetherington and Aaron Hartzler are asking people (both gay people and their straight supporters) to “call in gay” to work Wednesday, December 10th, to “protest passage of anti-gay constitutional amendments in Arizona, Florida and California.”
They are urging supporters to devote their time instead to community service and are providing a database of service opportunities for those joining the protest. The action, which coincides neatly with International Human Rights Day, echoes similar work stoppages by immigrant rights activists in 2006.
Because the boycott will showcase the economic impact of a day without gay workers and business owners, there are mixed feelings about doing so in these tough economic times.
But I say, an entire day to ponder the state of human rights and gay rights in our world? That's enough to make me call in “gay.”