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Homophobia and Holocaust Remembrance Day
By Change.org guest blogger: Eric Grignol
Published on: April 25, 2009 @ 07:37AM PST
Author of Gay Rights department at Change.org: Michael Jones
This past week the world marked Holocaust Remembrance Day - an annual day set aside to commemorate the millions of victims of persecution and hate, which included countless Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender people (LGBT community), who were identified in the camps by a pink triangle.
[The Memorial Hall: http://andrejkoymasky.com/mem/holocaust/ho00.html]
President Obama acknowledged this day with a speech at the National Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C., and for what may be the first time in U.S. history a U.S. president drew the connection between global homophobia and the violence that happened during one of the 20th century's most gruesome tragedies. This is a sobering reminder that small acts of hate toward marginalized groups can grow into unspeakable atrocities, which is why hate crimes legislation is so important.
Here's the line that Obama gave at the Holocaust Museum, according to the Advocate:
Published on: April 25, 2009 @ 07:37AM PST
Author of Gay Rights department at Change.org: Michael Jones
This past week the world marked Holocaust Remembrance Day - an annual day set aside to commemorate the millions of victims of persecution and hate, which included countless Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender people (LGBT community), who were identified in the camps by a pink triangle.
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Here's the line that Obama gave at the Holocaust Museum, according to the Advocate:
"To this day, there are those who insist the Holocaust never happened, who perpetrate every form of intolerance -- racism, anti-Semitism, homophobia, xenophobia, sexism, and more -- hatred that degrades its victim and diminishes us all. Today and every day we have an opportunity, as well as an obligation, to confront these scourges. To fight the impulse to turn the channel when we see images that disturb us, or wrap ourselves in the false comforts that others' sufferings are not our own…"
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I featured this speech on the Current LGBT channel. Check it out here http://current.com/items/89998583_obama-condemns-homophobia-at-holocaust-remembrance.htm
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