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A DAY WITHOUT GAYS/ recap
Dec 11 2008, 8:40 PM EST
The following is a recap of what was achieved on A DAY WITHOUT GAYS.Our goal was to raise awareness that Gays and Lesbians are being denied full equality in this country, including the right to get married. On that note... On our Facebook site, we received 1 million impressions, signed up 250,000 participants and posted 20,000 comments. We were featured and/or interviewed by most of the national and local media, including ABC News, KABC, KNBC, KTTV, and many others. We were interviewed by most of the major radio networks, from CNN radio, NPR News, Air America, Pacifica and Sirius. We were mentioned throughout national and local press, including the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post and the San Diego Chronicle. We had commentaries on CNN.com, PSAs appeared on Logoonline and we were featured in countless blogs across the web. This was always intended as a symbolic protest, our proverbial Boston Tea Party. We never expected to make a huge impact on businesses or the economy. That said, major restaurant chains informed their employees about the event, countless business shut down, tens of thousands of employees and students did not show up for work or school, and hundreds of teachers across the nation did not teach. In addition, countless individuals informed us that they called in sick, took vacation, closed their businesses, boycotted restaurants and cafes, and stepped off the grid. We were joined by many other individual organizers, including Sean Hetherington, Ryan Bauer-Walsh, Brock Ogletree, Jamie McGonnigal, and more. We were co-sponsored by other grassroots organizations, including Join the Impact, the Courage Campaign and BAMN. We were trying to make a difference. We believe we achieved that yesterday. We will not quit until the honeymoon. David Craig and Steve Holzer Co-organizers of A DAY WITHOUT GAYS 3 out of 3 found this valuable. Do you?
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lynne33 |
1. RE: A DAY WITHOUT GAYS/ recap
Dec 11 2008, 10:07 PM EST
Fantastic! Your event made a big impression. I think it was especially wonderful that you asked people who took the day off work to volunteer. Great idea -- thanks for organizing!!
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Zlick |
2. RE: A DAY WITHOUT GAYS/ recap
Dec 12 2008, 1:45 AM EST
I'm so glad for this perspective on it. The general consensus I've been hearing is that it was bust, and hardly anyone participated, and there was so much inter-gay conflict about the means and intent of Day Without a Gay. And all the news stories I read took the position that the day was a bust ... but that belies the point that there WERE all those news stories. I participated in the day more than I anticipated doing. Called in Gay for Half a Day, and though I was pre-scheduled to spend $700 on a car repair that day ... payment got put off for another time because they forgot to order a part. In the end, I did end up spending $5 out in the world near the end of the day ... and i felt bad about it because I got so close to a very rare day of spending zero money. I didn't do any volunteer work, but a good part of the day was spent directly working for "The Cause." All in all, a surprisingly successful Day Without a Gay for me. Do you find this valuable? |
The_Dave_Machine |
3. RE: A DAY WITHOUT GAYS/ recap
Dec 12 2008, 1:09 PM EST
"I'm so glad for this perspective on it.I think Day Without Gays was a big success, too. We all knew that doctors and nurses would not be able to just walk out of the ER for the day. The same was true for lawyers, firefighters, highway patrol officers, letter carriers, air traffic controllers, etc. In most areas, mail carriers had to deliver the mail, regardless of this event. Despite all of that, this event resulted in lots of newspaper space devoted to it and a great deal of visibility. Do you find this valuable? |
