Surfing Saturday: a weekly round up of some of my favourite links on the interwebs.Pride Week
It's Pride Week in Toronto, so I'm celebrating with some of my favourite LGBT2Q links.
Equal Marriage
Here are some of my favourite equal marriage campaign and related videos from around the world. Have a tissue handy, some of these videos make the eyes wet.
Sinead's Hand from Ireland
It's Time from Austrailia
It's Time from Scotland
MP Maurice Williamson's 'Big Gay Rainbow' Speech, New Zealand
The Golden Girls and Marriage Equality
DOMA/Prop 8 Ruling
On Wednesday the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) ruled that DOMA (Defence of Marriage Act) and Prop 8 were unconstitutional. The plaintiffs in the case had this amazing press conference after the ruling was announced. Presidient Obama called the plaintiffs to congratulate them, Buzzfeed showed a collection of reaction photos outside the Supreme Court, and San Francisco City Hall was made rainbow to celebrate. Nancy Pelosi had this amazing response when asked for thoughts on Michelle Bachman's reaction to the ruling. I think I have watched that video about 50 times so far. Also George Takei wrote this opinion piece which is worth reading. There was a lot of joy on Wednesday; felt really positive and proud all day.
Pride Events
Toronto Pride is happening this weekend and Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne will be the first sitting Premier to march in the parade. HuffPost has a slideshow of some of best fashions from past Toronto parades. If you are searching with Google, certain Pride related key words will turn the search bar rainbow, which is pretty awesome. Simcoe County pride week isn't until August 2nd, but if you're local you can check out Simcoe Pride for more information.
Happy Pride Everybody!!!
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Wonder why they went with a rainbow? I like it, because it's so bright and pretty. But I wonder who decided, hey, lets go with a rainbow.
ReplyDeleteI love the flag because of the bright colours. So pretty and fun. Always makes me feel happy. I looked up the origin on Wiki and it looks like an artist made it in the late '70s. Wiki has the list of things that might have inspired the artist: Pride Flag Wikipedia
DeleteAlso Slate did an article on "Why Rainbow" a few days ago that you can find here: Rainbow Flag as Symbol of Gay Pride
Wow, thanks :-)
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