This morning I spent the better part of 3-4 hours putting Marriage Equality USA stickers on people attending the Repeal Prop 8 rally at the California Supreme Court here in San Francisco. I stickered 7th graders, seniors from senior centers, drag queens, parents, children of gay parents, teachers, even a few unsuspecting pet dogs from the Marriage Equals One Man and One Woman "Traditional Marriage" camp.
I've been a marriage equality activist since 2004 and have participated in rallies throughout the nation, have spoken to the media, convinced conservatives to change their mind etc... But this rally was perhaps the hardest yet. This time, there were just as many as "them" as there were "us". And their signs were MUCH larger.
As we watched the court proceedings, it occurred to me that there were no groups there called "sex educators/researchers for equality". We need that in a really bad way. Lifelong sex ed has the potential to radically transform how all Americans see gender and sexuality. So this is what I came up with:
SAFE or Sex-Ed Advocates For Equality: A national movement of sex educators and researchers in coalition with one another to actively support LGBT equality. Naturally, NSRC is a great place to start this....and we have a work retreat this afternoon. Perfect timing.
