Let’s have some good news.
Oct. 23rd, 2009 02:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sparkindarknessI often read out endless screeds of homophobia and related badness. My RSS is filled with the various abuses that are thrown at GBLT people in a near constant stream. It gets quite depressing sometimes.
So I think it’s important to remember, we are winning. We are going forwards. GBLT rights ARE progressing, albeit slowly at times, but we are winning this. And it’s important to collate the victories as well.
Germany extends pension rights to gay civil partners (trying to address some of those inequalities between civil partnership and marriage)
Sweden allows gay couples to marry in church (The Church also as an open and non-celibate Lesbian Bishop)
America approves a hate crimes bill that protects GBLT people
86 year old world War 2 Veteran makes an extremely good speech for gay rights
The States of Jersey legalises Civil Partnerships
So I think it’s important to remember, we are winning. We are going forwards. GBLT rights ARE progressing, albeit slowly at times, but we are winning this. And it’s important to collate the victories as well.
Germany extends pension rights to gay civil partners (trying to address some of those inequalities between civil partnership and marriage)
Sweden allows gay couples to marry in church (The Church also as an open and non-celibate Lesbian Bishop)
America approves a hate crimes bill that protects GBLT people
86 year old world War 2 Veteran makes an extremely good speech for gay rights
The States of Jersey legalises Civil Partnerships