Overview Opns about a pair of ntent social issu, gun ntrol and gay marriage, have changed substantially sce prev printial
Contents:
- ‘IT’S MY FLORIDA TOO’: PULSE SHOOTG SURVIVOR BRANDON WOLF ON BEG BLACK, GAY AND THE ANTI-RON DESANTIS
- THK GAYS DON'T NEED GUN RIGHTS? CHECK YOUR PRIVILEGE
- FROM GUNS TO GAY MARRIAGE, HOW DID RIGHTS TAKE OVER POLICS?
- MEET THE GAY LIBERTARIAN GUN NUTS
- GAY NRA OFFICIAL SAYS GUN GROUP SUPPORTS LGBTQS
- WHAT DO GUN RIGHTS AND GAY RIGHTS THE U.S. HAVE MON? A LOT
- STRAIGHT SHOOTERS: MEET THE GAY GUN-RIGHTS ACTIVISTS
- MORE SUPPORT FOR GUN RIGHTS, GAY MARRIAGE THAN 2008 OR 2004
‘IT’S MY FLORIDA TOO’: PULSE SHOOTG SURVIVOR BRANDON WOLF ON BEG BLACK, GAY AND THE ANTI-RON DESANTIS
Gun ntrol puts margalized Amerins at the utter mercy of a police force that has perpetrated thoands of vlent raids of gay nightclubs, yet uld do absolutely nothg to stop the massacre Orlando. * gay gun rights *
”Wolf had sought refuge Florida 15 years ago when he was done wh ral Oregon, the childhood home where he suffered embedd racism and homophobia on a daily basis. Among his motivatns for wrg the book was to reclaim tersectnaly om DeSantis and others on the right who seek to hijack explas: “I wanted to give a human flavour to what tersectnaly actually looks and feels like and what feels like to experience racism and homophobia at the same time. Growg up a nservative majory whe town was difficult bee the same kid who would ll me the N-word on one day would ll me a homophobic slur on another day and I was nstantly navigatg the tersectns of those two thgs.
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A predictable rponse to the horrific massacre at a gay nightclub Orlando, which a gunman murred 49 people and jured 53 others, mostly Lato, is to rtrict gun ownership to police only.
THK GAYS DON'T NEED GUN RIGHTS? CHECK YOUR PRIVILEGE
Gay libertarian activists argue that more guns would help prevent hate crim. * gay gun rights *
But this rponse ignor the real relatnship gay and ethnic mory populatns have had wh police. When we discs privilege Ameri, we rightly pot out that straight, whe, cisgenred, male Amerins have the tremendo advantage of not beg directly negatively impacted by stutnal, systemic racism, sexism, transphobia and homophobia. The story of the stggle for gay rights has been siarly sanized.
Those who pos gun ntrol for the purpose of protectg gays the wake of the Orlando massacre benef om tremendo privilege.
FROM GUNS TO GAY MARRIAGE, HOW DID RIGHTS TAKE OVER POLICS?
Gay rights and gun rights may not appear to have much mon, but advot both muni say there are ti that bd the two, cludg an tert self-fence and fightg society's perceptns of them. * gay gun rights *
Rampant homophobia and transphobia the 1960’s meant out queers were unwele most bars and rtrants. In New York, the gay bars were mostly ntrolled by anized crime who paid off police to prevent equent raids.
MEET THE GAY LIBERTARIAN GUN NUTS
Gay rights have helped shape morn Send Amendment law, thanks to the group Pk Pistols and men such as Tom G. Palmer and Jonathan Rch. * gay gun rights *
San Francis gays had no better. When police nducted an unannounced raid at the Stonewall Inn, a mafia-owned gay bar Greenwich Village, patrons and supporters rted vlently for days.
GAY NRA OFFICIAL SAYS GUN GROUP SUPPORTS LGBTQS
This spired anized meetg and march for gay rights. Before two years had passed after the Stonewall rts every major Amerin cy had a gay rights group.
Gun ntrol puts margalized Amerins at the utter mercy of a police force that has perpetrated thoands of vlent raids of gay nightclubs, yet uld do absolutely nothg to stop the massacre Orlando. Gays need guns, not only to protect themselv om ps, but also to protect themselv om beg targeted by civilians like the Orlando shooter and the homophob who threatened Tom Palmer.
The people who pos gun ntrol for the purpose of protectg gays the wake of the Orlando massacre benef om tremendo privilege. They get to live ignorance of the role police have played hurtg gay Amerins, and ignorance of the role guns have played fomentg the movement for civil rights. P., said 1993, when she addrsed a landmark rally for gay rights.
WHAT DO GUN RIGHTS AND GAY RIGHTS THE U.S. HAVE MON? A LOT
The remarks were wily terpreted as a msage to his lleagu, who were growg more receptive to the ia that gay people had a nstutnal right to marry their partners.
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STRAIGHT SHOOTERS: MEET THE GAY GUN-RIGHTS ACTIVISTS
He is also an openly gay gun lover who believ strongly the send amendment (the nstutnal right to keep and bear arms) and won a realy TV show bee of his superr shootg to pre-nceived notns about gay people and gun enthiasts, Cheng is certaly makg people thk a phone terview om his home San Francis, the 35-year-old said he is tryg to promote diversy both the gun muny and the gay muny.
The stereotyp he's tryg to break apart clu that gun owners are whe, unted, redneck Republins and that gay people are physilly and mentally weak, easy targets for bullyg and vlence and are anti-gun Cheng qu a job at Google after wng a realy TV show lled Top Shot. He is now a profsnal shooter and thor and talks about the overlap between gay rights and gun rights. (Facebook/Photo urty of Crimson Trace)On the ntrary, said Cheng, gay Amerins and gun-totg Amerins are each diverse muni.
MORE SUPPORT FOR GUN RIGHTS, GAY MARRIAGE THAN 2008 OR 2004
"For me, there are a number of clear, overlappg prcipl between gun rights and gay rights, " said Cheng. "I thk we still live a world where there are the overridg, negative stereotyp about both muni, and most people don't know very much about the overlap between gay rights and gun rights. "Cheng talks about what 's like to be gay, and pro-gun, and what they have mon.
Freedom a re Amerin valueGay people have been targets for centuri, Cheng said, and "llg 911 isn't always gog to get the job done. For a untry like Ameri where eedom is one of our re valu, that there's eedom to be who you are, wh rpect to beg gay and beg open, and beg safe and secure, and the eedom to protect yourself whether 's wh a gun or wh other means, those are two prcipl my md that are very much aligned wh Amerin valu.
"For some gay people, like Tom Palmer, self-fence is the ma reason for owng a gun.