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.
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
* 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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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.
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 *
Those who pos gun ntrol for the purpose of protectg gays the wake of the Orlando massacre benef om tremendo privilege. 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. This spired anized meetg and march for gay rights.
GAY NRA OFFICIAL SAYS GUN GROUP SUPPORTS LGBTQS
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.
WHAT DO GUN RIGHTS AND GAY RIGHTS THE U.S. HAVE MON? A LOT
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.
STRAIGHT SHOOTERS: MEET THE GAY GUN-RIGHTS ACTIVISTS
P., said 1993, when she addrsed a landmark rally for gay rights.
MORE SUPPORT FOR GUN RIGHTS, GAY MARRIAGE THAN 2008 OR 2004
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.