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Contents:
- CALIFORNIA VOTERS WILL BE ASKED TO REAFFIRM GAY MARRIAGE PROTECTNS ON 2024 BALLOT
- CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS ULD REMOVE NEXT YEAR
- THE POWER OF THE GAY FOLLOWG
- THE FOLLOWG GAY...
- THE GAY/TRANS PANIC DEFENSE: WHAT IT IS, AND HOW TO END IT
CALIFORNIA VOTERS WILL BE ASKED TO REAFFIRM GAY MARRIAGE PROTECTNS ON 2024 BALLOT
California voters will be asked to affirm gay marriage rights on the 2024 ballot followg Prop. 8 ncerns about the state nstutn. * the gay following *
Californians will vote on a proposal to amend the state Constutn on the 2024 ballot to reaffirm gay marriage rights — a ut move that amid natnal anxiety after recent lgs by the nservative-leang U.
CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS ULD REMOVE NEXT YEAR
Although there is no current threat to the legaly of gay marriage, and Print Bin signed a bill safeguardg last year, the Democratic-domant state Legislature is seekg to remove language om California’s Constutn that still f marriage as between a man and outdated state fn has been emed unenforceable and unnstutnal thanks to feral law, but LGBTQ advocy groups are askg voters to repeal and amend the California Constutn to stead explicly state that marriage is “a fundamental right. Gav Newsom was out of state, Senate lear Toni Atks (D-San Diego) signed bills to law on his behalf as the first out gay actg ernor.
THE POWER OF THE GAY FOLLOWG
California still has an anti-gay marriage law on the books.
Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed a subsequent legislative attempt to legalize gay marriage. Supreme Court legalized gay marriage natnally two years later. On one hand, we live a society that is still very homophobic spe some small progrs.
THE FOLLOWG GAY...
But ironilly, the gay muny driv some of pop culture’s leadg trends. Even Samantha Jon an episo of Sex and the Cy once said to buddg actor Smh Jarrod, “First you w over the gays, then the teenage girls, then Hollywood will follow.
Patti LaBelle has a huge gay followg, which was no surprise sce her style borrowed a page om the book of drag queens. Derek J is one of the leadg celebry hairstylists the untry, probably the world, and the list go pot is, havg a gay followg n be beneficial to an artist’s reer and while artists the past may have gaed said fans untentnally, divas like Nicki Maj, Lady Gaga and even rapper Lil’ B, have purposefully ma work for themselv.
THE GAY/TRANS PANIC DEFENSE: WHAT IT IS, AND HOW TO END IT
Here’s why: People will like them for beg pro gay, which opens up chanc to perform more plac, and people who are anti-gay will still track their every move bee they want to track their enemy. Lil’ B named his but album I’m Gay, which theory uld be reer suici for a rapper.
By clarg that he is “gay"—which he has explaed that he means the origal sense of the word (“happy")—he is takg away some of the stigma that the word has veloped over the past few s. It’s a smart move eher way you look at bee not only will they draw more attentn to themselv, but forc more people to talk and face issu (and their own feelgs) that affects the gay muny today, primarily marriage and bigotry.
Havg a gay followg n lockdown the longevy of an artist.