Video Montage of the Meet in the Middle 4 Equality Rally in Fresno, CA
Sorted under GLBTQ on June 1, 2009
The Meet in the Middle 4 Equality rally in Fresno, CA took place on Saturday, May 30, the first Saturday after the California Supreme Court upheld discrimination in the state by upholding Prop 8, eliminating the fundamental civil right to marry for thousands of same sex couples in the state.
Here is a video montage of the rally. 26 different speakers appear in the video below, including (but not limited to):
- Michelle Clunie, actress from Queer As Folk and Without a Trace
- Rabbi Denise Eger, spiritual leader at Congregation Kol-Ami
- Lt. Daniel Choi, discharged from the US military for openly being gay and announcing his sexual orientation on the Rachel Maddow Show, and leading spokesman against Don’t Ask Don’t Tell
- Layne Soares, US soldier who served in the closet due to Don’t Ask Don’t Tell
- Rick Jacobs, Founder of the Courage Campaign
- Dustin Lance Black, screenwriter for the Oscar award-winning movie, Milk
- Christine Chavez, granddaughter of Cesar Chavez
- Eric McCormack, actor from Will & Grace
- Cleve Jones, human rights activist, author, and lecturer
- Terry Stewart, San Francisco Chief Deputy City Attorney
- Andrea Shorter, Coalition Coordinator for Equality California
- T.R. Knight, actor from Grey’s Anatomy
- Rev. Troy D. Perry, Founder of Metropolitan Community Church
- Rev. Eric Lee, President of California chapter of Southern Christian Leadership Conference founded by Dr. Martin Luther King
- Robin McGehee, Lead Organizer of Meet in the Middle 4 Equality rally and march
The LGBT equality march, March on Washington, will take place on October 10-11.
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