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Don't support Human Rights Campaign!

When a group of us calling ourselves Occupy the Castro took over the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) store on December 3 to read a proclamation that the group needed to make housing, jobs and healthcare for all priorities on both the national and local levels, some folks were quick to criticize us. Why target a national gay organization that does some good things? these people asked.The question was answered a little over a month later (this past Saturday, February 4) when we went back to the store…See More

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no "golden years" for queer seniors

The last thing in the world many LGBT people want to be is a queer senior. And with good reason: entering the “golden years” in the queer community can be like entering a living hell. It means being dismissed by younger people as sexually and socially undesirable or being patronized because you’re a piece of living history. It’s being invisible in queer publications (except when you die and the gushing obits come out, saying what a great hero you once were, emphasis on “once”). It’s having the…See More

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the other victims of 9/11

This is the text of a speech I gave today at the Castro's memorial to Mark Bingham... the other victims of 9/11by Tommi Avicolli Mecca They’re the countless civilians in Afghanistan and Iraq who have been murdered (and continue to be killed) by American bombs or by American soldiers since the invasion of their countries by the U.S. and its allies. Though they possessed no weapons of mass destruction nor any ties to the attack on the twin towers in New York City, President George Bush and the…See More

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For homeless youth, it never gets better

The latest study coming out of Boston Children’s Hospital should shame politicians throughout this country who are cutting vital services to those in need, but I guarantee it won’t. It should also serve as yet another wake-up call to the queer community, which has not poured any substantial amount of money or effort into solving one of our most pressing problems. I don’t mean the lack of “marriage equality.” I’m talking about the epidemic of homelessness in our midst. In a recent survey of…See More

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For homeless youth, it never gets better

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bible says to call us fags

Check this out, this minister in New York says the bible says to call us fags, bulldaggers and sodomites.http://open.salon.com/blog/avimecca See More

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AussieRiotQueer86 commented on tommi avicolli mecca's blog post 'my speech tonight at OSOF rally in Castro'

"Nice work! I would have loved to have been there. At least we have universal healthcare over here...but the issues of depression and youth suicide in the Queer community here just suck and never get covered of course. Neither does the homeless…"

Nov 8, 2009

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my speech tonight at OSOF rally in Castro

I COME TODAY NOT TO MOURN OUR LOSSES, BUT TO CHALLENGE YOU TO FIGHT FOR REAL FULL EQUALITY.AS LONG AS THERE IS DISPARITY BETWEEN THE HAVES AND HAVE-NOTS IN OUR COMMUNITY, THERE IS NO FULL EQUALITYAS LONG AS 75% OF TRANSGENDERS IN THE BAY AREA ARE NOT FULLY EMPLOYED, THERE IS NO FULL EQUALITYAS LONG AS MAJOR STUDIES CONTINUE TO SHOW THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS AS POOR AS ANY OTHER AND IN SOME WAYS POORER, THERE IS NO FULL EQUALITYAS LONG AS 40% OF HOMELESS YOUTH IN SF IDENTIFY AS LGBT, AND ALMOST THE…See More

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Who are you? (Creative answers encouraged!): Radical southern Italian working-class atheist queer who's been fighting the good fight for over 40 years, also editor of Smash the Church, Smash the State: the early years of gay liberation. My blog is http://open.salon.com/blog/avimecca.

Activism & Interests?: National healthcare, living wage for all workers, free or affordable housing for all, free public education, free public transportation, no more jails, deport la migra not "illegal" immigrants, end homelessness, stop criminalizing homelessness, make schools safe for queer kids, end to hunger, etc. Far too many to list here.

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Don't support Human Rights Campaign!

Posted on February 8, 2012 at 9:02am 0 Comments 0 Likes

Why target a national gay organization that does some good things? these people asked.

The question was answered a little over a month later…

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no "golden years" for queer seniors

Posted on November 4, 2011 at 3:36pm 0 Comments 2 Likes

The last thing in the world many LGBT people want to be is a queer senior. And with good reason: entering the “golden years” in the queer community can be like entering a living hell.

It means being dismissed by younger people as sexually and socially undesirable or being patronized because you’re a piece of living history. It’s being invisible in queer publications (except when you die and the gushing obits come out, saying what a great hero…

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the other victims of 9/11

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This is the text of a speech I gave today at the Castro's memorial to Mark Bingham...

the other victims of 9/11

by Tommi Avicolli Mecca

They’re the countless civilians in Afghanistan and Iraq who have been murdered (and continue to be killed) by American bombs or by American soldiers since the invasion of their countries by the U.S. and its allies. Though they possessed no weapons of mass…

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