The gay-marriage campaign has been sucking up resources like a massive sponge, corralling us to give up our last dollar and free time, leaving little sustenance for other queer groups doing critical work in our communities.
And the HIV travel ban has been an issue worked on by groups like Gay Men's Health Crisis since 1987, from its inception (Immigration Equality, which now attaches itself to the lifting of the ban, has only been around since 1994. The truth is that such things don't happen overnight and getting it lifted has meant the blood and sweat of a lot of queer activists who have been working relentlessly on the issue for a very long time. As for the bit about gay marriage as a tide rasing all boats, please take a look at the last sentence of my post:
"If we are to use any seafaring metaphors, it might be best to describe gay marriage as the Titanic, about to hit an iceberg and take everyone down with her."...
Proof The Gay Marriage Movement Is Draining Resources from Queer Activism
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