Joe.My.God pointed me to this cool new online action hosted by the L.A. Gay and Lesbian Center to thank straight allies of LGBT Equality on Valentine's day called "Heroes of Love."The straight allies are:
Julian Bond - NAACP Chairman
Jerry Brown - California Attorney General
Judy Chu - State Board of Equalization
Maria Elena Durazo - L.A. County AFL-CIO
Dianne Feinstein - U.S. Senator
Ronald George -Chief Justice California Supreme Court
Dolores Huerta - Co-founder United Farm Workers
Alice Huffman - California NAACP
Bill Maher -Host, Real Time with Bill Maher
Gavin Newsom - Mayor of San Francisco
Jack O'Connell - Superintendent of Public Instruction
Brad Pitt - Actor
Jerry Sanders - Mayor of San Diego
Antonio Villaraigosa - Mayor of Los Angeles
Karin Wang - Asian Pacific American Legal Center.
Interestingly, there are (count 'em) five California gubernatorial hopefuls (Brown, Feinstein, Newsom, O'Connell and Villaraigosa) on this list. The website allows you to select who you want to send Valentine's Day e-cards to. MadProfessah selected everyone but Dianne Feinstein--she has a LOT of "splainiing" to do and the ad she cut in opposition to Proposition 8 does not make up for her faux Republican actions carrying water for the Bush administration on federal judges and warantless wiretapping.
I didn't even know Karin Wang is straight! She does alot of work helping to organize a multiracial LGBT collective in Los Angeles that I am involved with.
Who would YOU add to the list as a straight ally to thank for their support of the LGBT community?
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