Pride Week, New York, etc.!

I marched in the Chicago Pride Parade the other day with the ACLU of Illinois. What a great experience- my hand was sore from high fives by the end and I got horribly sunburned, but seeing the vast crowds of queers and allies alike was awesome. We carried some I <3 NY signs in honor of marriage equality* passing in New York (just in time for Pride Week). HAPPY PRIDE TO ALL!

Speaking of New York (more people in the U.S. now live in states with legal marriage equality than not, though only 6 states have passed it...food for thought!), here's a great post from eastsidekate at Shakesville on the big question of "what next?". LGBTQIA equality is by no means reached just by the right to marry (though that is certainly a large step), and it's important for us as a community to remember our fight has a long way to go.

*I've chosen to use the term "marriage equality" because not all people in same-gender/sex marriages identify as gay or consider their marriage to be a gay one (bisexuals who marry members of the same gender, pansexual people, asexuals, trans* people who are in hetero marriages considered homo by laws not recognizing trans* identities, poly people in same-gender marriages who have partners of different genders, the list goes on forever!).