11/16/2008
Marriage Equality Protests Sweep Nation - Photo Gallery
Images are flowing in from the "Join the Impact" rallies in support of marriage equality that went on across the nation yesterday. I'll be bringing you reports and photos as well as any important video that comes in. If you're in a location and see I don't have an image from that city, and you have one, please send it in to tips@towleroad.com - thanks. It would help if you have multiple shots to not send them one at a time, but in one email.
Also, if any of you have pointed us to Flickr or Picasa or similar galleries and webpages, because we're getting so many pictures we're too swamped at the moment to scour your online galleries, if you could email us a few of your best shots that would help a lot. Also, reports on the march - even brief ones on attendance or incidents - are encouraged. I believe Picasa and Flickr users can email galleries to us in a zip file directly from your accounts, and obviously web-ready sizes are best.
We've been posting all the photos in a huge reader-submitted Huge Gallery HERE. So far we have photos up from Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia Washington, Washington D.C., and Wisconsin.
*NOTE - I still have a LOT more of your photos to go through and put in the gallery so keep checking back if you don't see them.
A DAY OF PROTEST FOR MARRIAGE EQUALITY [towleroad gallery]
Posted 11:30 AM EST by Andy Towle in Activism, California, News, Proposition 8 | Permalink
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Lexington, KY's protest here:
http://quiethands.blogspot.com/search/label/Join%20the%20Impact
Posted by: J.P. | Nov 15, 2008 3:49:12 PM
Photos from Boston's rally:
http://picasaweb.google.com/thedeedisdone/BostonAntiProp8Rally#
Posted by: Max | Nov 15, 2008 5:03:47 PM
CNN
Photos and videos
http://www.ireport.com/ir-topic-stories.jspa?topicId=35760
Posted by: Tony | Nov 15, 2008 5:17:17 PM
Photos from Madison's rally here:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=95575265172#
My favorite quote?
"Rights are not pie! Equality for all!"
Word.
Posted by: The Milkman | Nov 15, 2008 5:18:43 PM
"Crowd Chases Anti-Gay Preachers out of the Castro"
http://www.dogpoet.com/blog/archives/685
Posted by: Mike | Nov 15, 2008 5:30:25 PM
I just came from the DC march, there were tons of people even though at one point it started raining heavily. I haven't been able to find any pictures online of the DC march though.
Posted by: Wes | Nov 15, 2008 5:31:37 PM
Omaha, NE pictures here
http://www.flickr.com/photos/latherr/sets/72157609132319106/
Posted by: Just Nick | Nov 15, 2008 5:33:17 PM
All you folks who texted photos know the cell fone assocaitions's CEO supported Prop 8 in a big way:
Contributor name Terry Largent
Occupation Chief Executive Officer
Employer CTIA THE WIRELESS ASSOCIATION
City Arlington
State or country VA
ZIP
Position Support
Amount $2,000.00
Payment type Monetary
Transaction date 8/7/2008
Committee name Protectmarriage.com - Yes On 8, A Project Of California Renewal
Posted by: Arlington Tom | Nov 15, 2008 5:40:15 PM
Looking forward to pics from the Houston rally. The beautiful day brought 'out' lots of beautiful people--both straight and gay; everywhere you looked there were dozens and dozens of signs in the air. cool.
Posted by: tim | Nov 15, 2008 5:44:08 PM
The Oakland rally was great.
There was a powerful speech from the young son of a lesbian couple. He couldn't have been more than 10 years old.
He said that he didn't know his family was any different than anyone else's family until he learned that people wanted to discriminate against his two moms.
It was incredible.
Posted by: Eric | Nov 15, 2008 5:56:03 PM
DC protest pics:
http://www.thenewgay.net/2008/11/dc-prop-8-protest-photos.html
We had thousands turn out!
Posted by: Michael Eichler | Nov 15, 2008 6:18:32 PM
We had a great turnout in Fort Lauderdale. Sorry, didn't take pics.
Posted by: wisebear | Nov 15, 2008 6:37:08 PM
I went to the demonstration in Mpls. It was nice crowd , especially given it was put together in 5 days (like many cities).
I'm really thankful for those who organized our event locally - it was really well done
I found these pics on flickr from the event.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/waitingline/sets/72157609135087906/
Posted by: colin | Nov 15, 2008 6:41:19 PM
Some Photos from San Francisco....
http://www.flickr.com/photos/swimfinssf/sets/72157609155628287/
Amazing day and an incredible number of people...
Posted by: Pete | Nov 15, 2008 6:50:23 PM
This is such a proud day. We are at the dawn of a new day for gays and lesbians. So incredibly inspiring.
As gross as the protect marriage people are, they did one thing--united us along with our straight allies and we have woken up from our apathy.
Let's harness this and bring about real change not only in CA but all over the US.
I felt a sense of "community" for the first time in ages. People throw around the word GLBT "community" all the time but today was different--community actually meant something.
Posted by: Rob | Nov 15, 2008 6:53:47 PM
Photos from Portland, OR (with openly gay Mayor-elect Sam Adams) ...
http://picasaweb.google.com/phillips.travis/JoinTheImpactPortland#
Posted by: TP | Nov 15, 2008 6:56:12 PM
As my (straight) friend who joined me puts it: "You all just did something thats going to be a part of history."
I'd also like to take every opportunity I get to thank my grandmother for urging me to go to the rally.
Posted by: damien | Nov 15, 2008 7:08:05 PM
Photos and comments from the Portland, OR rally (and hopefully Ft. Collins, CO soon) here as well: 3guys-2k9s.blogspot.com
Posted by: TP | Nov 15, 2008 7:09:37 PM
damn, that woman in the dallas photo is beautiful.
oh yeah... and all of these photos together made me cry. i don't feel like a minority today.
Posted by: babsy | Nov 15, 2008 7:30:52 PM
Great to see many people go out of their way to support equality. Please continue to fight.
Posted by: Bill | Nov 15, 2008 7:35:18 PM
Don't forget Chicago, the third largest city in America!
Check out our gallery of the National Protest Against Prop. 8, Federal Plaza, Chicago (November 15, 2008)
http://www.feastoffools.net/tasty-zine/2008/11/15/photos-national-protest-against-prop-8-federal-plaza-chicago/
Posted by: Feast of Fools | Nov 15, 2008 7:35:40 PM
The DC march was amazing - as Wes said, we had some rain, but it did not seem to turn away too many people. Horns honking in support, people drenched, but all chanting and cheering for equality. I'm so glad I was a part of it.
Posted by: Nightsjourney | Nov 15, 2008 7:43:59 PM
More pics from San Francisco. Was there a later bunch of people who marched? Not sure. I went with the first group.
http://cyclizen.blogspot.com/2008/11/saturday-noons-alright-for-marching.html
Posted by: Jim Provenzano | Nov 15, 2008 8:03:48 PM
FUCKING AMAZING DAY!
WE HAD MORE HOMOS OUT AT ONCE HERE THAN I'VE EVER SEEN OUTSIDE OF PRIDE!
AND WHEN WE WENT TO THE STREETS , ONLY ONE CAR HAD ASSHATS WHO SCREAMED ANTI-GAY CRAP!
AND WE WERE ALL SHOCKED WHEN IT TURNED OUT THAT WANDA SYKES WAS IN THE CROWD AND AGREED TO GET UP AND GIVE A SPEECH ABOUT HER OWN GAY MARRIAGE!
I'M ON SUCH A HIGH!
AND SO PROUD OF ALL OF US AROUND THE COUNTRY!
AND KUDOS TO YOU AT TOWLEROAD. YOU GUYS WERE THE IMPETUS FOR A LOT OF WHAT HAPPENED TODAY!
LOVING THE GAYS!
DEREK
Posted by: Derek Washington | Nov 15, 2008 8:11:51 PM
Several of my photos here:
http://goplayboyplay.blogspot.com/
Posted by: BG | Nov 15, 2008 8:14:14 PM