And I couldn’t agree more with it. (Statement’s after the photo below; first a little context.)
I just got this statement in the mail from Our Family Coalition, of which I am a very supportive and proud member. Â In the note accompanying the statement, Judy Appel of Our Family also said:
We have also expressed our solidarity with a strong coalition of organizations representing LGBTQ people of color, youth, and families who have called on our community to prepare past 2010 by issuing a statement entitled “Prepare to Prevail.”
There are other groups and leaders who are beginning to the lay the groundwork to get a repeal of Prop 8 on the ballot for 2010. While we disagree with their current strategy decisions, we applaud their dedication and passion for equality.
No matter when we go to the ballot, one thing can be sure, we will be right there fighting for and supporting LGBTQ-headed families.
Also agreed.







BlogHer Keynote Twitnotes
Summer afternoon, westward downtown Chicago as viewed from the Sheraton. Fourth in a four-part series of images of this exact same scene at various times of day (here’s morning, sunset, & night).
Whilst I continue to marinate my lengthier observations about last weekend’s BlogHer conference in Chicago, here for posterity are my notes of the two keynote chats I Twittered, in forward chronological order (as v. Twittery reverse).
The first was a conversation onstage (and with the audience) between Tina Brown (founder, editor-in-chief, The Daily Beast), Donna Byrd (publisher, The Root), and Ilene Chaiken (creator of The L Word, and the now-offline Our Chart.com).  BlogHer co-founder Lisa Stone interviewed them and moderated the discussion.
Twit-notes of the Saturday morning keynote conversation here.
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