Wednesday, April 16, 2008

NYC: Queer activists rally for economic justice

We’re Not Expendable Income or People: LGBT Activists March to End Poverty on First Annual Community Day of Action For Economic Justice

Who: Queers for Economic Justice (QEJ) & hundreds of other Activists and community members

What: Community Day Of Action for Economic Justice

When: April 17th, 2008

Where: 3pm Rally at Union Square; 4pm March to Judson Memorial Church

Why: To highlight issues facing poor and working-class LGBT/Gender Nonconforming people

Dispelling the long-held notion that the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community is “white, without dependents and with expendable income,” hundreds of LGBT activists will rally at Union Square to make visible the many bread and butter issues facing queer New Yorkers. Activists say that addressing poverty in the gay community is usually missing from the news stories, glossy ads, and television shows that too often represent the “gay” community.

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