Eight Years

[c9]

I can't believe it's been eight years already. I still remember pretty vividly the candlelight vigil that GALA held at UNB a couple weeks after his death. It was well-attended (for a GALA event) and quite moving.

I'm glad that sexuality is no longer such a big issue.

Note for skaughty: check out the attendance number on the Spectrum history page!

Comments

[rebelprince26.livejournal.com]

is this the fucking october surprise?

[simplisticton.livejournal.com]

I don't think the media would be treating this any differently if Foley was a woman or if the page was female. If the page had been of the legal age, then yes, the "gay angle" would probably get (more) blown out of proportion.

[skaughty.livejournal.com]

25. interesting.. we had numbers ranging from 15 to 25-ish, right? also interesting to see that they're now holding meetings in a Sexuality Centre and have a library collection there!

[skeezix1000.livejournal.com]

Ugh. I've been doing all I can to avoid reading or hearing too much about the Foley issue because I didn't think I would have the stomach for the inevitable accusations that gay men all target children. And, sure enough, the so-con commentary is even more ridiculous than I could have imagined.

"Homosexuals reproduce sexually by molesting children."

I mean, c'mon.