Blind Prophecy

So, I decided to dash over to City Hall on my lunch break and join the national day of queer rights protests. I couldn’t stay long enough to hear Margaret Cho (that’s right, bitches, we got the patron saint of queer radicals at our protest in Cinci-fucking-nnati) speak, but I did see several friends and I was amazed at the crowd. We had people filling the sidewalks on both sides of the street despite the very cold rain. I imagine if we’d had warmer weather, they would have been forced to close the street.

Queer umbrellas surround city hall:

Gotta love the moms:

Hot boy in hoodie at the protest (shut up, you know I find activists sexy):

We love Keith Olbermann (or “Keithier” as we call him in Casa Diggs):

Organizers hand out signs (look out for the homo-monster in the background):

Barry rocks the mic!:

Why did the queer cross the road? Because we didn’t have enough room on one side of the street for all the protesters:

Eric (and parents in red in the background) looks for his missing husband:

Glenna and Jeanne pretend to be a lesbian couple:

Congressional candidate Vic Wulsin tries out for the part of Little Red Riding Hood:

Finally, Margaret Cho with protest organizers Cameron and Barry:

See the full set at flickr

Local news coverage

So, tell me what the protest was like in your city! Also, check out Andrew Sullivan’s great round-up of photos and reactions from around the world. The most interesting (to me) was the Vegas recap where comedienne Wanda Sykes came out as black (also, lesbian… officially from her own two lips).

Filed under: Cincinnati, queer rights by Jere Keys