Should We March Again?

In the latest online edition of The Advocate, Michaelangelo Signorile suggests that it may be worth considering another National Equality March. Signorile writes,

The march in fact has only made us all stronger as a movement. We were able to organize in a few months, using new media, and got 200,000 people to D.C. without spending much on traditional advertising.

We now know it can be done successfully on short notice and for little money. That means a couple of things: We need to continue making a lot of noise — online, but also getting into the streets and protesting everywhere. And we need to march again on Washington — or at least let them know we’re prepared to do so if we don’t see some real action, real soon.

Given the strategy of Equality Across America, perhaps we need to re-focus our definition of “national” and plan a series of marches on our State Capitols on the same day. Yes the numbers may not be as great as the National Equality March, but it would make our visibility more local, and would possibly even increase the overall numbers of marchers across the country.

Can you imagine, every State Capitol being marched on at the same time? What a sight that could be. Do we think Texas could be up for this? What about the rest of the country?

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