Gay Rights Rally Photos (post your photos here!)

Lori and I met up with several AfterEllen.com readers at the NYC rally today; here are some of the photos:

It was great meeting so many of you in person!

We were small but mighty here in Grand Rapids.

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My favorie photos from the march and rally at SD.  Enjoy! :)

Here's a link to pics from the Denver rally.  I don't know how to upload the pics here.

It was freezing cold, pouring down rain and very windy (so our umbrellas were turning inside out ;-) ), but we still had a decent turnout.

When I left, I was soaking wet and had only half of a soggy sign left, but I felt happy and judging by the smiles on the faces of the people I saw...everyone seemed to be feeling good about being part of a nationwide rally to support marriage equality.
Edit: I was trying to show that I was there and found this screen capture from a video: 
It's a bit of a "Where's Waldo?" photo, since I'm the woman with the beige umbrella (which I shared with the girl in the dark hoodie).

I went to NYC today, it was awesome!

I got about 100 or so, so here they are :)

The Whole Album;
http://s407.photobucket.com/albums/pp156/lexehsevents/Prop%208%20NYC%20Protest%2011%2015%2008/

If you see yourself feel free to take them :)

Here I am in SF:

I took more photos of great (and often hilarious) signs and you can see them here.

www.malindalo.com

We had good speakers, the crowd was positive, and no cross lady! Yay!

I put some photos here:

http://www.gayzebowphoto.com 

Some of my favorites from DC today.

It was awesome!

City Hall

Philly Protest

Philly Protest

Philly Protest

Philly Protest

Outside city hall

Philly Protest

Philly Protest

Philly Protest

It was 40 degrees and raining but we still got a good crowd. Margaret Cho was there!

Although I don't have any photos, I can say that we had well over 500 people at the Orlando City Hall at 1:30. We weren't included in the news at all, even though there were quite a few news stations there. We had lots of supporters, gay and straight, and that felt wonderful. A PFLAG Mom gave a speech and it was very touching. Our dedicated Orlando Police officers were there to keep the peace and made us feel safe.

My favorite signs: "Did you cast a ballot, or a stone?" and "Yes we can, Yes we did, O no, you din't!"

I hope that we can organize an even stronger prescence in the future, since this was only a start! 

Catherine Stapleton

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Sub.Textual and I's pics are pretty similar, but here's a few more.  Also a short video.  Nothing special, I forgot to charge my camera so I didn't get to film much.  :(

I have more that I could post...those were just my favs ...did you see the gnomes, btw? Lolz 

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Hopefully this facebook album link will work...

www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2335507&id=932388&ref=nf

All photo credits to my friend Andrew Bisdale. 

Here in the smallest state we had a rally on the steps of the State House in Providence, in spite of the intermittent rain and wind blowing away signs.  About 200 people showed up anyway, students and families and activists, plus our openly gay mayor David Cicilline and a gay state Rep both gave short speeches.  Rodney Davis, an organizer for RI Pride, sang, while other people talked about their personal stories, including one woman who spoke about her grandmother, a sharecropper in Mississippi who taught herself to read and taught her children and grandchildren never to give up, to fight for their own rights.

I stood on these same steps almost two weeks ago when Obama was elected and there was an impromptu celebration, hundreds of young and energized people chanting and shouting in joy. The difference between these two rallies merely underlined the fact that just because Obama won doesn't mean we're going to win equal rights as soon as he steps into the Oval Office.  We still have a long fight ahead, but I'm inspired by what I saw and heard today and proud to be a part of it.

And my favorite!

Someone had, "Yes We Can't?!?" as a sign. Genius! 

Some photos from the Edinburgh March have been posted on this blog here:

 http://craftlessculture.wordpress.com/2008/11/15/march-of-international-solidarity-15-november-2008-photos-and-comment/#more-105

They're not mine, but I thought you might like the link.

Here is a link to some photos from the San Jose, CA rally.

http://marriage.towleroad.com/pics/?level=album&id=58

It was a gorgeous day, perfect for some redress of grievances.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/caitelle/sets/72157609151480956/

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Go on the Americans!!       

Much respect to you for fighting like you are. I must admit, I had always planned to emigrate to America when I qualified from college but after the ban I thought well, why should I bother if I can go somewhere more tolerant. But seeing these pictures is lovely and makes me reconsider once again! Keep up the good work!!