On this day, same-sex couples and friends all over the world are encouraged to hold hands in public to support the visibility of Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans (LGBT) people. Sshh! Saturdays will occur on the last Saturday of every month, publicised by A Day In Hand. This is a revolutionary way of encouraging and inspiring LGBT people to take responsibility for their equality and live their lives without fear or restraint.
The campaign is asking people who take part to send their Sshh! photos to yourstories@adayinhand.com. The first Sshh! Saturday is held in memorium of the shooting at an LGBT youth centre in Tel Aviv “and the ongoing atrocities being committed to LGBT people in Iraq”. Queer politics are back! This is a silent revolution because nothing needs to be said: no war of words, no impassioned speeches, no organised rallies. Simply hold hands.
This is not a campaign for couples only. It's for anybody who has ever believed that love has no exceptions.
Straight people could be at the forefront in fighting for queer rights.
Straight people can support us by holding hands with someone of their same gender and uploading the pic.
Do you have to be black, to object to racism?
Do you have to be female, to object to sexism?
You can see a whole load of photos and stories on the A Day in Hand website, including the one on this post of Alice & Em at Charing Cross Station, by Mark Weeks:
Me and Em hold hands everywhere we go, I’m aware we get stared at, might even be
dangerous sometimes which scares me but I really believe it’s a basic human right to express my love for my girlfriend so I do it anyway. It’s funny not long after this photo was taken, we were walking in Islington (holding hands) when a teenage boy threw his drink over Em stating the obvious by calling us lesbians. We confirmed his suspicions and decided to educate him further by having a good old snog in front of him. He couldn’t believe our audacity and decided to coax his friends to follow us on the bus. By this point I was pooping my pants,thinking we may have gone a bit too far, but thankfully one of his friends saw sense (or noticed that a bus full of people might not tolerate any blatant homophobia quietly) and said “Leave em alone, they’re not hurting anyone, it’s up to them what they wanna do.” At which point they promptly got off the bus at the next stop and no doubt went on to harrass someone else. I was angry and scared, cautious about holding hands in public, but amazingly it also made me realise that their behaviour was because of ignorance, and the importance of A Day In Hand campaign.via The F-Word
if even they can do it, why can't you?
4 comments:
This is funny. Azi am scris pentru un portal de internet un text despre acest nou gen de miscari, pe care eu il numesc noul marketing comunitar. Am scris despre A Day Without Gay, Same Sex Kiss Day si Great Nationwide Kiss-In :-)
si eu am tot vazut initiative din astea lately, mi se pare foarte interesant cum se revine la metodele patentate pe la inceputul anilor 90 de queer nation. chiar ma gandeam cum de nu mai face nimeni actiuni de queer politics ca prin 90 si ceva, ca ar fi foarte eficiente, inca nu stiu de ce s-a renuntat asa usor atunci in state...
I like this post. Very much. Tweeted and posted to the sgb friendfeed.
-arvan
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