August 12, 2009
Karel on Harvey’s Medal of Freedom
[The Medal of Freedom is] a well deserved award, one too many years in the making. But like everything else done for or to the gay community that is seen as positive, it’s a two-edged sword because honoring someone for their activism and impact on a state or nation while their cause is still unfinished, their people still unequal, is interesting indeed.
How would Harvey Milk have felt, what would he have done, and where would he be, if he’d been alive to receive his medal today?
Where he’d be is a second class citizen receiving the highest civilian award his country has to give.
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July 30, 2009
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