Seven Straight Nights for Gay Rights
ariana on Sep 28th 2007
I just learned about an important event set to kick off next Sunday, October 7th, called “Seven Straight Nights for Gay Rights,” which aims to provide a venue for straight allies to vocalize their support for equality for the LGBTQ community in their local towns and cities.
The week of events includes everything from candlelight vigils to church potlucks in cities across the country, ranging from Seattle, Washington to Augusta, Maine.
7SN, as it is abbreviated on their website, is being organized by two Texas-based organizations, Atticus Circle, named after the To Kill A Mockingbird character Atticus Finch, who stood up for a wrongly accused black man, and Soulforce, a group which aims to attain “freedom for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people from religious and political oppression through the practice of nonviolent resistance.”
I encourage you to spread the word and get your friends and family members involved. People can sign up to sponsor an existing event, host and organize an event in their town if one is not already scheduled, and to find the details for events already set up.
As Aaron Toleos, the featured ally on Boston’s event page says, “The gay community has been coming out of the closet for years. Now it is our turn to come out with our support for them.”
