"A day without Gay"....

[soulmates]

Very interesting!! A friend of mine, sent me this link today. I've decided to go ahead and be apart of this. As a Duke employee, I can go volunteer with the aid's babies!! What an amazing concept, and a NONE violent way to get our point across. Hoping some of you can participate!! :grouphug:

Chris

http://daywithoutagay.org/

[TuckandStuiesMom]

Checked out the link and it is A VERY COOL idea -- I love the idea of the one day "Gay-for-a-Day" pass.

[ConcKahuna]

Well, that's my day off so I can't exactly take off work, but I can look into volunteer work :thumbsup2

[Uncle Remus]

Cool idea!

Gays are so creative. ;)

Thanks for passin' this on! :thumbsup2

[OrlandoMike]

I cant take that day off. :guilty:

But I will be sure NOT to spend any cash!

[soulmates]

I'm really fortunate, I work for a VERY diverse organization. When I told my supervisor (who's niece is gay) she was THRILLED at the idea!! Very supportive people!! My hope is to be with the sick babies. However, sick or healthy, that's where I'll be, in the childrens' unit. What a concept. Our rights have been taken from us and we react how.....in love! :woohoo:

[TuckandStuiesMom]

My son and his girlfriend are planning to participate in Tempe. (:goodvibes I will be meeting this girl for the first time Wednesday night and I like her already.)

[Timon-n-Pumbaa Fan]

We will be on vacation at WDW. We arrive at CR that day. It sucks, because I have to spend money that day.

:upsidedow Let me try to spin this.....

I am volunteering to go to WDW on 12/10/08. I do so not to stimulate Florida's economy, but I do so in support of the Disney company because they employ and support their worker's civil right to be who they are. I am going to WDW for all of the GLBT's CM's that spread pixie dust, even if they do it in states that don't allow them their civil rights.

Was that enough good intention and spin to bury the BS? :rolleyes:

[DVC~OKW~96]

Well, as I understand it, it's ok to spend money on the 10th if it is done at or with a gay owned or gay supportive business. WDW surely qualifies as gay supportive.

[DVCajun]

Yep! Not sure yet if I'll be able to take that day off (not comfortable calling in gay at my workplace, ack! :scared: ), but I will definitely be sure to not spend money unless i'm absolutely positive i'm spending it at a gay-friendly business. Which is kinda hard to know. So i'll probably not spend any money. :confused3

[soulmates]

I think it's the AWARENESS that is going to be more powerful than anything. I've orderd the $5 button and plan to wear it all day...I'm sure folks will ask what is THAT all about. Great way to have some powerful dialogue!;)

[soulmates]

My son and his girlfriend are planning to participate in Tempe. (:goodvibes I will be meeting this girl for the first time Wednesday night and I like her already.)
That is SO how I felt when my daughter and her b/f came up to participate in Pride with us!! She sounds like good people!!:banana:

[DVC~OKW~96]

A button? Can you provide the link to your source? If you can't would you please PM me with the source? THANKS!!!

[DVC~OKW~96]

Found them! Impact site, as I expected. Nice buttons, nice shirts.

Might need to do some online shopping. :teeth:

[TuckandStuiesMom]

I can't get over how the website's evolved just since yesterday. I was lying awake in bed this morning trying to think where and how I might be able to volunteer. I got back on today and HOLY SMOKES! It's got a join-up site. I joined and invited a bunch of my friends to join as well. AWESOME MOBILIZATION TOOL!!!!:thumbsup2

[DVCajun]

I was just browsing through the available merchandise and found this:

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:rotfl:

I LOVE IT!!!

[OrlandoMike]

Now thats a great shirt!:lmao:

[glenpreece]

i thought at first glance that they were asking us not to be gay for a day!!! LOL

[kingLouiethe1]

i thought at first glance that they were asking us not to be gay for a day!!! LOL

Try that and see how it works out for a day :rotfl:

[DVC~OKW~96]

That was one of my favorite ones! :teeth: LOL.

LOUIE!!! Ya' trying to give me a headache? LOLOLOLOL!

[glenpreece]

Like Grace said to Will
"Your more gay before 9am than most people are the whole day."

[soulmates]

Cracking me up....nope, not gonna "VOLUNTEER" to NOT be gay for a day!!:rotfl2: That would mean taking down my gratuitous lesbian poster of Dani Campbell, ah, NOT gonna happen. Then there's the whole, "Honey, can we not be gay today" conversation with my DP...THAT would go over nicely!!!

Naaah, I'll continue being the token lesbian in my office, works well for me!:thumbsup2

Everyone, thanks SO much for your support and getting the word out. What an impact we'll make. We STILL have no marital rights, yet we respond by giving our time away and volunteering. Yeah, I'm gay and damn proud!:cheer2:

[mmmbop]

:cheer2: Facebooked friends to let them know to start getting prepared to call in gay :goodvibes


Hmm, I wonder if I have any finals that day...

[raven0855]

Both my wife and I would love to do this, what better way to make a point without being obnoxious. Unfortunately, we are nannies and both families we work for dont feel it neccesary to worry about who we love but to worry about the well being of their kids. We cant in good conscience call out and make there day terrible when they support us. If I was working in an office I would sooooo be calling out!!!!!!

[padalyn]

I have a question here...I work for a company that has no issue with Gay or Lesbian employees. We have partner health benefits (rules apply to hetero married couples the same as us non-hetero - have to share the same legal address for 9 months before signing up).

The company is very non-judgemental, has no specific policies regarding gay or not.

So, my question - since I work nights - I am working 3p-7a on 12/9 (half of the shift is on 12/10) then I return to work on 12/10 7p-7a (4 hrs on 12.10). If I call out gay on the 10th - which one do I pick? and I will have to "make up" the shift, work another Sunday or Monday because of the weekend thing.

My job requires me to work with lots of volunteers (EMS sucks in NJ). Can I just wear a button or something?

[ConcKahuna]

I have a question here...I work for a company that has no issue with Gay or Lesbian employees. We have partner health benefits (rules apply to hetero married couples the same as us non-hetero - have to share the same legal address for 9 months before signing up).

The company is very non-judgemental, has no specific policies regarding gay or not.

So, my question - since I work nights - I am working 3p-7a on 12/9 (half of the shift is on 12/10) then I return to work on 12/10 7p-7a (4 hrs on 12.10). If I call out gay on the 10th - which one do I pick? and I will have to "make up" the shift, work another Sunday or Monday because of the weekend thing.

My job requires me to work with lots of volunteers (EMS sucks in NJ). Can I just wear a button or something?

Since the entire program is about awareness, I would think a shirt or button would be fine :thumbsup2

[rpmdfw]

So, who else here "called in gay" to work today?

I technically didn't "call in" as I spoke to my boss on Monday and let him know what was going on. He's always been very supportive of me, so I chose to not blindside him with an early morning phone call.

We chose not to volunteer, but plan to increase our visibility in our own neighborhood instead. We'll be walking Tolliver as a family instead of just one at a time today late in the afternoon/early in the evening. And we'll walk the entire neighborhood instead of just going around the block. Since he's such a cute little guy, we're guessing we'll have lots of chances to introduce ourselves as "I'm Rob, and this is my partner, Scott" to a lot of people in our neighborhood who have never seen us, or at least never seen us together.

We'll also be working in the yard today (mostly hanging Christmas lights). This is something that never happens. We usually don't spend a lot of time in our yard (we've got a lawn service) so, we're hoping that being "out" will help us to come "out" if you know what I mean.

[tiggr33]

I am working today, by choice. I manage a holiday store, and my store is extremely freindly, my boss is fantastic to work for, and I cant leave him in a lurch. We are short staffed as it is, as I let two people go this week already. Anyway, I will wear a ribbon or pin on my shirt, and I will do ornament samples in same sex names.

[Tigger&Belle]

Try that and see how it works out for a day :rotfl:

I tried the hetro thing for 46 years and I'm not going back to it! :rotfl:

[DVC~OKW~96]

I'm out of state working and will fly home tonight. I'm not spending any money today at all.

I have my Mickey pin. :teeth: And another couple others...

I think your "out" in the neighborhood plan is great! I know Tolliver is going to enjoy the stroll with both of you!!!

[OrlandoMike]

So have you worn poor Toliver's paws to a stub yet? :lmao:

[rpmdfw]

So have you worn poor Toliver's paws to a stub yet? :lmao:

Nah. He'll wear us out LONG before his paws are affected.

Busy day. Decorations up, and TREE DONE!

Not terribly animated walking the dog. An I expected more people to be out and about. Didn't meet any new people, just waved at some from a distance.

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

Well, Rob, sorry your plan didn't produce more positive results. Of course if you still lived here you would have been flash-frozen in the first 30 seconds after you stepped outside, so it's not all bad. ;)