Dear James --
Earlier today, the Supreme Court issued a historic decision on marriage equality. And while everyone there was celebrating, GetEQUAL went further to say "Liberation Can't Wait!"
While some organizations are proclaiming that “Love Can’t Wait,” we know that love has never waited on anything or anyone -- love for a partner, love for family, and love for community exists for LGBTQ folks whether or not that love is sanctioned by law. Liberation, on the other hand, is the next step for our movement.
Add your name to (or share) the LGBTQ Bill of Rights today: http://www.noasterisks.org/be-a-signer.html
Earlier this year, GetEQUAL was able to grow our staff team and really ramp up our field organizing and communications work in order to both strengthen our grassroots network and to communicate a different, more urgent message than the LGBTQ movement has been communicating. Since then, we have built a stronger network of grassroots organizers in more states than ever before -- and we’ve re-doubled our efforts to inject urgency into the movement.
You might have heard about the action that Jennicet Gutiérrez took at the White House Pride Reception earlier this week with the support of GetEQUAL, Familia, and the #Not1MoreDeportation campaign -- that action was a great example of the urgency that many of us feel for LGBTQ liberation. We will no longer wait around until we’re given permission to advocate for ourselves -- we are activating our stronger grassroots network to continue to push for both equality and for liberation...and that push begins with the LGBTQ Bill of Rights.
Over the past few weeks, GetEQUAL has held regional convenings with our core organizers in Phoenix, Cleveland, and Greensboro. Those convenings pulled together over 60 powerful organizers from 15 states and DC, and resulted in specific grassroots campaign plans in each of those communities.
We’re eager to continue building that momentum and building that network, and we’d love to have you join us. The first step is to amplify the LGBTQ Bill of Rights, which outlines exactly what LGBTQ folks across the country have lifted up as what we need in order to feel safe and to thrive.
You can add your name to that document here: http://www.noasterisks.org/be-a-signer.html
We’re excited about the momentum that’s building for #MoreThanMarriage -- because we know that while love has never waited on anyone or anything, liberation still stretches out ahead of us just out of reach. We look forward to adding your voice to the call for LGBTQ liberation and to working with you on the ground in your community to make LGBTQ liberation a reality!
Get out! Get active! GetEQUAL!
Angela, Elle, H, Heather, Jerssay, Luis, Tiffani, and Wooten
GetEQUAL is building a grassroots movement to make lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer Americans equal under the law. Connect with us and with others in this movement via Facebook and Twitter. You can help power our work by getting involved locally and by donating to support the work of activists across the country. 
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