PGHIMC - Pittsburgh Independent Media Center

No Pride in War - picketing the military recruitment station
by monica Saturday, Jun. 17, 2006 at 8:52 PM

On June 17, as Pittsburgh's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) communities gathered downtown to celebrate the anniversary of the Stonewall riots against heterosexist police, POG returned to the Oakland recruiting station to mark the occasion by confronting another homophobic institution – the United States military – with the theme, “No Pride in War.” Queer members (and allies) of POG felt it was also important to call into question the mainstream gay rights movement's narrow, single-issue approach to challenging the military's discriminatory employment policy. Audre Lorde said, "Your silence will not protect you," and so about 20 people gathered outside the station to say, “Ban the Military! Not Lesbians and Gays!” During the event, a banner was dropped from the roof of a building facing the windows of the recruiting station.

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the banner
by monica Saturday, Jun. 17, 2006 at 8:52 PM

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banner and signs...
by monica Saturday, Jun. 17, 2006 at 8:52 PM

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