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| Lesbian activist Eva Freund pictured today (left) and in her early days as an activist, will be honored Saturday for 40 years of gay activism. |
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Such thought, Freund says, places gay civil rights in a vulnerable position.
“Social causes operate on a push back system,” Freund says. “When one minority group makes some advances, the majority group is going to try to push back to create the old status quo.”
THE PRIDE HEROES will be honored during the Capital Pride Parade on Saturday.
Honoring leaders this way can help advance the cause of gay civil rights, Kameny says.
“I think the whole context of the open public celebrations including the honoring of particularly people who have contributed individually to making advances is very important to establishing and furthering our rights and our equality,” Kameny says. “In the end, the achievement of equality in every aspect is sort of the bottom line definition of the gay agenda.”
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