No, David, and I find this a bit offensive. Sanders’ libertarian view considers being LGBT to be an issue of sexual behavior or how one dresses, NOT one of wholistic humanity. And he supported the march only for 1st Amend reasons. THIS was cutting edge:https://twitter.com/briantashman/status/1064626776184373248 …
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Exactly.
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Not in historical or college-town related context, no. The first pride parades in NY, SF, and LA were in 1970 –– 13 years earlier. Buffalo's first one was 1972. Houston's first (legal) one was in 1979 (informal ones took place for years before that). Northampton's was 1982.
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Bernie Sanders' perspective as described by him in the statement from 1983 is libertarian, not progressive, then or now. He is essentially, as I noted above, saying even queers have 1st amendment rights and he won't prosecute us under the then-existing sodomy laws. That's it.pic.twitter.com/Mrns5DGZb6
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Twitter is obviously more important than a wedding wyd
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If the LGBTQ activist who was alive during a period of time says that a political decision wasn't progressive, then it wasn't progressive. Arguing otherwise is like arguing with John Lewis about what people were during during the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s.
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I have been active in LGBT politics since 1986. I think Bernie's views are and were progressive. I would also note there is a 1972(!) article with Bernie calling for the elimination of all laws against gays.
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a you try to make bernie another harvey milk the way his loyalists try to make sanders another dr king jr for 1 protest in the early 60s. bernie is not consistent, and considers lgbtq issues a distraction. one parade 36yrs ago, he did not even march in, does not change that
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Bernie had to be dragged kicking and screaming into acknowledging us LGBTQ folks exist during the 2016 campaign, he can't even say LGBTQ without stumbling over himself
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