#thecaseagainst8

[victorianoir]

I finally get to see my sisters’ wedding day!!! Thank you, #TheCaseAgainst8!

[uncooljohn]

This really resonated with me (read, made me bawl)

Q: "If the courts of the United States ultimately decided that you and other persons seeking to marry someone of the same sex could indeed, did indeed have the constitutional right to get married, do you think that would have an effect on other acts of discrimination against you?" Kris Perry: "I believe, for me personally as a lesbian, that if I had grown up in a world where the most important decision I was going to make as an adult was treated the same way as everybody else's decision that I would not have been treated the way I was growing up or as an adult. [...] So if Prop 8 were undone, and kids like me growing up in Bakersfield could never know what this felt like, then I assume their entire lives would be on a higher arc. They would live with a higher sense of themselves that would improve the quality of their entire life."

"It was powerful, I think, to connect the dots spontaneously on the stand, in a way that I hadn't really done, and then realize you've been living under this blanket of hate. Everywhere you turn, people tell you, 'Tough shit, you don't get to have that.' You don't get to feel protected at work, you don't feel like your kids are like other peoples kids, you don't get to feel like your relationship's like other people's relationships. You have to come out every single day everywhere you go, and good luck with that because that's never fun, and it was like, 'oh.' So this isn't just about me not being a strong enough person, this is what the whole lesbian and gay community is dealing with and frankly probably any minority group member deals with, too. It was kind of like a major 'ah-ha' moment for me to feel like, it's not just that, it isn't just me, but it is me. It actually has been me, and I had done a really, really good job of just coping, coping. Coping, coping, like I'm the world's best coper. You know, like that's a really low bar, Kris. Other people have a bar called 'happiness' or 'satisfaction' or you know, 'pride.'"

-- Kris Perry in The Case Against 8

[itsribturtleneck]

Very Exciting! #openingnight #frameline #filmgestival #sanfrancisco #thecaseagainst8