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Queer Liberaction (QL) is a Dallas–Fort Worth, Texas-based grassroots organization advocating for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights.〔(Queer Liberaction to hold first public meeting ) ''Dallas Voice''; December 16, 2008.〕 The group was founded in November 2008 following the international attention surrounding California's Proposition 8, which changed that state's Constitution to deny marriage rights to any LGBT couples who are not defined as "a man and a woman", passed by a slight majority. The organization is a proponent of same-sex marriage rights for LGBT couples, considering civil unions and domestic partnerships as less than full equality. The organization's campaigns and actions utilize visible, confrontational styles and non-violent direct action. ==Background== Proposition 8 was the most expensive initiative in U.S. history with each side spending in excess of $35 million.〔 〕 California had recently allowed same-sex marriage and within six months 18,000 couples had wed. After the election, non-heterosexual marriages were immediately halted, efforts to legally challenge the proposition started and nationwide protests against the proposition's passage took place. Polls showed that regular churchgoers sided in favor of the measure by a ratio of more than 4 to 1 and made up nearly one-quarter of the voters. In addition The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons), was noted for protests for its strong support both financially and in volunteers for its participation. Founders and members of the group are inspired and influenced by the Stonewall riots in the late 1960s, the activism and organizing work of San Francisco's Castro activist Harvey Milk who was assassinated in 1978; the White Night riots in the aftermath of the Milk's murderer trial; and the HIV/AIDS activism of the 1980s and early 1990s.〔 QL has been more willing to challenge anti-LGBT churches and religious organizations than more established LGBT rights groups have traditionally done.〔 First Baptist Church in downtown Dallas and various LDS churches, all of which have been outspoken in their opposition to LGBT rights, have been directly focussed on by the group.〔(Robert Jeffress Looks to Scandinavia for Reasons to Oppose Gay Marriage ) Robert Wilonsky; ''Dallas Observer: Religion, November 20, 2008.〕〔(Equality Denied: Houston joins national protest following antigay state elections. ) Nancy Ford, ''Out Smart'' Fall 2008. 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Queer Liberaction」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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