Rose Parks is one of the top ten people I admire, as many of you know, she help to start the bus boycott that led to black people finally getting their rights. Also Ceaser Chavez, he helped hispanics have their rights, and what did they do? Boycott. (I think Susan B. Anthony started a boycott to for womans rights) Doesn't this seem like something gays should do? Think about it, over 15 percent of the population is gay, and what are gays good at? Lots of stuff, I don't mean to stereotype but we do rich womens hair, teach P.E. classes. Help in fashion, and making supermodels look their best. Plus there's other gays out there who are lawyers, doctors, teachers, cops, so many, many things. I think we should get started on a boycott very soon.
2006-11-30 15:11:59 · 13 answers · asked by RainKid 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
We already boycott, but to have an effective boycott it has to be centered on a specific activity at a certain point in time. Walt Disney, Kraft, Ford, and Microsoft have been targeted by the hate groups, but these businesses realized that there are more people who support gay rights than are opposed. The most effective strategy that seems to work at this point in time is to counter attack so-called evangelical Christian boycotts with boycotts of our own. Even after Ford had a boycott by the so-called American Family Association and it was brought to a shareholder vote, the shareholders of Ford voted 95% to protect LGBT workers. Having a boycott by gays doesn't get much media attention, but once an ultra-right wing group has a boycott that is countered by a gay boycott, businesses look at the bottom line and know that there are more gay-friendly people than bigots who are buying their products.
2006-11-30 15:42:43 · answer #1 · answered by χριστοφορος ▽ 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Okay so say that 15% of the population is Gay, how will we be able to tell? Different ethnic groups and women have been able to mobilize betten than gays because their place in the struggle is easily visible etc. What we need to do is organize a massive COMING OUT day and then follow that with a boycott. But boycotts have to be centralized to work... i.e. boycott one thing so that it hurts more.
The grape boycott was effective because it was centralized. Recently, the US latinos tried the All-American boycott but it wasn't really effective because we were all boycotting different things.
Instead I think that we should all donate money to ONE charity.. maybe one concerning AIDS or one that helps out gay youth. If we all concentrate on one charity the magnitude of our buying power will be unquestioned!!!
Money and politics move the world. We need to show the world that gays are succesful and an important part of the American economy.
2006-12-01 02:20:46 · answer #2 · answered by Jose S 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're right, AZKid -- dollars speak. The best thing you can do is spend your money responsibly. And we absolutely do have a choice as to where and how we spend.
Thankfully the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has made it easy by taking the time to put together a Corporate Equality Index. This document ranks companies according to how their corporate policies treat their LGBT employees.
So next time you consider fueling up at Exxon or Mobil (0% Equality Index), instead take your business to Chevron (100% Equality Index). You can find the link to the full document and associated press release below. Businesses are listed by category in Appendix B, starting on page 36.
2006-12-01 23:07:56 · answer #3 · answered by Rob 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know all of the details about what this would entail and what point we'd be trying to make, but it would be great to be able to mobilize a bunch of gay people like that. It reminds me of not too long ago when we were having all of those migrant marches and stuff, and they had a boycott for all migrants not to buy anything or work. There, the point was to show that migrants contribute to the economy in a positive way, when many people think that they sap our economy.
Anyway, you might be onto something...
2006-11-30 23:47:56 · answer #4 · answered by jenjubatus 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with your passion if not your tactics.
Boycotts are great and effective when used to target very specific injustices.
For example, a few years ago Cracker barrel had a nasty policy of firing gay employees. A national boycott targeted at just that policy was successful.
A boycott is not a valid tactic to change broad based attitudes, but can be very effective in targeting very specific issues....where do you wanna start?
2006-12-01 07:17:26 · answer #5 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
instead of a boycott I suggest that we stop paying our taxes (take that money and donate to gay causes) until gay marriage/gay rights are recognized in all 50 states.
just think what would happen if 45 million gay and lesbian citizens did such a thing...it would have quite an impact
2006-12-01 00:59:06 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Good Idea...
For one day...spend no money..
dont go to work..
do not drive or take public transportation
lay out of work
watch the economy crash
2006-11-30 23:31:47 · answer #7 · answered by Matt Z 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A good idea. We need a hight profile hero to fight for our cause and to rally behind.
2006-11-30 23:53:44 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Right, well, what are we boycotting? And how do you propose to herd us all together and get us to all do this boycott of...life, I guess?
2006-11-30 23:42:57 · answer #9 · answered by FL LMT 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sounds great but it would take more than just talking about it...
2006-11-30 23:17:10 · answer #10 · answered by Ida 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋