Fighting the H8 in Austin yesterday

[emmagrant01]

It was awesome! There were 3000 people there at City Hall, and it was such an amazing feeling to be in that crowd. And it wasn't just gay folk, either -- lots of straight families were there, many of whom said they wanted their children to see the fight for civil rights in action. Cars were driving by and honking like crazy, with people hanging out the windows and shouting their support. There wasn't a single protester that I saw.

I left feeling very positive about the future. I really, truly believe it's only a matter of time before we have marriage equality. It may not come as soon as we want, but it's coming. We just have to keep fighting.

These pictures don't really show the size of the crowd, but maybe you'll get a flavor of it. I had intended to meet up with several people there, including phaballa and moony, but the crowd was so huge that I never saw them. I ran into some people from work, randomly, so that was fun.











And here is one of me and BG.



Something really cool happened to me on the way home. BG fell asleep in the car and I decided to go through a Chick-Fila drivethrough to get a sandwich. When I was in line, I saw the woman in the huge SUV in front of me looking at me in her rear view mirror. I still had my HRC hat on, and she had an HRC sticker on the back of her car, so I thought maybe she was just looking at my hat. When I got up to the window to pay, the cashier told me that woman had paid for my food! I was stunned! The only thing I could think of was that it was the HRC hat. Isn't that amazing? :-D

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[fiona-fawkes.livejournal.com]

Oh, and your pictures aren't showing up. :(

[emmagrant01.livejournal.com]

They're flocked. Maybe you have to log in? Sometimes Firefox won't let me see those. :-P

[fiona-fawkes.livejournal.com]

Huh. I am locked in. OMFG YOU DEFRIENDED ME!!!

[http://users.livejournal.com/_inbetween_/]

Nah, the post is flocked, but either LJ glitched in making the pictures private (happened to me yesterday) or just glitched and doesn't show them to certain clusters (happens to me all the time). Sometimes IE shows them but you'd have to log in there as well (and I don't have that installed).

[emmagrant01.livejournal.com]

I just made them public Must be a weird LJ glitch!

[fiona-fawkes.livejournal.com]

*dies of the cute*

[emmagrant01.livejournal.com]

I think he's utterly adorable, but I know I'm biased. ;-)

[clara-posts.livejournal.com]

Nope. They're not showing up at all...

[emmagrant01.livejournal.com]

Hmmm... Well, I just made them public. :-)

[clara-posts.livejournal.com]

Awww, look at his little rainbow sockies :oD

[emmagrant01.livejournal.com]

When I saw those, I had to buy them. HAD to! :-P