The Aftermath of Proposition 8:

Is Gay Really the New Black?

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

6:00pm to 7:30pm UCLA School of Law - Room 1430

Co-Sponsored by CRS at UCLA School of Law, the Williams Institute,
and The African American Policy Forum

 
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Program Description

• How should we respond to the argument that “blacks betrayed gays” in supporting Prop. 8?
• Does this framing suggest that all blacks are straight and all gays are white?
• How does the dominant interpretation of Prop. 8 compare various communities of color?
• What can we learn from the political and representational strategies of the campaigns regarding Prop. 8 in California?
• What does a multiracial and coalitional politics for LGBT equality require and promise for winning and sustaining equal rights?

Roundtable Discussants

Russell Robinson, Professor, UCLA School of Law, Moderator

Javier Angulo, Board Member, HONOR PAC
Ryan Dunn, Former Chairperson, OUTLaw at UCLA School of Law
Cleo Manago, Founder and Director, AmASSI Prevention, Cultural and Leadership Training Centers
Melissa Murray, Professor, UC Berkeley School of Law
Kim Pearson, Williams Law Teaching Fellow, WIlliams Institute at UCLA School of Law
Jennifer Pizer, Senior Counsel, Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund

Introductory Remarks by CRS Administrative Director, Saul Sarabia

Background Materials

Nate Silver, “Prop 8 Myths,” FiveThirtyEight.com, Nov 2008

Timothy Stewart-Winter, "Gay Marriage and the Black Vote," Los Angeles Times, August 2008

Michael Joseph Gross, “Gay is the New Black?," The Advocate, Nov 2008

Matthai Kuruvila, “Trends beyond black vote in play on Prop. 8,” San Francisco Chronicle, Nov 2008

Earl Ofari Hutchinson, “Its no Surprise Blacks Backed Gay Marriage Ban," New America Media, Nov 2008

Sherry Wolf, “Why Prop. 8 passed in California: The Myth of the Black/Gay Divide,” Counterpunch, Nov 2008

Rev. Irene Monroe, “Inclusion: Prop 8 is not About Black Homophobia,” BlackCommentator.com, Nov 2008

Tony Castro, “Black, Latino voters helped Prop 8 pass," Los Angeles Daily News, Nov 2008

Jessica Haro, “Prop 8 and the Hispanic vote” Hispanic Business, Nov 2008

The Advocate, “The Latino Players in the Prop 8 fight: Mayors and Models", Oct 2008

Mike Swift and Sean Webby, "Black and Latino voters critical to same-sex marriage ban’s success," MercuryNews.com, Nov 2008

Erika Oblea, “Most Asian American Voters Against Proposition 8,” DailyCal.org, Oct 2008

Hokubei.com, “Asian Americans Against Prop 8 Hold Rallies in SF, LA” Oct 2008

John Wildermuth, “Wealthy gay men backed anti-Prop 8 effort,” San Francisco Chronicle, Nov 2008

Jasmyne Cannick, “No-on-8’s white bias,” Los Angeles Times, Nov 2008

Jasmyne Cannick, Gays First, Then Illegals, The Advocate, April 2006

Racial Minority Civil Rights Organizations File Lawsuit Asking the California Supreme Court to Invalidate Proposition 8,   November 2008

Religious and Racial Minority Civil Rights Organizations File Briefs Asking the California Supreme Court to Legalize Same Sex Marriage,  January 2006

Jonathan Rauch, "Prop. 8 ads' invisible gays", Los Angeles Times, October 2008