Today is Day Without a Gay!

America's LGBT community and their allies are calling in 'gay' today to volunteer in their local LGBT communities to protest the passage of anti-gay constitutional amendments in Arizona, Florida, and California.

Wherever possible, gay Americans and allies plan to volunteer for local gay and civil rights organisations.

As well as being Day Without A Gay, today is also International Human Rights Day, and is the perfect time for the LGBT community to take a historic stance against hatred, by donating their time to a variety of different causes in order to raise public awareness of the need for LGBT equality in marriage and in other civil rights.

Every day since Election Day, thousands have protested up and down streets in cities across California, including Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco and Sacramento. Now the LGBT community and their supporters are teaming up to show America and the world the posititve spirit of the gay community through volunteering.

The protest isn't limited to America - LGBT people and their allies across the world are also volunteering on December 10th to show their support in face of legislation which has been passed that denies or prevents the legalisation of same sex marriage in Florida and Arizona, the elimination of same sex marriage in California (Prop 8) and measures introduced that prevent gay adoption in Arkansas.

The LGF would like to thank their very own Day Without A Gay Volunteer, Michelle Nolan, from New Hampshire (US). Michelle is currently studying at Manchester University and gave up researching in the library for a day, to volunteer in the LGF offices. Michelle wanted to get involved in the Day Without A Gay Prop 8 protest because of her interest in politics, she said: "I worked on different campaigns over the summer and wanted to continue my involvement."

Worringly, in 30 States in America, it is still legal for employers to fire their employees for being gay. While in 38 States, your employment can be terminated if you are transgender!

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