As you know, we've seen an explosion of activity since the passage of Prop 8 here in California.
After the election night vigils, the first big wave of actions to take place were the marches and rallies that people organized on their own, with the help of Facebook and this new site that popped up, Join the Impact.

In San Francisco, that meant thousands of people marching through downtown for more than 5 hours one night (11/7), and thousands more at a rally and impromptu march this past Saturday at City Hall. Similar activity has been happening around the U.S., with solidarity actions in Canada and internationally.

While much of this activity in the streets continues to take place, a second wave of activism has become apparent - economic boycotts.

While the established organizations push the CA Supreme Court to invalidate Prop 8 and make their plans for 2010, many from the LGBTQ community aren't waiting for their voice to be heard - making it clear that supporting hate isn't publicly admissible.

The fact that so many people have taken it upon themselves to launch boycotts and other activities like flooding YELP, has had a significant impact already, including resignations, statements from high-profile corporations, equal donations to LGBTQ rights groups, and more. So much has been happening, in fact, that it's been hard to keep track of. In order to help facilitate this, I've made a list of everything I could find. Please comment if there are things I've missed!

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High profile activities:

6 separate California Supreme Court Lawsuit
www.eqca.org/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx={BFE39EF1-DEE3-4FDD-9D14-390D1335DD79}&notoc=1

1) NCLR, ACLU, Lambda Legal, Equality CA
2) Counties of SF, Santa Clara, Los Angeles and the City of LA
3) Private attorney in LA
4) APALC, NAACP, MALDEF, Equal Justice Society
5) CA Council of Churches
6) California Women’s Law Center, Equal Rights Advocates

Join the Impact Rallies (hundreds of thousands of people rallied throughout the U.S. - now writing postcards to Obama)
www.jointheimpact.com
Nov. 15 results: jointheimpact.wetpaint.com/page/Attendance+Totals+(How+Many+Attended+in+Your+City)

Day Without a Gay – Dec. 10
daywithoutagay.org/

Daily protests and demonstrations in many cities.

Ongoing Boycotts:

Manchester Hotels
- Manchester Grand Hyatt, San Diego, CA
- Grand del Mar Resort, San Diego, CA
- Whitetail Club and Resort, McCall, ID
www.boycottmanchesterhotels.com/ (Californians Against Hate)

A-1 Self Storage, 30 locations throughout CA
boycotta-1selfstorage.com/ (Californians Against Hate)

Cinemark, Century, CineArts, and Tinseltown Theaters
www.nomilkforcinemark.com

Hoehn Motors, San Diego, CA
Pre-Nov.4 pickets, phone calls. Post-election phone calls
latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2008/11/the-boycott-eff.html

El Coyote Restaurant, Los Angeles, CA (controversial)
Phone calls, emails, Nov. 13 protest, numerous facebook groups
shutupiknow.blogspot.com/2008/11/boycott-el-coyote-cafe.html
latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2008/11/gay-marriage-ba.html
[Management held press conference, distancing themselves from the employee that donated to 8, saying they have many gay employees and customers, and the company donated to Lambda Legal and the LA GLBT Center. Some boycott activity ongoing.]

Boycott/Move Sundance Festival (is in Utah and uses a Cinemark theater)
movesundance.com/
news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20081115/en_celeb_eo/68992
perezhilton.com/2008-11-16-boycott-sundance

Wolfe’s Market, Claremont, CA
www.facebook.com/group.php

Lassen’s Health Food Stores, Southern California www.facebook.com/group.php

Kroger’s, Ralph’s, etc. Supermarkets (controversial) www.facebook.com/group.php

Averted Boycotts:

Bolthouse Farms
[Settlement w/ Californians Against Hate - $110,000 donated to GLBT causes]
www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1859323,00.html

California Musical Theatre, Sacramento, CA – Gay Artists, including Marc Shaiman (Hairspray) and Jeff Whitty (Avenue Q) Threatened Boycott
[Scott Eckern, Artistic Director, Resigned & Donated to HRC]
Resignation Letter:
www.ibtimes.com/prnews/20081112/scott-eckern-releases-statement-and-announces-resignation-as-artistic-director-for-california-musica.htm

Subway Food Chain – Blogger Privately Threatened Boycott
[Settlement – donator requested money back, company upgraded Anti-Discrimination policy, sent letter to 30,000 franchisees]
pageoneq.com/news/2008/International_food_chain_111808.html

Companies Issuing Precautionary Messages

Marriott
www.blogs.marriott.com/default.asp

Other Activities:

Human Rights Campaign Town-Halls on Next Steps Against Prop 8
www.hrc.org/news/11575.htm

Mormons writing opposition letters, including resignation from the Church
signingforsomething.org/

Campaign to take away the tax-exempt status from the Mormon Church
www.mormonsstoleourrights.com/

YELP negative reviews of companies donating to Prop 8.
[YELP management issued statement, started actively deleting prop 8 comments]
abclocal.go.com/kgo/story

Notable Petitions:

Courage Campaign / MoveOn / CREDO (300,000+)
www.couragecampaign.org/page/s/repealprop8
Equality California
www.eqca.org/petition

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