Why fight for Social Security benefits equality? Why not fight for marriage equality?
We say, fight for both! We at the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force are committed to achieving for LGBT Americans equal rights and protection in all matters governed by law in all fifty states — AND ON THIS WE WILL NEVER COMPROMISE. In the meantime, the well-being of hundreds of thousands of LGBT Americans demands an immediate, imaginative, and powerful response to this outrageous economic discrimination. Rock for Equality will demand that LGBT senior citizens and families be allowed access to the same Social Security safety net that protects the rest of America’s elders — a safety net system which they are required to pay into during a lifetime of employment. In the process of pursuing this issue, we will be highlighting an aspect of discrimination against LGBT people of which the vast majority of Americans are presently unaware and, upon becoming informed, will find reprehensible.
