You can purchase an autographed copy of Anything But Straight by sending a $35 check or money order to:
-------------------------
Wayne Besen
PO Box 25491
Brooklyn, NY 11202
The Crystal Meth Working Group took on the drug with a dramatic full-page ad in today's New York Times. The headline screamed, "GAY MEN & CRYSTAL METH, A MANIFESTO. The text read:
"Crystal Meth poses a threat to different communities, both in this country and around the world. The U.N. says that 35 million people use meth, making it the second most frequently used illicit drug behind marijuana.
While most gay men have never used meth, approximately 15% have. By chemically blocking inhibitions, it leads many to take sexual risks, resulting in more infections of HIV, syphilis and other diseases.
We've watched as meth worked its way into our lives as an "innocent" party drug and then established itself as a serious threat to our health and prosperity. We've seen it cripplee our friends and loved ones, destroy the lives of our youth and mentors, and corrode the spiritual fabric of our community. The bottom line, meth is hurting gay men. How can we stand by and do nothing?
An array of respected GLBT leaders signed onto the campaign including, NGLTF's Matt Foremen, Michelangelo Signorile, Rufus Wainwright and David Mixner.
I think this campaign is a great idea. This drug is flat out evil. It has turned much of the Midwest into a trailer park meth lab and turned gay nightclubs into zombie rooms. Enough is enough. It is time we stand up and say that this drug just plain sucks. Let's stop killing ourselves. Okay?
6 Comments:
The red-state christian evenjellycalls should be spending their time and money fighting this scourge in their own backyards instead of wasting time attacking gays. Meth destroys what few teeth they have left as it is. B. Queer
posted by Anonymous, at
6/15/2006 11:18 AM
Wayne,
Thank you for that tidbit of information. I appreciate coming to your site every morning and being exposed to interesting and important issues that affect us all.
yes, methamphetamines is taking away more of our country than anything else. in 2003 (i think) there were 20,000 raids on small labs acroos the country.
posted by Anonymous, at
6/15/2006 1:19 PM
Good.
Now if some GLBT organizations will start fighting against similar scourges such as no-fault divorce said groups may be taken more seriously as well.
posted by Anonymous, at
6/15/2006 3:28 PM
"Now if some GLBT organizations will start fighting against similar scourges such as no-fault divorce said groups may be taken more seriously as well."
Assuming the above is not a joke, why are GLBT groups supposed to spend their time fighting other people's battles? Considering the prevalence of divorce in conservative denominations such as the Southern Baptist Convention, they are the ones who should turn from trying to smash the gnat of gay marriage to gigging the camel of divorce.
Besides which, terrible though divorce can be, it can't compare in hideousness to a meth addict--the emaciation, rotten teeth, and cadaverous pallor.
posted by Anonymous, at
6/15/2006 7:15 PM
