Susan Larson ♀️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🌈<p>The <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/initiative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>initiative</span></a> faced strong opposition from various <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/civilrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>civilrights</span></a> groups, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/educators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>educators</span></a>, and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a>+ <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/advocates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>advocates</span></a>, including <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/HarveyMilk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HarveyMilk</span></a>, the first <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/openlygay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openlygay</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/elected" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>elected</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/official" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>official</span></a> in <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a>. Milk and others argued that the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Proposition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Proposition</span></a> was <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/discriminatory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>discriminatory</span></a> and based on unfounded <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/fears" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fears</span></a>.</p><p>As the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/campaign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>campaign</span></a> against <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Proposition6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Proposition6</span></a> intensified, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/activists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>activists</span></a> realized that <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/traditional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>traditional</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/campaigning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>campaigning</span></a> might not be sufficient.</p><p>— (2/17)</p>