Finally Rooted In Grass

On April 28th, The HRC wrote a release about an event at the University of Nevada campus, where college students were recruited for the LGBT rights fight. The author of the article explains his excitement about the fact that young people are getting involved with the movement and that they are finally being taught how to take an initiative. Further, and possibly the most exciting part, is that these students are being taught TO take initiative.

It must have become abundantly clear by now that my biggest issue with the HRC is the way that they often fail to incorporate new waves of individuals into the LGBT rights movement, the complacency, the arrogance. However, in this article my faith is somewhat restored. I hope that this is just the first of many of these drives or movements drumming up newer and younger support. It is true that young people like myself are far too often removed from the debate, or only connected in a shallow few feelings. I hope that the HRC keeps pushing this type of message, communicating the need for new support and for activists capable of unique and interesting thought.

Hopefully from this point we will be able to surpass the strides across the age gap. We need to remember that this is not simply a passing of the torch from older activists to younger ones. We cannot afford to lose the activists who have been working so hard for so long. We can not afford to stop recruiting new members who are older in age. Individuals in every walk of life can play a vital role in the shaping of this movement, and I am very excited to see how they can all work together if they begin to work in tandem.