NYC Activist Alan Bounville Swears Off Starbucks Until Gillibrand Adds Gays To Civil Rights Act
Remember back in May, when Dan Choi embarked on a hunger strike until President Obama put an end to the Pentagon’s DADT review, ended discharges, and added a non-discrimination policy into military code? The president did none of those things, but Choi returned to eating processed foods. Now here comes Alan Bounville, a 34-year-old activist in New York, who has stopped eating until Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand files a bill to add LGBTS to the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
Yes, just file — not even work to pass it.
Bounville has been spending the past month outside Gillibrand’s campaign offices at 15 W. 26th St. (With Tuesday’s election, isn’t her campaign over?), where he’s trying to get one of the most LGBT-friendly senators ever to add queers to federal anti-discrimination laws. Now stationed at an undisclosed location, Bounville says the only thing he’s going to let doctors do — should his body start failing — is hydrate him.
“This is something that needs to happen now,” says Bounville of the bill. Well, yeah, if Gillibrand ever wants to see him enjoy a hamburger again.
Bounville, who apparently did not vote on Tuesday, says he wouldn’t vote for Gillibrand anyhow.
Stay well buddy.
Ah, another one of Get Equal’s founding members.
Their political tone-deafness is quite astonishing. The Republicans just take over the House, split the Senate essentially, and their focus is Senator Gillibrand?
Why do they extend no pressure on Republicans? I mean this at least would make some sense if this targeted Bone-head our new Speaker of the House and his non-support of ENDA.
The political winds shifted dramatically this week and you’re hunger striking Gillibrand?
Simply stunning.
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This is why people think we are “freaks.” Please ignore this attention-whore. This is very “GetEqual” idiocy that just makes people cringe and avoid us. These stunts just make us look like we’re mentally ill and are the highlight of our last year of effort. The crazies have taken over the GLBT movement. Lucky us.
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As a New Yorker and also a former congressional constituent of Senator Gillibrand let me say this: I am very proud to have her as our Senator and while I am very upset with the Democratic party, Gillibrand is one person I voted proudly for.
These kinds of tactics only make us look like loons.