The Tennessee Equality Project is selling T-shirts with the slogan 'We Say Gay' to celebrate a legislative victory as Senator Stacey Campbell's infamous 'Don't Say Gay' bill failed to pass, again, at the end of the legislative session on friday. For years Campbell has been diligently working to get some version of the 'Don't Say Gay' bill passed which would stop educators from discussion homosexuality in grades kindergarden through eighth grade.
There is change sweeping the nation over the past couple years with the view on homosexuality becoming more and more accepted. See Stephen Colbert's humorous dissection of the story as an indicator that being anti-gay becoming a joke.
Usually, we see T-shirts sold to raise funds for a nonprofit organization. We also see T-shirts being worn to raise awareness of issues and subjects. But, its only in sports that we see T-shirts worn to celebrate the winning of something. The successful completion of something, like the recent NCAA basketball championship. Or, the Superbowl. But, this T-shirt to celebrate victory at a legislative is a rare item. It raises awareness of an issue, in that the issue was overcome.
What are other legislative victories you feel warrant a celebratory T-shirt?
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