Queer Presence at today's NYC Immigration Rights Rally

There was a lively lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender contingent at today's A10 Immigration Rights Rally in NYC. Groups met at the interesction of Church and Vessey Streets, next to the rebuilding zone of the World Trade Center, and included (top to bottom): A contingent from the Gay Men's Health Crisis, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, the Audre Lorde Project, the Latino Lesbian and Gay Coalition, and Hombres Latinos de Hambiente (HOLA). Bottom picture, Debanuj Dasgupta of the Queer Immigrant Rights Project and Joseph DeFilippis of Queers for Economic Justice. Also seen: The Latino Commission on AIDS, Alianza Dominicana, the NYC LGBT Community Center, the Empire State Pride Agenda, Maria Belen Correa of the Association of Transvestite, Transsexual and Transgender Argentineans (ATTTA), performer Imani Henry, and Immigration Equality. Additional photos here.

Updates:

• Glenn Magpantay's OpEd in the New York Blade (April 12, 2006)
  
• On immigration, Bush blinked, and letters to the Advocate (April 12, 2006)
  
• Jasmyne Cannic also responds (April 11, 2006)
  
• The Advocate posts letter, the National Black Justice Coalition responds (April 11, 2006)
  
• "Immigration is an LGBT issue" by Christine Chavez (The Advocate online - April 10, 2006)
  

Previous posts:

• An open letter to the LGBT community on "Gays First, then Illegals" (April 10, 2006)
• CONLAMIC Watch: On immigration? Still pimping for the extreme right (April 9, 2006)
• On Immigration, an LGBT rift? (April 7, 2006)

Commentary from other blogs:

• Community vs. Coalition: Oh no she didn't! (Like Claire Huxtable, but with Tattoos - April 12, 2006
  
• Immigration and Gay Rights (Loydletta's Nooz and Comments - April 11, 2006)
• Bullet points on immigration (Bejata - April 11, 2006)
• Immigration (J's Theatre - April 10, 2006)
  
• The great black gay immigration "debate" ...there's none... (The Edge of Night - April 10, 2006)
  
• Immigration vs. Gay Rights (Pam's House Blend - April 10, 2006)
• Is Jasmyne Cannick wrong, frustrated, both or neither? (The Mad Professah Lectures - April 9, 2006)
• False Divisions (Geekstew - April 9, 2006)
• Who are the illegals? Part II (Marta Donayre's Blogazine! - April 7, 2006)
• Franchise and entitlement (Sincerely Robb Pearson - April 6, 2006)
• Tagged! (The Larry Lyons Experience - April 5, 2006)