re mow bodycount in article apr spdcc com urso spdcc com stephen chappell writes in article c kt y m world std com bearpaw world std com bearpaw writes i believe the mow plans and handing out some sort of wristband thingy and basing their count on those i see two problems with this one can they get everybody to take one and only one two they couldn t possibly have been able to choose a color design that won t clash with somebody s outfit and three the ads i ve seen for the wristbands indicate they re charging a wristband as i ve seen them the wristbands look like clear plastic with multi coloured rainbow threads in them labeled march on washington the being your particular wristband number certainly not everyone at the march on washington will be willing to shell out five bucks for a piece of plastic i bought mine at the mow storefront its not plastic its woven material but i think you miss the point its not about the five bucks in your pocket its about supporting the march and helping to pay for all the printed materail and scehdulkes and organisation and all leading up to the literal birth of queer visibility in this country up to this point all our news coverage has been driven by events thatb happen to us this event is happening by our direct action of course the last mow was the same thing but they ignored us i guess that was just labor pains perhaps they will ignore us again in which case we will come in even largeer numbers next time lst night in dc there were so many queers out and about you could hardly get in any place i suspect thatb over the next two days that will become exponentially larger to my mind this is a physical bsuting down of the collective closet of queer invisibility the five bucks is insignificant lux owen d owen rowley onr netcom com also owen autodesk com eu phoria a state of well being euphoria is my natural state i do what i enjoy and an abundance of all good fortune comes to me for it
