Keeping myself busy.  Those of you who read two of my previous posts - the one about the history of marriage equality in New Jersey, and the one about not giving GLBT money to political parties - would guess that I was fairly active in the two-month-long struggle to achieve marriage equality.  Your guess would be correct.  And I am one of the many who felt doubly screwed:  first by our fair-weather supporters in the state Senate who, after incumbent Jon Corzine lost his bid to return to the governor's office, decided not to vote for equality under the law after all; and second, by those political "leaders" in the GLBT communities who agreed to hold off on pushing for marriage equality until the lame-duck legislative session following the November 2009 elections, thus practically ensuring defeat.

So what am I doing now?  Recently, there has been a challenge sent out mostly via e-mails by Tom Limoncelli of the New Jersey Lesbian & Gay Coalition.  The Coalition has been moribund for quite some time now; Tom's challenge, to all those in New Jersey looking to create strong leadership in the ongoing struggle for GLBT civil rights, is to meet to decide the fate of the Coalition.

Yes, that's the right word:  the fate of the Coalition.  The meeting will be held the afternoon of March 6th (that's this Saturday, folks) at 2 pm at the new home of the Pride Center in Highland Park.  Its purpose is simple:  to decide whether to revitalize the old Coalition - the oldest group of its kind in New Jersey - or to shut it down.

The original idea was to have the leaders of the Coalition's constituent groups, plus a selection of other state GLBT leaders, meet to discuss the situation.  However, it was quickly decided to throw the meeting open to all those in New Jersey's GLBT communities, because the results of this meeting would affect everyone in those communities.

To find out more, check out the Yahoo! group NJLCG_future or contact Tom Limoncelli via e-mail at tal@whatexit.org .  And if you're at all serious about the future of equality for GLBT people in New Jersey, attend Saturday's meeting.