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Love & Marriage inside OCTOBER 12-25, 2011 VOLUME TEN, ISSUE 21
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Paula Ettelbrick, Renaissance Lesbian Leader, Dies at 56 BY PAUL SCHINDLER
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MICHAEL LUONGO
aula Ettelbrick, an attorney who brought an uncompromisingly feminist perspective to policy and social justice advocacy in leadership roles at half a dozen top LGBT organizations, died on the morning of October 7, after battling cancer for the past year. She had turned 56 just five days earlier. Ettelbrick –– who is survived by her partner Marianne Haggerty, an NBC producer, and two children, Adam, 14, and Julia, 12, born during her earlier relationship with civil rights attorney Suzanne Goldberg –– was first diagnosed with peritoneal cancer in 2010 and spent the final weeks of her life at home in Manhattan with the aid of hospice care and family and friends. She is also survived by her brother, Robert Ettelbrick Jr., her sister, Linda Anderes, her aunt, Jean Root, and two nephews. In an advocacy career that spanned a quarter of a century, Ettelbrick worked at Lambda Legal, first as a staff attor-
QUEEROCRACY JOINED WITH ACT UP IN FOLEY SQUARE, FOCUSING ON FINANCIAL CRISIS’ IMPACT ON HEALTH CARE
Queer Voices in Zuccotti Park
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BY MICHAEL LUONGO
CAROL ROSEGG
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he banks might still be too big to fail, but the protests against them have become too big not to notice. That much was in evidence on October 5, a bright, warm Wednesday, when several thousand demonstrators filled Foley Square, surrounded by Lower Manhattan’s massive federal and state courthouses. Their purpose was a march to Zuccotti Park, the private patch of land open to the public that symbolically links Ground Zero with the Wall Street Financial District. On Foley Square’s central fountain,
a massive banner announced “Arab Spring, European Summer, American Fall,” tying grassroots uprisings on several continents on the part of people frustrated and outraged by economic, political, and social inequities. In the Arab world, the pop r outpourings triggered violent repression, which in many cases proved ineffective. While there has been violence against protestors by the New York Police Department, notably pepper spraying and body slams along with hundreds of arrests, it in no way parallels the deadly force used in countries like Syria, where thousands have been killed.
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The people filling Foley Square were a colorful mix. There was a sense of energy and enthusiasm and a youthful spirit, in spite of the divergent ages represented. There were even parents with small children, who were holding hands as well as signs. Many political statements were waved by the crowd, but most prominent was the declaration that the wealthy one percent have robbed the 99 percent — workers, the young, and homeowners. The majority of protestors turned out in everyday attire, though there was a decent sprinkling of lefty Che Guevaraworthy outfits.
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