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Same-sex hand holding (Sshh!) Saturday - December 26th
23 Dec 2009
For Immediate Release: December 21st 2009
Please promote this event in whatever capacity in your blog/website/paper/magazine/ organisation. We are a grass roots campaign and we need to spread info quickly. The campaign’s success depends upon your support.
(Same-sex
hand holding) Sshh! Saturday
Saturday
26th December 2009
“It’s the most touching thing that’s happened all year” – Stephen Fry
Stephen Fry and David Watkins, Founder, A Day In Hand : GALHA Awards
Our silent revolution is now more crucial than ever. An extremist group has purchased ‘www.adayinhand.co.uk’ and ‘www.adayinhand.org.uk’ domain names on the net and are setting up homophobic websites in our name. These sites parody an official hate crime reporting site supported by the UK Home Office. As if anyone could have a problem with hand holding! Your support is now vital. Please help us fight this bigotry. Visibility is the answer. Please promote this event in whatever capacity in your blog/website/paper/magazine/ organisation. We are a grass roots campaign and we need to spread info quickly. The campaign’s success depends upon your support.
Read on….it’s simple….
What?
1) Hold hands with someone of the same gender
2) Step outside
3) Live your love
A Day In Hand announces the 4th international Same-sex hand holding (Sshh!) Saturday on December 26th 2009. On this day, same-sex couples and friends all over the world are encouraged to hold hands in public to support the visibility of Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans (LGBT) people. This is a revolutionary way of encouraging and inspiring LGBT people to take responsibility for their equality and live their lives without fear or restraint.
Where?
The World
When?
Saturday December 26th.
What?
On Saturday December 26th we are asking people to find someone of the same gender, and hold their hand in public. It may be for only 1 min or for the whole day! We would love people to have their photo taken holding hands and upload it to our website by sending to yourstories@adayinhand.com.
What is A Day In Hand?
A Day in Hand heralds a revolutionary way of making the world a more liveable place: a revolution in which anybody, on any day, can be a part of. The campaign is designed to promote equality of respect for people who wish to hold hands with someone of the same gender in public. It launched on May 17th this year and is now featured in over 20 countries worldwide. How? By holding hands we visibly challenge stereotypes and show we love and commit like everyone else. Anybody can take the day in hand. Events like Sshh! Saturdays remind people that each individual has the power to change the cultural zeitgeist. Holding hands with your partner or your friend, where you can, is about being true to yourself and to those you love. A Day In Hand is a project of Schools Out (which works for LGBT equality in education) and works in close collaboration with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans History Month to ensure generations to come understand that LGBT culture is integral to our society.
How can I get involved? – (see contact info below) + useful links:
Chat Forum: http://www.esferacorp.com/en/forums/adayinhand/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=44558452324
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/adayinhand
GALHA http://www.galha.org
Send your public same-sex hand holding photos with a description to yourstories@adayinhand.com
Contact
David Watkins (A Day In Hand founder) info@adayinhand.com
Available for A Day In Hand interviews & feature writing. +44 (0) 7931 461810
Note to Editors
Please register at http://www.adayinhand.com for further updates. Photographs available. Feel free to use any images from the website as long as they are featured as part of A Day in Hand campaign and the relevant photographer is credited.
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