On November 4, 2008 Proposition 8 passed in California, amending the state Constitution to ban same-sex marriage. The defeat provoked a groundswell of initiative within the GLBT community at a grassroots level, with many new political and protest organizations being formed in response.
Two years since its inception, the NOH8 Campaign has grown to over 8,000 faces and continues to grow at an exponential rate. The campaign began with portraits of everyday Californians from all walks of life and soon rose to include politicians, military personnel, newlyweds, law enforcement, artists, celebrities, and many more.
The NOH8 Campaign has received overwhelming support from around the world, appearing on various local and national news programs and publications. The images are currently being used on various social networking sites to spread the message of equality, predominantly Facebook and Twitter. Eventually the images are expected to be compiled for a large-scale media campaign.
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I am a supporter of the NOH8 project along with my partner Justyn Acer and some friends of ours. We found out about this project last year when we joined up with second life and since then we have done everything we can to support them including donations.
We have given photo shoots to friends and random supporters who wish to partake, I’ll add some more pictures up later because it takes too long to upload pictures. If however you are interested in a photo shoot please send me a Note Card ((IM’s cap)) and I will give you a photo shoot whenever you are ready.
Photos in this post were made by my partner Justyn Acer <3
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