SDCC hotel boycott - re: anti-gay marriage donation

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Considering that most of my friends going to ComicCon fall into at least one of the following categories:

- queer
- for equal rights (actually, if you are my friend and this is not the case, could you check in about this so we can reassess what fucking planet we're both living on, thnx).
- slashers
- Torchwood fans

I think you should know the following:

The Manchester Grand Hyatt is one of the most popular and expensive hotels for people going to SDCC because of its prime location. It's owned by Doug Manchester who just "donated $125,000 to help get Proposition 8, a measure that could amend the state constitution to ban same-sex marriage, on the ballot" in California.

The article is here: http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid57778.asp

Other hotels are here: http://www.comic-con.org/cci/cci_hotel.shtml

This infuriates me.

I'm not at SDCC (I was invited to be a guest) because my partner is coming home after being on a dig for 9 weeks. And I'm sad about not being at SDCC because of the love the oh so queer Torchwood is getting at the con. So seriously people, I know SDCC hotel space is at a premium and then some. But if you're booked in there, please consider doing the right thing and bring your business elsewhere (difficult at this late date -- considering piling into a room at another venue with friends or look at redstapler's suggestions in comments) or make an offset donation.

(And wow, I hope none of the guests are booked in there, although maybe if they decide to make a statement about it, that would rock.)


via bethbethbeth

Comments

[airawyn.livejournal.com]

(Here via fandom_lounge on JournalFen.)

If you're staying at the marina behind the Convention Center, that's also owned by the Hyatt.

[britgeekgrrl.livejournal.com]

I'm not entirely sure *where* the houseboat is tied up... all I know is that my friend who's putting me up paid for with a bunch of timeshare points from hs family.

Short of sleeping on the street, unfortunately, I don't have any alternatives...

[airawyn.livejournal.com]

Yeah, there's not a lot of housing options during ComicCon.