Some diamonds are indeed forever
Mar. 25th, 2011 10:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
greatbearI don't think I have to tell anyone that Elizabeth Taylor died recently, it's all over the news and blogs. But I just read where she has left the bulk of her estate to AIDS charities, including one she helped found in the 80s. Amazing. Even more astonishing is the gift will most likely be well in excess of half a billion dollars. That's with a "b", as in Carl Sagan's favorite word. Wow.
Ms. Taylor was an early champion of GLBT issues at a time when Ronnie Reagan would not lift a finger to help, much less even say the word "AIDS" at the most critical time of the crisis. To this day Republicans still vilify LGBT folk for their own political and monetary gain. As for you "gay Republicans" still talking up changing the party from within, stop with the delusions already.
Thank you, Ms. Elizabeth. Your diamond will truly shine forever.
Ms. Taylor was an early champion of GLBT issues at a time when Ronnie Reagan would not lift a finger to help, much less even say the word "AIDS" at the most critical time of the crisis. To this day Republicans still vilify LGBT folk for their own political and monetary gain. As for you "gay Republicans" still talking up changing the party from within, stop with the delusions already.
Thank you, Ms. Elizabeth. Your diamond will truly shine forever.
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Date: 2011-03-26 05:45 am (UTC)