November 15, 2008 anti-Proposition 8 protests

Flyer for one of the November 15, 2008 anti-Proposition 8 protests.

On November 15, 2008, thousands of people in cities across the United States and ten other countries protested California voters' approval of Proposition 8, which changed the state Constitution to restrict the definition of marriage to opposite-sex couples and eliminated same-sex couples' right to marry.^[1][2] The demonstrations were organized by Join the Impact, a grassroots group that emerged in light of the election results.^[3]

Locations

The November 15, 2008 anti-Proposition 8 protests in Washington, D.C.

• Albany, New York(500)^[4]
• Albuquerque, New Mexico(500)^[5]
• Anchorage, Alaska (50-100)^[6]
• Asheville, North Carolina ("hundreds")^[7]
• Atlanta, Georgia (1,500)^[8][9]
• Austin, Texas (3,000)^[10]
• Baltimore, Maryland ("hundreds")^[11]
• Bloomington, Indiana (250)^[12]
• Boise, Idaho ("several hundred")^[13]
• Boston, Massachusetts (4,000)^[9][14]
• Cambridge, Massachusetts (75)^[15]
• Charlotte, North Carolina (200)^[16]
• Chicago, Illinois ("thousands")^[17]
• Chico, California (500)^[18]
• Cincinnati, Ohio (500)^[19]
• Columbus, Ohio (100)^[20]
• Costa Mesa, California (200)^[21]
• Dallas, Texas (1,200)^[22]
• Decorah, Iowa ^[23]
• Denver, Colorado ("hundreds")^[24]
• Des Moines, Iowa (150)^[23]
• Eureka, California (hundreds)(event organizers:500-700)^[25]
• Eugene, Oregon (200) ^[26][27]
• Fairbanks, Alaska (30)^[6]
• Fairfield, California (75)^[28]
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida (1,000)^[29]
• Fresno, California ("several hundred") ^[30]
• Greenville, South Carolina^[31]
• Houston, Texas (1,000)^[32]
• Iowa City, Iowa ^[23]
• Jackson, Mississippi (50) ^[33]
• Jacksonville, Florida ("hundreds") ^[34]
• Knoxville, Tennessee (100) ^[35]
• Laramie, Wyoming (About a dozen)
• Las Vegas, Nevada (1,000)^[9]
• Little Rock, Arkansas (200)^[9]
• Long Beach, California (1,000) ^[36]
• Los Angeles, California (10-12,000)^[37]
• Louisville, KY (200-300) ^{[38][39][40][41][42]}
• Memphis, Tennessee ^[43]
• Miami, Florida ("hundreds")^[44]
• Minneapolis, Minnesota (1,000)^[9]
• Moscow, Idaho (125) ^[45]
• Nashville, Tennessee ("hundreds") ^[46]
• New York City (4,000)^[9]
• Northampton, Massachusetts (400)^[47]
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma ("hundreds")^[48]
• Omaha, Nebraska (200) ^[49]
• Orlando, Florida (1,000)^[50]
• Palm Springs, California (500)^[51]
• Phoenix, Arizona (2,000)^[52]
• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (2,000)^[53]
• Pomona, California (400)^[54]
• Portland, Oregon ("several hundred")^[55]
• Raleigh, North Carolina (1,400)^[56]
• Redlands, California (400)^[57]
• Reno, Nevada (300)^[58]
• Sacramento, California (2,000)^[59]
• Salt Lake City, Utah (2,000)^[60]
• San Diego, California (20-25,000)^[61]
• San Francisco, California (7,500)^[62]
• San Jose, California (2,000)^[63]
• Sandpoint, Idaho ("dozen or so") ^[64]
• Santa Fe, New Mexico (100)^[65]
• Santa Barbara, California (500)^[66]
• Seattle, Washington ("thousands")^[67][68]
• Spokane, Washington ("at least 125") ^[69]
• St. Louis, Missouri (500)^[70]
• Tampa, Florida (100)^[71]
• Tucson, Arizona (1,000)^[72]
• Urbana, Illinois (80) ^[73]
• Walnut Creek, California (400)^[74]
• Washington, D.C. (900)^[9]
• Wichita, Kansas (100)^[75]
• Wilmington, North Carolina (140)^[76]

Notable events

Comedian Wanda Sykes, who stars in the CBS sitcom The New Adventures of Old Christine, came out as lesbian to a crowd of 1,000 at a rally held in Las Vegas, Nevada.^[77]

See also

• Arizona Proposition 102 (2008)
• Briggs Initiative
• Civil unions
• Florida Amendment 2 (2008)
• Join the Impact
• Post-election events of Proposition 8 (2008)
• Protests against Proposition 8 supporters
• Same-sex marriage in the United States
• Stonewall Riots
• White Night Riots

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