Live and Let Love

Many of you have been waiting patiently so see the the pictures from the second life noH8 campaign. The last two days Trace Osterham has been working his socks off getting the Gallery built pics uploaded and can safely say the time is now here. The second life Gallery will be opening today at 2pmslt ive seen the gallery and i must say A huge well done to Trace. The slurl for the gallery will be given out on the blog right before the opening, so please check the site around 1.50pmslt. where you can view all the photo first hand For all you guys who have not been watching Flicker the last few weeks and have no clue whats been going on heres a lil bit on info The No H8 campaign is a photo project and silent protest created by celebrity photographer Adam Bouska and his partner Jeff Barshley in direct response to the passage of proposition 8. The photos feature people with duct tape on their mouth and No H8 painted or lipsticked onto one cheek. The photos are being used virally as peoples primary photo on social networking sites. The eventual plan is to compile the photos for billboard campaigns and magazine spreads to raise awareness and money to repeal prop 8.

Nina Becker and Vanity

"On November 4th, 2008 Proposition 8 passed, amending the state Constitution to ban same-sex marriage. In the wake of the defeat, there has been a groundswell of initiative from within the community at grassroots level. Seizing this opportunity, new political and protest organizations are forming almost daily. The NOH8 Campaign is a photo project & silent protest created by celebrity photographer Adam Bouska and partner Jeff Parshley in direct response to the passage of Proposition 8. The campaign started with portraits of everyday Californians who support Marriage Equality and soon rose to celebrities, military personnel, brothers & sisters, law enforcement, lesbian mothers, directors, politicians, newlyweds, and more, Photos feature subjects with duct tape over their mouths symbolizing their voices not being heard and NOH8 painted on one cheek in protest. " from the NO H8 campaign website, www.noh8campaign.com Hope to see you there <3