AWARE taken back from anti-gays

I dont know if anyone has been paying attention to this but this past weekend a very large Feminist group in Singapore took back the leadership from anti-gay insurgents who had taken over the leadership. It was fascinating to watch online and follow on twitter (members were using twitter to communicate to each other and the press since press and was banned by the anti-gay leadership). If anyone is on Twitter here please feel free to pm me and Ill let you know how we can connect there as well. Its a great tool for political activism and I imagine it will be put to great use in the coming days when the CA Prop 8 ruling is announced.

Here is the back story on it on Kos:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/4/30/725641/-Keeping-Singapore-AWARE:-an-antifeminist-NGO-coup

Singapore is not known for its activism, much less dramatic infighting. More people know Singapore for what's forbidden (purchasing chewing gum, taking durian fruit on the subway) than what's allowed (table-top dancing in bars with a license). That said, there are numerous NGOs and issues-oriented groups that undertake the hard slogging of street level organizing for women's issues, racial and inter-religious understanding, and environmentalism.

For the last quarter century, the leading organizational advocate for the cause of women has been a group called AWARE (Association of Women for Action and Research). AWARE has functioned tirelessly and effectively for equality in marriage rights, citizenship, the treatment of foreign domestic workers, and disenfranchised women across the island state.

Amazingly, AWARE has just been taken over in a coup by a group of conservative Christian Singaporean women concerned that AWARE was too "pro-gay". On May 2, we will find out if the coup succeeds....