Maxime and I trying to keep warm

Wew-hew! What an amazing afternoon in Ann Arbor! The weather was grim, but our spirits were high as over 400 Michiganders stood up for equality! How fabulous! I attended a sign-making party at around 2 PM, and then we made our way over to the Ann Arbor Post Office for a rally / demonstration before marching around downtown to the "Diag" (the heart of the University of Michigan's campus) for one final hurrah. In all, it was a fantastic show from this college town -- especially on a Football Game Day (a HUGE holiday for UM'ers -- the stadium holds over 100,000 people. To put that in context, the population of Ann Arbor is 114,000). Even Esther Newton was there! Though no Gayle Rubin -- where were you, Gayle? (I say that like we know each other)

I'll have some video up soon! But in the meantime, here are some photos from the protest. I've also uploaded ALL of my photos to Flickr, if you're itching for more! Here's the link.

The woman in the purple jacket is amazing!