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Just a thought from 20 March 2004 about , .

In the SF Chronicle today: THE BATTLE OVER SAME-SEX MARRIAGE: Straights working to win legal rights for gay couples: "They're straight - but they don't consider themselves narrow. And now they're mad.... Among the new activists is Derek Powazek of San Francisco, who headed to Civic Center three days after the weddings began with his fiancee and a homemade 'congratulations' sign. The 30-year-old Web site designer and producer brought along a camera and began snapping photos."

The last few times I talked to reporters, my quotes seemed to come out saying something I didn't mean. So it's nice to finally deal with a reporter who got it right. My thanks to Rona Marech for covering this story with sensitivity and smarts.

Wha?
This section is called Just a Thought. It's a blog where I post little pieces of what I'm thinking about at the moment. This page is an individual entry called “Poster Child” that I wrote on 20 March 2004.

Before this, I wrote a little something called “The New New Thing” on 18 March 2004. After this, I wrote “Blah Blah Blog” on 26 March 2004.


BEFORE
The New New Thing
For the past few years, I've redesigned powazek.com when the calendar flipped to a new year. Looking at it that...
18 March 2004

AFTER
Blah Blah Blog
Last year at SXSW, Heather and I had a conversation we'd had a few times before, about race and gender...
26 March 2004




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Working the web since 1995, Derek Powazek is the creator of many award-winning websites, a couple of which still exist. Derek is the cofounder of JPG Magazine and the CCO of 8020 Publishing. Derek lives in San Francisco with his wife, two nutty Chihuahuas, a grumpy cat, and a house full of plants named Fred. More »

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