Please indulge me in this experiment. Music has been pivotal in prior civil rights movements. And I wonder if there is space for it in our current LGBT movement. I’d like to share with you every Friday night a great song from our LGBT movement and other civil rights movements to inspire and educate the current and prior struggles that we have a had as a human race. Let me know if other songs of struggle and social justice should be shared, and I’ll happily post in future “Friday Night Video” postings.

The first song comes from an artist named Sean Chapin from California who I first discovered from around the Prop 8 challenge. Sean Chapin is a talent that is adding the music to our movement. You can visit his website at http://www.moreequalunion.com/.

Not only is following catchy and motivational, it clearly articulates our LGBT struggle . Enjoy the cameo from heroes Dan Choi and Cleve Jones. And you might see some other faces that you recognize.

Here are the lyrics of Equality Now by Sean Chapin.

Wake up America. It’s time we make a change. this is the land of the free and we got to be brave.
We the people, all together in life and liberty. And we will not wait until we are treated equally.

Can you see who we really are? Can you hear what we have to say? Do you know why all of us are here? We are coming out because we want equality now.

Wake up United States. It’s time that we evolve. Denying us our civil rights will only hurt us all. We pursue our happiness and the great American Dream. And we do not deserve to face all the pain and suffering.

Can you see who we really are? Can you hear what we have to say? Do you know why all of us are here? We are coming out because we want equality now.

Let’s demand equality now! Hey, we want equality now!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykglh7bapWk