Well as the last few grains of October 11 wind down on National Coming Out day, I pause and reflect on the amazing changes that I’ve seen in
equality in my time.
Marriage rights in Massachusetts. Positive role models in
fiction like Burt Humbol from Glee or
Albus Dumbledore from Harry Potter.
Real life role models--Ricky Martin, Orlando Cruz, Neil Patrick Harris (he’s a
magician too J),
Anderson Cooper. Brokeback Mountain. The Perks of Being a Wallflower. Advocates like Lady Gaga and Adam Levine, who
aren’t gay but fight for equality.
My original draft of this blog changed gears here, pointing
out how much more fighting lay ahead. I
pointed out that we have a presidential candidate who said he would support an
amendment to define marriage in our Constitution--clearly ignoring the
precedent that the only amendment to date that infringed a person’s rights was
repealed years later…But I dropped the negativity.
Well I am trying to. Why? Because today is a day to celebrate.
And for those of you who don’t see what there is to celebrate, or maybe tinkered with the idea of coming out today but whose courage ultimately fell a little short, let me attempt to offer some encouragement.
There's always next year. It gets better. I know if I could go back and tell my 18 year old self, I'd never believe it. But it's true. It gets better.
And for those of you who don’t see what there is to celebrate, or maybe tinkered with the idea of coming out today but whose courage ultimately fell a little short, let me attempt to offer some encouragement.
There's always next year. It gets better. I know if I could go back and tell my 18 year old self, I'd never believe it. But it's true. It gets better.
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