Barack Obama
Related: About this forumAttended a college graduation party for a friend's daughter on Saturday.
When I got there her mom, my friend, told me it would be a combination graduation party/gay rights celebration. Turns out the graduate, 22, is lesbian. She and her girlfriend were both wearing "Rainbows are Gay" pride shirts and most of her friends in attendance were gay, as well. It was a wonderful party and it was great to see her and her friends being completely open about their orientation and having such a great time. Her mom introduced me to her, telling her I was an old friend and had participated with her in Women For Obama 2012. She, and every one of her friends (I think), thanked me profusely for working to get Obama elected! Very impressed with how politically involved and motivated these young women are. It is one thing to support a candidate but very special to see the positive effect that candidate's election is having on real people's lives!
BOG!
sheshe2
(87,578 posts)Thank you for sharing that, you did good Kath you really did. You helped make that happen!
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Boston 43rd annual Gay Pride Parade~
First Openly Gay NBA Player Jason Collins M
BOSTON NBA veteran Jason Collins, left, the first active player in one of four major U.S. professional sports leagues to come out as gay, marches in Bostons gay pride parade alongside U.S. Rep. Joe Kennedy III, a college roommate, Saturday, June 8, 2013, in Boston. (Mary Schwalm/AP)
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BOG
It really made me feel good!
Thanks for the photos from Boston!
Cha
(305,447 posts)What an extra pleasant surprise for you. I'm so happy this has happened for GLBT's Rights! And, really glad that Pres Obama is there for all of us in now his Second Term!
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JustAnotherGen
(33,595 posts)Kath1
(4,309 posts)I never even knew my friend's daughter was gay!