As FL closes the door on its most anti-LGBTQ legislative session in history, a reminder of my message to the US House Oversight Committee in December:
Relentless bigotry has consequences. Real people pay the price.
Simply for reference: this guy could serve 8 years as Vice President, run in 2032, win, serve 8 years as President, leave office in 2041 β and still be younger than Donald Trump is today.
Doctors resisting the NRA.
Students resisting the NRA.
Teachers resisting the NRA.
Survivors resisting the NRA.
Mothers resisting the NRA.
Communities resisting the NRA.
A nation resisting the NRA.
Because weβre all done being gunned down.
Stand together and we will win.
6 years ago, we went to Pulse Nightclub β our safe space.
6 years ago, you smiled & told me to say βI love youβ more.
6 years ago, with 19 rounds from an assault rifle, he stole you.
6 years ago, I never got to say goodbye.
6 years ago β and it still feels like yesterday.
Where are Christians being denied access to bathrooms, having their health care ripped away, or being told their marriage is up for public debate β simply because theyβre Christian?
Being told you canβt force your belief system on everyone else is not oppression.
Lemme tell you a story.
I was outed at 17. A mom learned that I had a boyfriend & alerted anyone whoβd listen. She howled about my βcorrupting influenceβ & insisted that my gayness was contagious.
Peers were pulled from my classes.
Others stopped showing up to practice. (1/8)