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Today is the start of #PrideMonth.
When I came out in college, I couldn’t imagine someone like me running for office. And I absolutely couldn’t imagine all of the progress we would make since then. [thread]
When I came out in college, I couldn’t imagine someone like me running for office. And I absolutely couldn’t imagine all of the progress we would make since then. [thread]
But seeing others in the LGBTQ community demonstrate acts of courage by coming out, being themselves, and being public about who they are and who they love — I came to realize that I could do both. That we could all do both.
Today, at the start of Pride Month, I want to recognize the generations of LGBTQ leaders who came before us, who fought for every right and every freedom we’ve won in these past years and decades.
But I’ll be honest, our work is far from done and the threats to the LGBTQ community have only grown over the last few years. Across the country, there are over 1,000 LGBTQ elected officials, the most in history and more than double the number just four years ago.
At the same time, we’ve seen a record amount of anti-LGBTQ actions across our country. More than 650 anti-LGBTQ bills last year alone. Record levels of heartbreaking attacks on transgender young people.
It’s going to take all of us this #PrideMonth and every month to counter these right wing attacks so everyone - even a kid like me - grows up knowing they belong, and that kindness and inclusion, not hatred and division, are American values.
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