GAY LIFE

This! This! This!, people, This! is exactly how we got the Supreme Court to reverse course after 17 years and why we won in Lawrence v. Texas last month. As I wrote in the days after the decision, I firmly believe it is because of US and our willingness and insistence on simply being open about our lives, making the political and personal one in the same, that we have changed the hearts and minds of Americans. The reason I point out this column most particularly is not necessarily just because it's about a family member changing a person's tune (which is my main point), but most importantly here because this is a rather conservative columnist who writes often right-wing crap. I always dread his columns in the paper because they usually promote the opposite of what I believe. But today, I sat there in the coffeeshop, screaming in my head thinking how amazingly wonderful it is that We, We Gay People, can make such an impact even on conservatives just by being ourselves and being family and speaking up and claiming our family as our own too. So, again, here's to Us. And keep on keepin on!