Rter Signs Gay Rights Bill - Colorado Pols

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• T.J. OSBORNE, OPENLY GAY ARTIST ADVOTG FOR CLIVY, CELEBRAT CMA W BY KISSG BOYIEND
• GAY RIGHTS PNEER, AIDS ACTIVIST YVONNE RTER SHAR PERSONAL EXPERIENCE STONEWALL RTS
• RTER SIGNS GAY RIGHTS BILL

T.J. OSBORNE, OPENLY GAY ARTIST ADVOTG FOR CLIVY, CELEBRAT CMA W BY KISSG BOYIEND

"Rter says his allyship wh the LGBTQ+ muny began while workg at his parents' bety supply store the 1960s at a time when most gay people were eher flamboyantly out of the closet or firmly hidg Rter's personal say below about the meang and importance of dghter Mia was 17 when she me out. I felt on behalf of other parents of gays and lbians.

GAY RIGHTS PNEER, AIDS ACTIVIST YVONNE RTER SHAR PERSONAL EXPERIENCE STONEWALL RTS

And as social media grew, I was proud of publicly talkg about beg an ally, proud of Mia for standg up for her rights, and not silent about beg worried about our untry for not protectg the rights of Mia and all gays or lbians. I also beme aware of somethg else -- somethg some parents felt about their gay children the years before scientific advancements like IVF and donor eggs beme available on a mass sle. Some parents told me that while they supported their children who me out, they were aware typilly meant that, many stat, they uld not have children or adopt children as a gay or lbian uple.

I worked there several days a week after school and, when I was old enough to drive, livered on the weekends to hair of which is to say that, the 1960s, I grew up teractg wh lots of people who were gay at a time when most gay people were eher flamboyantly out of the closet -- or firmly hidg . Parents were not activists by any stretch, but when they talked about their ctomers -- many of whom were gay -- they ma clear to their two sons that jt as Ain Amerins had a lack of civil rights, so too did gay people large part bee so many had to keep a secret about who they really, when I beme an anti-Vietnam war activist, the gay liberatn movement was unrway. And gay and lbian activists who were part of the anti war movement were que vol about discrimatn agast I grew up, I beme more aware of the toll life the closet tak on gays and lbians.

Later, newsrooms, there were olr gays and lbians who openly talked about how stayg the closet affected them growg up, and they ma darn sure they mentored the younger journalists who eher had e out or were stgglg wh g when I e the hashtag #IAmAnAlly, I give not jt wh pri for my dghter, but also to salute those who helped paved the way for the eedoms gays and lbians now embrace, and who support the efforts to expand those eedoms to all members of the LGBTQ+ we herald another.

RTER SIGNS GAY RIGHTS BILL

I also beme aware of somethg else -- somethg some parents felt about their gay children the years before scientific advancements like IVF and donor eggs beme available on a mass parents told me that while they supported their children who me out, they were aware typilly meant that, many stat, they uld not have children or adopt children as a gay or lbian uple. And gay and lbian activists who were part of the anti-war movement were que vol about discrimatn agast I grew up, I beme more aware of the toll life the closet tak on gays and lbians.

Later, newsrooms, some olr gays and lbians openly talked about how stayg the closet affected them growg up, and they ma darn sure they mentored the younger journalists who eher had e out or been stgglg wh g when I e the hashtag #IAmAnAlly, I give not jt wh pri for my dghter, but also to salute those who helped paved the way for the eedoms gays and lbians now embrace, and who support the efforts to expand those eedoms to all members of the LGBTQ+ we herald another Pri month, I'm beyond proud, once aga, to be an ally. Bill Rter Gay?

”Rter says his allyship wh the LGBTQ+ muny began while workg at his parents’ bety supply store the 1960s at a time when most gay people were eher flamboyantly out of the closet or firmly hidg Rter’s personal say below about the meang and importance of dghter Mia was 17 when she me out.