I’ve watched friends & young interns b disowned by family, forced into therapy 2 b “cured”, ridiculed & shunned. Their struggle & bravery is a daily inspiration 2 fight 4 equal rights & their right 2 live w dignity & respect. Congrats @EqualityArmenia@zsinanyan @MitchOFarrell.
This is Patricia Gaines, whose father, a liberal minister, was driven out of Selma in 1961 by Klansmen on horseback. She went back to Selma for the first time today to drive black voters to the polls.