Indeed, Thursday’s White House celebration came 51 years after Washington saw the very first people ever to identify themselves as gay outside the White House. And discrimination, it’s so last century.”So when my husband and I left the White House, we felt a glow of pride and wonderment. In the United States, almost every step forward for gay people has been followed by several steps backward. On days like this, it is especially important to remember that we are a battle-hardened movement. And here is the sentence I never wanted to write — about 50 people being massacred in a gay club, the worst mass shooting in U.S. history.

Source: Washington Post June 13, 2016 00:22 UTC