"I'm black. I'm gay," he said Monday, according to the Las Vegas Sun. "I know this is the first time many of you have heard me say that I am a black gay male."
"Fear Eats the Soul"
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
"And The Truth Shall Set You Free..."
"I'm black. I'm gay," he said Monday, according to the Las Vegas Sun. "I know this is the first time many of you have heard me say that I am a black gay male."
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UPDATE: Speaking to the LA Times, Senator Atkinson said: “I didn’t expect to do it… I wasn’t even going to speak. It was an impulse.”
ReplyDelete“I remember looking down at my clothes as I stood to speak and my heart was literally moving my suit jacket, that’s how scared I was,” he continued.
“I said, ‘I’ve got to do this. I’ve thought about this for so long.’ I thought about all my friends who have been in same-sex relationships for decades. I thought about them and the conversations we’ve had, and my own relationship. I knew if I was going to do it, I had to come out strong.”
"Congratulations and Thank You, Senator Atkinson!"