I'd always told myself there's no reason to share that I was gay, but the idea that my silence has social consequences was really driven home this year when I missed an opportunity to change the atmosphere of discrimination in my own home state of Kansas.
Jeg sagde altid til mig selv,  at der ikke var grund til at dele at jeg var lesbisk, men at min tavshed  kan have sociale konsekvenser blev tydeligt i år  da jeg missede en mulighed for at ændre på den diskriminerende atmosfære i min hjemstat Kansas.