You Cannot Live on Hope Alone.

[Shana A]

You Cannot Live on Hope Alone.
by: theantidesi101
Fri Nov 07, 2008 at 23:38:28 PM EST

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Out queer politicians matter to LGBT people. They inspire the next generation of out political leaders, who right now might be very young people in college, high school or even younger. Just like that brown child being told by his grandmother this week that he can finally be anyone he wants to me, some gay or transgender child is opening the newspaper, or peeping over their parent's shoulder at the tv, and seeing an LGBT person elected to perform public service.

That LGBT child is seeing openly gay Jared Polis become a Colorado Congressman. They are witnessing open bisexual Kate Brown become Oregon's next Secretary of State (not to mention highest elected openly bisexual political figure in the U.S.). One kid who knows they're not the gender assigned to them by society will discover by chance the fact that the people of Silverton, Oregon elected the first openly transgender mayor in U.S. history, Stu Rasmussen.