Pinknews StoryIn 1998, he founded the National Stonewall Democrats, a gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender Democratic pressure group.
He has been a vocal and articulate defender of LGBT rights. Speaking out against the Federal Marriage Act, which would have amended the US Constitution to ban gay marriage, he said:
"We're told "don't take things personally", but I take this personally. I take it personally when people decide to take political batting practice with my life."
