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Title: A Lesbian Comedian and Tammy Faye's Son Want to Loosen the Bible Belt
Post by: traci_k on March 25, 2016, 06:59:16 AM
A Lesbian Comedian and Tammy Faye's Son Want to Loosen the Bible Belt

http://www.advocate.com/commentary/2016/3/24/lesbian-comedian-and-tammy-fayes-son-want-loosen-bible-belt

The Advocate.com
By Kristen Becker
March 24 2016 5:43 AM EDT

Kristen Becker tells us about her road trip against hate — in a vegetable oil-powered tour bus, no less — where she and Jay Bakker will embark on a pilgrimage from Buffalo to New Orleans.


Readers of this site might remember a post I wrote about the state of LGBT rights in Louisiana a while ago. I was raised in Louisiana and I miss it, but I can't live somewhere that doesn't afford me basic human rights. The right to be myself and live, work, play as I choose, unbeknownst to me, was the beginning of my new part time career as an activist.
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