Students Rally Around Catholic School Counselor Who Could Get Fired for Being Gay
15 years of service. A 22-year long relationship. Push comes to shove in this battle over a popular Catholic school guidance counselor.
15 years of service. A 22-year long relationship. Push comes to shove in this battle over a popular Catholic school guidance counselor.
When I explain to my peers that it’s insulting, many of them do stop saying it. The people who keep using it are the people closest to me–my family.
We die for the right to love and be loved. We die protecting our own, because the law has yet to protect us. We die because we stand up for ourselves. We die to be seen.
When I found out SCOTUS ruled in favor of same-sex marriage, I was bursting with excitement; so much so that I broke into a little happy dance and felt a twinge of American pride. But I also know the reality of this landmark decision: the fight for actual factual equality ain’t over yet. Not by a long shot.