Young gay hero / Katherine McDonough.Age: 21 Home: Bronx, N.Y. School: Emerson College Emerson College was founded in 1880 by Charles Wesley Emerson as a "school of oratory," in Boston, Massachusetts. Emerson's main campus is located near the Boston Common, at the gateway to the Theatre District; it also maintains buildings in Los Angeles and the town of Well, in Boston; majoring in film and political communication Relationship status: With girlfriend, Angie Leadership roles: Served as president of EAGLE, Emerson's LGBT LGBT Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender student organization; interned with the Religious Coalition for the Freedom to Marry and helped edit the organization's People of Faith Testimony Book; volunteered for MassEquality, an organization defending marriage equality in Massachusetts Accomplishments: Worked to bring former Human Rights Campaign president Cheryl Jacques Cheryl Ann Jacques (b. February 17, 1962) is a United States politician who, beginning in January 2004, served for 11 months as president of the Human Rights Campaign, the nation's largest gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender, or LGBT, advocacy organization. to campus, organized National Coming Out Day and Day of Silence events Hobbies: Activism, watching C-SPAN, eating vegetarian food, reading, movies "I hope my work will give hope to those who feel rejected by their community. If same-sex marriage Noun 1. same-sex marriage - two people of the same sex who live together as a family; "the legal status of same-sex marriages has been hotly debated" couple, twosome, duet, duo - a pair who associate with one another; "the engaged couple"; "an inseparable was legal when I was beginning to come out, I might not have struggled with the idea of being gay as much I did." |
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