The senseless murder of a young man, combined with unprecedented media attention and an energized LGBT community, truly changed the course of the equality movement.
It was as much the huge loss of hundreds of thousands of young men in France, Belgium and Great Britain, not to speak of Russia and of course Germany, that advanced the cause of equality and the extension of the suffrage to women.
A new government is, of course, no guarantee of equality.
Of course, this mirage of equality was shaken as I encountered history, data, and stories which indisputably demonstrated the existence of racial discrimination in America.
In addition to collectively growing in our identity, we also advocated for issues of importance to the community, fighting for representation, equal opportunity, and of course, marriage equality.
There is, of course, no such presumption of equality in presidential pardons, and the ground rules that have been established over the years serve merely to organize the process.
Of course, equality has its perils.
Although I know what I believe in, of course: equality and all those good things".
A steady drizzle lasted for hours as the crowd heard speeches from a mix of celebrities and political leaders on topics like jobs, health care, immigration, voting rights, same-sex marriage and, of course, equality.
That ideal being, of course, equality.
