Dan Savage writes today about a 14 year old, openly gay boy in LA who decided this year to dress up for Halloween as Lady Gaga. Mom helped him dress, and dad drove him to West Hollywood for the festivities (dad dressed as Lady Gaga's bodyguard). Imagine. Dan posted the video the boy sent him of his trek to W. Hollywood (dad gave him permission to post it).
Dan makes the following observation:
You know, whatever happens in Maine and here in Washington state tomorrow, where marriage equality and domestic partnerships are on the line respectively, we can all take comfort in something as seemingly trivial as a 14-year-old boy's night out in West Hollywood with his folks. I've said it before and I'll say it again: We are winning—despite the setbacks—because our families are on side now. It's almost impossible to imagine an openly gay 14-year-old twenty years ago, much less an openly gay 14-year-old with parents like Miss Poppy and her husband. Moms and dads like Elliott's—parents who aren't ashamed of their gay children, parents who love and support their gay children for who they are, parents who want their gay children to be safe and happy and treated equally—used to be the exception. Not anymore.
We are winning.
