The speakers included Jimmy Flannigan (Austin’s first openly gay councilman), US Representative Lloyd Doggett, and Mayor Steve Adler. The most amazing speakers, though, were not politicians – they were women and men from the LGBTQ community and I was just blown away. It was so moving an inspirational. I tried to find the organizer afterwards to tell her but I had no real idea what she looked like (see earlier post about me not wearing my contacts … which I have decided to start wearing again before I cause an accident). So went a FB message instead.
Anyway one of the core messages of the night was that … rallies are fun but the real work is not always fun. Call. Write. And show up to council meetings. Be an advocate not just for LGBTQ but all those who need support. Native Americans. African Americans. Those with mental or physical challenges. It’s not enough to match once in a blue moon.
