Tammy Baldwin as the first openly lesbian woman elected to the US Senate:
“It’s incredible being given the opportunity to shatter glass ceilings but the more important focus is making sure we are creating a path many more will follow. I might not have aspired to public office if women and openly gay and lesbian candidates hadn’t run before me and shown me that doing so was possible. I recognized when I became the first woman elected to congress from the state of Wisconsin and first out lesbian elected in the history of U.S. that that’s not enough. We need to have legislative bodies that reflect America. Being a first is an extraordinary privilege, but the battle is won when there are many.”
How cool is all this?? I’m feeling much hope these days…about the state of our nation and about the evolving of humanity.
Reblogged this on The Darkness in the Light.