Wednesday marked National Coming Out Day, a day dedicated to supporting the LGBTQIA+ community in "coming out of the closet," according to Harvard University.
rights and safety of your lgbtq plus constituents? when i was a junior high, school september 11th happened. i thought about enlisting in the military. i was scared of doing its. i was closeted. i didn t want to be out and under go don t ask don t tell. i found a different path into national security. i can t relate very much to the attacks that are going on against our community. that aresome of the hate filled violence that has been both targeting the lgbtq community and of course, the horrible shootings in jacksonville yesterday. so, i want to make sure that we are strengthening our hate crimes legislation. i want to make sure that we are passing laws like the equality act to make sure we are not fired from our jobs just for being gay. i want to make sure that people can thrive based on merit. that s what america is all about. unfortunately, when people like congressman calvert are more focused on banning the pride flag and preventing seniors from eating, the voted to
armored presidential train ? [ inaudible ]. reporter: there are signs that s an image the kremlin knows it should shed. seen putin more publicly engaged than he has been for years. but in his increasingly hostile world, the security and luxury of train number one maybe sanctuary indeed. phil, putin of course has good reason to feel threatened from outside. we saw the dramatic events, the armed uprising of the past couple weeks. but the problem is the more closeted he is from the general public, the more that threat is