honored in new york by the the family equality council for his honesty and his courage. my 19 years, not once have ever been confronted by an individual who realized independently that i was raised by a gay couple. and you know why, because the sexual orientation of my parents has had zero affect on the content of my character. jack walls joins me to talk about the speech in february and the honor coming up tonight. it s good to see you. good to be here. that was a speech you gave to the iowa legislature in february. how has your life changed? it s been crazy. it s been a lot of traveling. i ve been talking about gait rights fund-raisers, talking at events. meeting people, members of the community that for a long time i haven t been a member of. this isn t something i ve been doing for a long time.