Interesting. I will say that youre saying the end of the year between the end of the year and the actual election itself as many would hope that this is all done before that. Thank you also very much. Thank you all for joining us. Our special with the 2020 town hall begins now. [ cheers and applause ] good evening and welcome to the cnn democratic president ial town hall equality in america. I want to welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world from the novo in los angeles. Im dana bash. It has been 50 years since the riots had stonewalled and the riots against Police Oppression that became the Turning Point in
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equals and friends. it must have been controversial at the time and made people uncomfortable, can you talk about what that was like before that article was published. if i can help illuminate the audience. one line from in 1992 opinion piece that you wrote you said i was disgusted by gays. the thought of two men kissing each other was about as appealing as a frontal labott me. allow me more direct escaping the euphemisms of my past i hated gays. the point of the piece was that you changed your view. back to tom s question, what was it like when the article came out. raising a family speaks toward justice. growing up as a young man in a toxic environment of football and the like, as a campus activist i wanted to try to push people to understand the absurdities of homophobia, and became a campus activist on those issues, and so i wrote this article to challenge people about their homophobia and about