Acceptance Journeys

Representative Sandy Pasch

I knew that my son was gay before he felt comfortable sharing it with me. He came out to his sisters but wasn’t ready to tell me or his dad yet. It took a…

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Mayor Barrett

Leonard Sobczak and I went to high school together. He was a couple years ahead of me, so like all of the younger students, I knew who the older kids were but I was…

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Fire Chief Mark Rohlfing & Dr. Sarah Morgan

I would probably be the poster child for “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” I don’t want to know about your sexuality. I grew up in an atmosphere where if you told somebody you were gay,…

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Commissioner of Health Bevan K. Baker & Dr. Gary Hollander

When I was growing up, my mother did a lot of mission work. The work took her around the world, but she never forgot those close to home. In her small town in rural…

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