Reply #18: That's my point in a nutshell. There's no one out there to look up to. [View All]

[last1standing]

It's hard to have a specific person in mind when there are so few out politicians. As has been stated in other threads, looking to the world of academia would be a good idea, but there are few nationally known gay professors. And that's why we need someone so badly. Kids need someone to look up to but there aren't many good role models in politics for them.

As for being able to tell that Marshall was black, it doesn't matter. This is about being accepted for who you were born to be, not whether you're able to hide it. To argue otherwise is to argue that 'the gays' should just stay underground.