My brother had the courage to come out in 1978, wh... -Elizabeth Esty

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My brother had the courage to come out in 1978, when equality was still a distant dream.

Elizabeth Esty , Politician
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Elizabeth Esty is an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Connecticut. She has been involved in public service and has worked on issues related to gun control and women's rights.

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We need a comprehensive strategy that includes expanding criminal background checks for all commercial gun sales, dedicated federal law to combat gun ...
My brother had the courage to come out in 1978, when equality was still a distant dream....
We want to take the energy surrounding the Sandy Hook anniversary that might otherwise be consumed by grief or anger - or this week in San Bernardino ...
We have to look at loan forgiveness to incentivise young people to pursue degrees in areas where we know we need help....
Veterans Day is an acknowledgment that those willing to make the ultimate sacrifice for our country - and their families - deserve our admiration and ...

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Equality has long been the end goal of historically oppressed populations in the United States....
Like Native Americans and African-Americans, women and LGBTQ people, Puerto Ricans should be seen as part of the same overarching struggle for equalit...
As a child of the Bronx who grew up in the projects, I was often too scared to come out of the closet, too blinded to see clearly my own value, my own...
I do believe that religious liberty, the First Amendment, gay rights, and transgender equality can all coexist. I'm also a constitutionalist, and we h...
It drives me batty that there isn't more equality in my business....
Equality means allowing people to achieve their full potential - for themselves and for their country....
One of the privileges of my adult life has been meeting pioneers of LGBT equality, particularly Waheed Alli, Michael Cashman and Ian McKellen....
We want Black and White to be treated equally in this country, but we cannot heal this country, we can't save race relations, we can't accomplish equa...
Equity' is only two letters away from 'equality,' after all, and who would object to that? But in those two letters is a world of difference. 'Equity'...
I'm not just equality minister I am also a Treasury secretary....