Tomorrow Will Be Different

Book Written BY Sarah McBride

Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality

I have just started this book and it is terrific; just as Sarah McBride's life.  Sarah is a force to be reckon with the in world or politics. She is the real deal and one of us.  Someone that will represent us well and do what is right.  Contrast that with the other person I have written about recently.  

I will give an in depth review after I read more, but so far I highly recommend it.  Here is quote from the forward:

Written by President Joe Biden:

    Before she became the first transgender person to speak at a national political convention in 2016 at the age of twenty-six, Sarah McBride struggled with the decision to come out—not just to her family but to the students of American University, where she was serving as student body president. She’d known she was a girl from her earliest memories, but it wasn’t until the Facebook post announcing her truth went viral that she realized just how much impact her story could have on the country.

    Four years later, McBride was one of the nation’s most prominent transgender activists, walking the halls of the White House, advocating inclusive legislation, and addressing the country in the midst of a heated presidential election. She had also found her first love and future husband, Andy, a trans man and fellow activist, who complemented her in every way . . . until cancer tragically intervened.

    Informative, heartbreaking, and profoundly empowering, Tomorrow Will Be Different is McBride’s story of love and loss and a powerful entry point into the LGBTQ community’s battle for equal rights and what it means to be openly transgender. From issues like bathroom access to health care to gender in America, McBride weaves the important political and cultural milestones into a personal journey that will open hearts and change minds.

    As McBride urges: “We must never be a country that says there’s only one way to love, only one way to look, and only one way to live.”

    The fight for equality and freedom has only just begun.

I Love A Success Story - The Young People Get It...

 A lesbian couple was shocked to learn they won prom king and queen

By Rachel Trent, CNN

Riley Loudermilk and Annie Wise 

A lesbian couple at an Ohio high school said they never expected to be voted as prom king and queen, but that's what happened last month.

Annie Wise and Riley Loudermilk, both 18, have been dating for six months. They were voted prom king and queen at Kings High School in Kings Mill, Ohio, on April 17.

They told CNN that they believe this is the first time an LGBTQ couple has been crowned prom king and queen in this district.

"I didn't think that we would've won because prom king and queen just seemed like a popularity thing," Loudermilk said. "It was definitely so exciting to know we had so many people who had supported us."

"It was super overwhelming," Wise said. "It was the best feeling in the world, definitely something I'll never forget."

The teens said overall their school has been supportive of them being a lesbian couple, which they said was surprising in a conservative area such as Warren County, where the school is located. But not everyone was happy.

Some parents at a school board meeting the week following Kings High School's prom gave heated statements about the prom court, CNN affiliate WLWT reports.

But the mothers of the two girls told the affiliate they were proud of their daughters for breaking the barrier.

"Some people, you're never going to change their mind. And you know what? That's OK too. People are allowed to believe and feel what they believe and feel," Wise's mother, Jen Kirby, said.

Loudermilk told CNN most of the negativity she and Wise have encountered came from comments on the Kings Local School District's Facebook post announcing that they won. They said it's mostly been from adults they don't know and who don't live in their district. The school has been working to delete the negative comments, but there are "so many comments still flowing in every day," Loudermilk said.

Overall, Wise said, the people who support her and Loudermilk outweigh those who don't. She said she's already seeing a positive impact from her and Loudermilk breaking a barrier. Wise said:

Some people are saying that they're proud that their kids go to such an accepting school. There are some students that have told me that they're comfortable being gay at Kings and they're more comfortable with themselves now that they feel they have an accepting and supportive student body behind them.