Monday, August 25, 2008

Live blogging the LGBT Caucus at the DNC: LGBT delegates speak out

* California City Councilmember Evan Low

A group of LGBT delegates are being invited to take the podium and speak. They are:

Marjory Hill
John Perez
Evan Low
State Rep. Al McAffrey
Melissa Sklarz

"I see that we have made many changes in the United States and we will continue to make changes when we vote for a Democratic president who is willing to stand up for us." - Rep. Al McAffrey, a beneficiary of the Victory Fund.

"I'm not an elected official, I'm just a girl with a job," says Melissa Sklarz. "The Democratic party is the party of equality and justice and diversity. It is the party of my parents and my grandparents."

"I am here not only as a gay man and a Latino but also as a representative of organized labor. The battle for social and economic justice are inextricably linked." - John Perez, the first openly gay person of color in the California legislature.