Be Heard

NOH 8 . No Hate . No judgment… just acceptance for who we are and the choices we make in our life. I posed for this picture for a lot of different reasons. The first being for my son , because I want him to have proof that as his mother I will love him no matter what he does or who he will love when he grows up. I did this for my sister Liese who is one of the smartest and strongest

I did this because I want to be part of the solution not part of the problem . I am a mother to four beautiful children ( thus the meaning of my tattoo, for the love of 4 ) and when they are old enough to venture out in the dating world, I want them to be able to love whom ever they choose. Man, woman, alien or simply themselves. It's time we change and love everyone equally

  "It was important to me to show my son that we can stand up as members of the " straight " community and support those who are being denied what should be considered a basic right, and because I hope if we start standing together as "straight" and "gay" communities we can build one stronger community together. It was especially important here, in Salt Lake , to let

It’s been a dream of mine to be a part of the NOH 8 Campaign, and when the opportunity came I did not miss it! I’m lucky that I grew up in a family that taught me love is love , they support me 100 percent . The NOH 8 Campaign has done an incredible job of bringing awareness and visibility to the LGBT community. THANK YOU from my best friend Jennifer Daniello & I.

When the NOH 8 Campaign came to our area, my son and I thought it was time to show the rest of the world that ' family ' was defined by love , support , and mutual understanding - not just biology.  With many groups still restricting adoption by gay parents or couples, our voices needed to be heard to prove that a gay man can raise a young man who has his own sexual identity