1/3/2023 0 Comments Kd max 6.0 tacoma![]() ![]() It’s a very personal issue, very personal for my family. I was wrong,” Liz Cheney told the program. ![]() Liz is now aligned the rest of her family, including former Vice President Dick Cheney, who has been pro-marriage equality for a number of years. On Sunday night’s 60 Minutes, Liz Cheney issued a mea culpa over her onetime opposition to same-sex marriage and the rift it caused with her married lesbian sister, Mary. This is the kind of LGBTQ story-not really about LGBTQ people, but a straight person and all their issues-that the mainstream media is comfortable with, with the added cherry of family conflict resolution that ensures it gets discussed around The View’s “Hot Topics” table the next day. Liz Cheney Says She ‘Was Wrong’ to Condemn Same-Sex Marriage ![]() Liz Cheney (R-WY)’s sudden about-turn on LGBTQ rights flares into much-discussed life. It is the invisibility of these stories, the lack of LGBTQ voices speaking about them in the mainstream, and the lack of awareness the general population has about them, that really irks when a story like Rep. They also wonder why the media generally ignores such stories, especially around anti-LGBTQ legislation-like the bout of anti-trans lawmaking by Republican legislators across the country, who are determined to stop trans kids from playing sports and being able to access adequate health care. They wonder why there are still laws, and well-funded campaigns to keep those laws, set against them. They wonder why their legislators do not do more to represent and protect them. They wonder why people hate them so much that they will attack them. There are many painful and absurd things about the persistence of bigotry and prejudice-particularly for those who endure their effects under the law and on the streets. ![]()
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