Torie Osborn: The Super Activist

[William769]

“Hope will never be silent.” Harvey Milk

After nearly 40 years as an LGBT activist and community organizer, California State Assembly candidate Torie Osborn knows that change, particularly when it comes to equal rights, is anything but impossible. And you can bet on that.

But why, you might ask?

Well, as it turns out, Osborn oversaw America’s largest HIV/AIDS clinic during the 1980s AIDS pandemic, won the first-ever federal grant to help prevent teen suicide among LGBT youth, and crafted the Ryan White Care Act soon after she became the first woman Executive Director of the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center.

She also led successful campaigns against a barrage of antigay legislation. Like the Briggs initiative—which if passed would have banned gay and lesbian teachers from public schools—and Lyndon LaRouche’s Proposition 64—which sought to quarantine people living with AIDS.

http://www.gay.net/politics/2012/05/26/torie-osborn-super-activist

[Zorra]

1. Thanks. She's awesome. I'd vote for her if I could, but since I can't,

I'll donate to her campaign.

Torie Osborn for State Assembly 2012:

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