In the Pink at the White House

By David Munar Via LifeLube
On this seemingly ordinary sunny day in our nation’s capital, my partner and I strolled slowly down 16th Street, looking for pockets of shade and commenting on the majestic magnolia trees and fragrant lilacs.

Despite the heat, we dressed in our best business attire to make a good impression at our first ever invitation to the White House.

At Lafayette Square, we watched a small group rally for human rights in Colombia and talked to activists and reporters about the significance of Colombian President Alvaro Uribe’s official state visit, in progress.

We posed for pictures at Pennsylvania Avenue as Sri Lankans, from the end of a bullhorn, urged greater U.S. attention to their country’s violent civil war.

“Excuse me, is this a new suit?” asked a stranger, kindly removing the dangling tag from my jacket. That one I must have missed, I said. “Leave it to a lesbian,” said my new friend, Kate Kendell of the National Center for Lesbian Rights in San Francisco. I snapped pictures of Kate and her beaming son—all of 11 or 12—excited beyond words to soon see the President for a historic Stonewall commemoration at the White House. READ MORE.