This 22 minute long late night speech by Tom Duane, the New York State Senate’s first openly-gay and first openly HIV-positive member, gave us the goosebumps and he totally deserved the standing ovation that he received at the end of his speech (apparently though, only the Democrats stood up and the Republicans did not). Senator Duane is fighting for a bill that would prevent people living with HIV or AIDS and receiving public assistance from having to pay more than 30 percent of their monthly income on rent.
Senator Tom Duane is our new hero
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December 3rd, 2009 at 1:15 am
Wow, I didn’t know this. Still beats the heck out of the Republican administration, though.
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