“You’re taking away my baby and my grandbabies.”
My dad’s words nearly crushed me. Even though we were on the phone, I could tell he was holding back tears. He has always been a tough guy, but he wasn’t prepared to hear that his first-born child, daughter-in-law and grandsons were moving across the country in search of a safer place to raise our family amid escalating anti-LGBTQ hostility in our home state of Texas.
— “Why we’re leaving our beloved Texas home in search of freedom from anti-LGBTQ attacks” by Stacey Stevenson for USA Today
Why we’re leaving our beloved Texas home in search of freedom from anti-LGBTQ attacks | Stacey Stevenson for USA Today
September 7, 2022