Comment by Dallas the Phallus on October 5, 2011 at 3:44pm

Thanks. I cried too. Yeah, those poor innocent children! When will this stop!

Comment by Aurie Elizabeth on October 5, 2011 at 5:26pm

What an amazing man. Thanks for posting this!

Comment by Dallas the Phallus on October 5, 2011 at 5:35pm

Thanks. He's the first openly gay city council member in Ft. Worth, Tx, which is, as you probably know, just about 30 min. from Dallas.

 

About two years ago the first gay bar opened up in Ft. Worth, and the police raided it -- like this was the 1950s or something. They bullied the patrons, put one of them in the hospital, arrested others, and then blamed it all on the patrons -- claiming that they were being groped when they entered. Ft. Worth is still pretty hick in a lot of ways, so it is amazing that an openly gay man won a seat on the city council.

Comment by Ruby Ann Parga on October 6, 2011 at 11:05am

Joel Burns is so brave! I wish there were more adults like him in the gay community for gay youth to look up to!

 

Have you seen the video that plays next after the Joel Burns one is over? I'ts hilarious!

Comment by Dallas the Phallus on October 6, 2011 at 11:21am

I didn't notice it until you pointed it out Ruby. It was funny. It's good to see teens be so reasonable and fair-minded.

Comment by Dallas the Phallus on October 6, 2011 at 11:37am

Comment by Bill Lewis on October 6, 2011 at 12:10pm

Wow, what a brave guy. Hard not to cry with him. Thank you for posting this.

Comment by Dallas the Phallus on October 6, 2011 at 12:16pm

Thanks for watching Bill. Yes, it is hard to watch and not cry.

Comment by Frankie Scott on October 8, 2011 at 8:55am

I really wanna give this guy a huge hug. And I live in Fort Worth so maybe I will get to :)

 

Comment by Dallas the Phallus on October 25, 2011 at 6:30pm

 

This video is nearly a year after the first one posted above.

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