english: I'd always told myself there's no reason to share that I was gay, but the idea that my silence has social consequences was really driven home this year when I missed an opportunity to change the atmosphere of discrimination in my own home state of Kansas.
non_english: Oduvek sam govorila sebi da nema razloga da otkrijem da sam gej, ali kakve društvene posledice nosi moja ćutnja duboko sam shvatila ove godine kada sam propustila priliku da promenim atmosferu diskriminacije u Kanzasu - mojoj rodnoj državi.