High School Senior Comes Out At MLK Assembly

Last Thursday was a big day for Kayla Kearny.  It was the day that the 17 year old senior came out as a lesbian.  Unlike most LGBT youths in the world, the announcement wasn't just to a few select friends and her parents.  No, Kayla came out on stage, microphone in hand, in front of the entire student body of Maria Castillo High School in Santa Rosa, CA.

If that isn't something that would give you a case of stage fright, listen to this:  there are so many students at her school, that they had to have the same assembly six times over the course of the day to fit them all in.  Then, she game the same speech again for a group of parents on Friday night.  She was one of the students chosen to represent her school for this year's countywide oratorical contest.  It's theme this year is "Time to break silence...about things that matter".

What an amazing display of courage, composure, and strength.  I see her as a future activist for the cause.



via feromoon