My chat with CA Attorney General Kamala Harris

Kamala Harris, California’s attorney general, was a big hit at Sunday’s LGBT garden party thrown by LA Mayor Antonio Villariagosa.

After she addressed the card, her staffer sought me out in the crowd to keep his promise of a quick chat with Miss Harris who is the recipient of the George Moscone Ally Award at this year’s LA Pride.

I asked if she ever looked at standing up for LGBT equality as politically risky.

‘I tend not to think of issues from that perspective,’ she said. ‘If I did, we would not having been fighting for not only the LGBT community’s rights in terms of just equality and civil rights, we wouldn’t have fought for a homeowner bill of rights which we are currently doing in Sacramento. There are a number of issues. The reality of it is it’s simply the right thing to do.  Certainly sometimes it takes courage to take a position that may not have been fully accepted yet because people haven’t evolved, but that can’t be a deterrent.’

To see the full interview, go over to Gay Star News!