How HB2 Led To This North Carolina Lawmaker Coming Out As Bisexual
North Carolina state Rep. Cecil Brockman has come out as bisexual after recently witnessing the passage of House Bill 2, the state’s infamous anti-LGBT bill, and Senate Bill 2, which allows magistrates to refuse to marry gay couples if they do not agree with marriage equality.
Brockman has a history of standing up for the LGBT community, even before he publicly came out. When SB2 passed, he stood at the end of the House session to “personally apologize to all the gay and lesbian couples in North Carolina.”
Brockman cites an incident where he went to dinner with fellow state Rep. Chris Sgro, the executive director of Equality North Carolina, and Sgro’s partner Ryan Butler as a driving factor in his decision to come out. The three were approached by an intoxicated man who asked if they were gay after seeing their anti-HB2 buttons. When he found out they were LGBT, the man went into a homophobic rant.
“Discriminating against folks in the LGBT community has become legal. You should be able to be who you are and love who you are and not be afraid to go out and feel like someone will harass you.” Brockman said.
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