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Vice President Kamala Harris paid tribute to Sandy Stier and Kris Perry during a Pride reception at the vice president’s residence.

#Prop 8 #Sandy Stier #Kris Perry #Marriage Equality #News

This really resonated with me (read, made me bawl)

Q: "If the courts of the United States ultimately decided that you and other persons seeking to marry someone of the same sex could indeed, did indeed have the constitutional right to get married, do you think that would have an effect on other acts of discrimination against you?" Kris Perry: "I believe, for me personally as a lesbian, that if I had grown up in a world where the most important decision I was going to make as an adult was treated the same way as everybody else's decision that I would not have been treated the way I was growing up or as an adult. [...] So if Prop 8 were undone, and kids like me growing up in Bakersfield could never know what this felt like, then I assume their entire lives would be on a higher arc. They would live with a higher sense of themselves that would improve the quality of their entire life."

"It was powerful, I think, to connect the dots spontaneously on the stand, in a way that I hadn't really done, and then realize you've been living under this blanket of hate. Everywhere you turn, people tell you, 'Tough shit, you don't get to have that.' You don't get to feel protected at work, you don't feel like your kids are like other peoples kids, you don't get to feel like your relationship's like other people's relationships. You have to come out every single day everywhere you go, and good luck with that because that's never fun, and it was like, 'oh.' So this isn't just about me not being a strong enough person, this is what the whole lesbian and gay community is dealing with and frankly probably any minority group member deals with, too. It was kind of like a major 'ah-ha' moment for me to feel like, it's not just that, it isn't just me, but it is me. It actually has been me, and I had done a really, really good job of just coping, coping. Coping, coping, like I'm the world's best coper. You know, like that's a really low bar, Kris. Other people have a bar called 'happiness' or 'satisfaction' or you know, 'pride.'"

-- Kris Perry in The Case Against 8

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Basilica Farm + Flea Vendor Spotlight: Kris Perry

WHO

Who are you? Who has influenced you?

I was born in Berkeley, CA. My father is a woodworker, my mother is a textile artist. As a teenager I studied drawing under illustrator Charles Pyle. I attended Umpqua Community College's welding and metallurgy program. I've worked with artist David Best on numerous large-scale installations. I worked under master foundry-man Don Rich. I attended California College of Art.

I am an artist who works in many genres, from drawing to sound and installation. I also run a metal fabrication shop out of my Hudson, NY studio. I have been in Hudson for 4 years and in the Hudson Valley for 6. I chose the Hudson Valley for it's beauty, it's proximity to NYC, it's industrial past, it's community, it's affordability, it's density of small farms, and because I needed to get out of Oakland.

first image c/o Zach Gross

Click here to visit Kris Perry on the web

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Same-sex weddings in California are a go! (Again!) Both couples who challenged Prop. 8 were legally married last night in the Golden State.

#sandy stier #kris perry #prop. 8 #Paul Katami #jeff zarrillo #HAPPY PRIDE EVERYONE!

Prop 8 challengers wed in California after stay is lifted

(Photo: Jeff Chiu / AP)

Two women who challenged the law that had barred same-sex marriage in California were married Friday afternoon after a federal appeals court dissolved its stay blocking same-sex marriage in the state.

#News #Prop 8 #California #LGBTQ #Kris Perry #Sandra Stier #Same-sex marriage #Gay marriage

"Hours after the circuit court's ruling, California attorney general Kamala Harris officiated a wedding between the two Prop 8 plaintiffs, Kris Perry and Sandra Stier."