"Little Girl, Big Voice"

For those of you who don't think they can make a difference in advocating for GLBT equality, you need to know about Rebecca "Becca" Lazarus. By the way, she is only 13 years old.

From the Manchester, CT Journal Inquirer:

Don't let her small voice fool you. Rebecca Lazarus - or "Becca" as she
likes to be called - is a fighter, and she's already had more experience with
activism at age 13 than most 50-somethings managed to accrue during the Vietnam
War era.

An eighth-grader at Sage Park Middle School, she was presented with an
award during a Board of Education meeting last month in recognition of her
community service and focus on civil rights.

In her battle for the
legalization of same-sex marriage, Rebecca has been interviewed on National
Public Radio, has spoken in front of several support groups, created a
Connecticut chapter of COLAGE, which stands for Children of Lesbians and Gays
Everywhere, and spoke in February at a news conference at the Legislative Office
Building in Hartford.

She told reporters at the news conference that she lives with two fathers,
Eric Lazarus and Jason Charette, who are in a committed relationship, but
otherwise she's "like any other kid."

Read more in the Journal Inquirer article.