We are mobilized, we are motivated and we are ready.

It's sad that on the day we remember Martin Luther King Jr., that a small minority of people believe it's OK to fire someone or deny them housing simply because they're gay.

Thirty years is a long time to wait for equality. With the passage of this historic legislation, Washington joins a growing list of states protecting every citizen equally. Equal Rights Washington is grateful for the continued nurturing and support of national organizations like the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, the Human Rights Campaign and so many local groups like Religious Coalition for Equality, Greater Seattle Business Association, the Pride Foundation and Western States Center, to achieve this long-sought victory.

I'm still the little southern girl from the wrong side of the tracks who really didn't feel like she belonged.

God bless McNally, it's got some fantastic stuff in it, but it's no easy task to make a movie out of.

I've been working on this feature script for Master Class, a play by Terrence McNally that won a lot of Tonys.