"I think people don't understand the emotional and psychological toll it takes on us as openly gay members of Congress that we are in those committee hearings when people are saying horrible things about us."
"I'll just tell you about a moment that was very difficult for me. A couple of other members of the Equality Caucus were watching people that we are friendly with, who I would consider good colleagues, vote against our being on the floor. And then we're just supposed to carry on as if that didn't happen."
"Balint's commitment to fighting these forces is driven by a belief rooted in her constituents' desires for unity and trust within their communities."
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