And that group functioned more as a support group than it did a professional networking organization. But I can assure you that today, when the successor of that group gathers, We now have over a thousand out LGBTQ elected officials in the United States and more globally. And so it's changing, and that's progress. I also think about my time in public office and getting to the Congress at a time when, other than the Hate Crime … (08:04–08:12)
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