More on the issue...

This really has been gay week, I think. Maybe coincidence, maybe not.
--Gay marriage beginning in California.
--Lesbian experimentation song "I kissed a girl" most downloaded on iTunes.
--Study on gay brains
--Gay Pride celebrations in Boston last weekend. Is it a national event that everyone celebrates at the same time?
--Governor Deval Patrick's daughter comes out

The last is very interesting. Katherine Patrick came out in an interview with "Bay Windows," a gblt newspaper here in New England. She did an interview with her mother and father, talking about her coming out to them and the issue in general. If you haven't read it, please do. It's quite touching. Link to article.

Hats off to Laura Kiristy, Editor-in-chief of Bay Windows, who conducted the interview and wrote the article. With the words of her subjects and words of her own, she makes very clear the warmth and love the Patrick family has for each other. Here's how the article starts...

On June 14, 2007, the day that lawmakers finally voted down an anti-gay marriage amendment to the state constitution, Katherine Patrick stood outside the State House and looked up at her father. Gov. Deval Patrick was standing on the front steps, surrounded by a jubilant crowd of hundreds that mobbed the brick sidewalk and spilled halfway across Beacon Street. As they cheered the defeat of the amendment - an effort led by the governor, Senate President Therese Murray and House Speaker Sal DiMasi - Katherine had never before felt more proud of her father.

"Because, of course, he didn’t know that I was gay then," the 18-year-old recalls. "So, for someone so publicly to fight for something that doesn’t even affect him was just like, ’That’s my dad,’ you know?" she says with a laugh. "That’s all I could think. I was very, very proud to be part of this family, and this state in general."

"It was great. I’m very glad," she adds, looking at her father. "Don’t cry, Dad." Patrick’s eyes are brimming with tears, prompting some good-natured teasing from his daughter. "He’s done some good things," she says with a laugh, patting his arm. "I appreciate it. Want a tissue? Oh, God. He’s a crier."

Go read it. It's worth your time.