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<\/p>\nEmma Gonzalez Explains How Being an Out Bisexual Has Influenced Her Gun Violence Activism<\/b>
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Parkland survivor Emma Gonzalez, whose powerful and haunting speech (above) on Saturday at March for Our Lives<\/a> will go down in history, told Yahoo<\/a> that her sexual orientation and her drive to lead the anti-gun movement are inextricably connected.<\/p>\n Said Gonzalez, 18, who identifies as bisexual<\/a>:\u00a0\u201cThey\u2019re definitely linked for me personally. If I wasn\u2019t so open about who I was I never would\u2019ve been able to do this. In ninth grade, I was in a creative writing class where I could actually really effectively communicate what I was feeling, and it especially helped me come to terms with who I was. That definitely was when I really understood who I am, and when I came to terms with it, and when I told most people.\u201d<\/p>\n Gonzlez said being out \u201chelped [her] understand that everybody, no matter who they are and what they look like, is going through a lot of different things.\u201d<\/p>\n Gonzalez told Yahoo that she is proud of the Gays Against Guns activist group and counts transgender activist and Stonewall veteran Sylvia Rivera as a major inspiration.<\/p>\n Read the excellent profile here<\/a>.<\/p>\n The post Emma Gonzalez Explains How Being an Out Bisexual Has Influenced Her Gun Violence Activism<\/a> appeared first on Towleroad<\/a>.<\/p>\n