Description: We need to be treated equally before we can participate on an equal footing, Giuliano says.

 Will we ever have a gay President?

Neil Giuliano:  Oh I think so.  Yes, I don't think it's any time soon.  I think we have to first be treated equally within society, and once we are treated equally within society we then have an opportunity for- to participate more fully.  Think of it this way.  There's over 500,000 elected official positions in the United States of America; 500,000 from local city council to water district to President of the United States.  There's less than 300 who are openly gay or lesbian, bisexual or transgender.  So that's a long way to go in terms of elected representation of a community that is certainly much larger than its elected representation is within that community.  So we have a ways to go in that respect.  But I think that day will come.

Recorded on: Mar 4 2008