Editor's Note - A bill is making its way through the Senate and Congress which focuses on enforcing the safety and respect of LGBT children and teens in pubic school. Rochelle Hamilton, who came out as a lesbian at 13, was spotlighted by SDGLN when the ACLU chose her as a spokesperson in support of these bills.

By now everybody … with the possible exception of one tribesman deep in the jungles of the Amazon … knows that the Dow-Jones Industrial Average tumbled nearly 10 percent in just a few minutes on May 6.

It is not known with certainty what caused the “flash crash” market collapse, but several news sources rushed to file stories of a trader’s "fat finger" in which he meant to sell a million shares of a stock -- but accidentally sold a billion.

Only his glowing cigarette tip revealed his location. In silence and alone, often in darkness, he’d slump in his velour recliner, drink and be lost in thoughts he wouldn’t share. This was how dad avoided the headlines when Memorial Day rolled around.

Newspaper commemoratives were left unread and when TV or radio announced the day, you held your breath until it passed. You knew not to bring it up, but to enable the denial of what had past and what was left undone. The pain was great enough to silence a man known for vocal rage.

Editor’s note: Kip Williams of GetEQUAL sent this e-mail Tuesday night to the news media and gay rights supporters. He was arrested after interrupting President Barack Obama during a speech in San Francisco on Tuesday night.

Dear friends,

I wasn't going to write to you tonight. But I also didn't plan to get arrested today for holding President Obama accountable to his promise to end “Don't Ask, Don't Tell” (DADT).