Your holiday present for today are these pictures of out lesbian Simone Bell taking the oath of office for the Georgia State legislature.
Although politics here can be discouraging, Simone is the second out lesbian in our state legislature. The first, Karla Drenner, is from DeKalb county, in metro Atlanta. Simone's district contains precincts in both DeKalb and Fulton Counties. Most of district 58's precincts are within Atlanta city limits.
The 2000 US census noted that DeKalb county is fourth in the country for the number of gay and lesbian couples who identified themselves to census takers. We were just behind the San Francisco area ( not a surprise) and, I think, NYC.
Simone Bell takes the oath of office for GA legislature