By Barbara Frankel
Last November at our event, country-music star Chely Wright told our audience of senior corporate executives what her life was like as a closeted professional in an industry that was far from inclusive of LGBT people. She described putting a gun to her headand then putting the gun down. Today, a little more than a year after coming out, Wright is happily anticipating her wedding to a beautiful young woman, Lauren Blitzer.
They are getting married this summer in Connecticut, which up until late Friday night was one of only five states plus the District of Columbia that recognized same-sex marriages. Late Friday night, the New York State Legislature approved same-sex marriage and Gov. Andrew Cuomo immediately signed it into law. New York is the largest state to recognize same-sex marriages, and the impact of this decision will be profound.
