Senate candidate seeking the seat once held by John Kerry, who stepped down to become secretary of state, also marched. Barney Frank - the first sitting member of Congress to enter into a same-sex marriage - who also represented Massachusetts’ 4th Congressional District before Kennedy. Joe Kennedy III, his onetime roommate at Stanford University.Ĭollins wore a T-shirt that read (hash)BeTrue when he joined thousands of marchers in the parade, chatting with well-wishers, greeting other marchers and holding babies as people came up to him to express their support.
major professional sports leagues to come out as being gay, marched Saturday for nearly three miles in Boston’s gay pride parade with U.S. BOSTON - NBA veteran center Jason Collins, the first active athlete in one of the four U.S.