Cuomo Daughter Shares Queer Identity: 'You Are Not Alone'
Michaela Kennedy-Cuomo with her father Governor Andrew Cuomo in the Bronx borough of New York City on March 26.
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Albany, N.Y. (AP) -- Michaela Kennedy-Cuomo, the daughter of New York's governor, used a social media post Thursday to share her queer identity and call for allies to speak up against homophobia.
“To those who are contending with the compulsive heterosexuality our society force feeds us and innate attraction beyond cis het folks, please know that you are not alone,” the 23-year-old wrote on Instagram. “Today, I stand in my queer identity with pride, and in memory of those who came before me. I stand indebted to the activists who fought for my right to love and happiness.”