Thursday, May 3, 2012
Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart grad Dominic Sheahan-Stahl: 'It gets better'
Dominic Steahan-Stahl wants people to know despite discrimination, it gets better. The 32-year-old former Mount Pleasant resident and 1998 Sacred Heart Academy graduate made a video supporting people who have experienced discrimination. Sacred Heart officials uninvited Sheahan-Stahl from giving the commencement speech on May 20 after they learned he is openly gay. The graduating class, which includes Steahan-Stahl's brother William, supported Dominic Sheahan-Stahl. In the video, he encouraged people to not point fingers. "I, my family and my community are all going to make sure that when you are my age, this will be a thing of the past," he said.
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