Zach Wahls Biography

Zach Wahls, a 19-year-old engineering student, had no idea what he was in for when he went before the Iowa House of Representatives in February 2011. He talked about his family and why he thinks same-sex marriage, which has been legal in Iowa since 2009, should be protected by the state constitution. His testimony was quickly uploaded on Facebook, where it was shared and re-posted on hundreds of sites. Zach's remarks and image were published on YouTube the next day without his awareness, and he'd become a national subject in 10 days, with over 1.5 million visitors. Soon after, appearances on MSNBC, CNN, and The Ellen DeGeneres Show were scheduled for the courteous and smart sixth-generation Iowan. His testimonial video was posted on MoveOn.org, and it went on to become the most-watched political video of the year, with more views than President Obama's speech to the White House Correspondents' Dinner and Governor Rick Perry's campaign launch combined. By mid-December, Google had recorded 18 million views. Zach has continued to speak and is currently authoring My Two Moms about his experiences growing up with two lesbian parents, fueled by his unexpected, and astonishingly quick, rise as a national advocate for marriage equality. He and his sister, as well as their mothers, are, first and foremost, a family like any other, "eating dinner together, attending to church," and defined by "the love we bear for each other," as he told Iowa senators. He discusses the issues facing the LGBT community and the meaning of family, as well as what it means to the millennial generation, for college audiences. His talk addresses the link between the business sector and LGBT groups in professional settings, humanizing a subject that is all too often lost in a cloud of hyperbole and preconceived preconceptions. He's been regarded as "above his years," with a knack for "pushing others beyond theirs." As MoveOn Media editor-in-chief Angie Akers puts it, every now and then someone comes along who is so "even-tempered and clearheaded" that he can "just kind of cut right through" a knotty issue.

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