aTypical Joe: a gay New Yorker living in the rural South
Saturday, April 15, 2006
Gay Easter Egg hunters ‘moved from front of the line’
After waiting outside overnight to be among the first to enter this year’s White House Easter Egg Roll, families in line were surprised to learn that the White House had changed the ticketing policy for the annual event, PageOneQ has learned.
The unannounced change means that the families who waited in line the longest, in one case for twenty-four hours, will not be among the visitors at the event’s opening ceremonies. The first families in line, who were not part of the LGBT family group, received tickets with an 11:00am entrance time, two hours later than the opening time listed in the White House press release.
In an email exchange with Mike Rogers, Deputy White House Press Secretary Dana Perino writes:
This year, the President and Mrs. Bush invited a special group of children who volunteer from organizations like 4-H, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Campfire USA, Citizen Corps, Learn & Serve, Little Hands Big Hearts, YMCA and Youth Service America. These youth volunteer were invited to attend during the morning hours of the event.
The number of public tickets is the same as in years past and has not changed as a result of this group’s participation. Although the public tickets begin with times later in the morning, the event will have the same activities throughout the day for everyone to enjoy.
Mike says, yeah but:
In years past, with the exact same arrangement of invited guests, those that spent all night outside for tickets were given tickets to the event’s opening times.
Jay, are you there? I’ll be eager to hear all about it.
SEE ALSO: Terrance reflects on being among those who will be delayed.
