My father was a republican up until a obamaran. O for the reasons that the republican party was no longer the republican party that he believed in. He always carried an ohio buckeye in his pocket, for luck. One of my biggest nervous moments was both him and her stepmother coming to the 19 inety five whitney by annual opening. Because it was the first time i was ever in a major museum show. And obviously, my queerness was very much on display there, but he just rode along with it in avery good way,. You know, surprisingly.