1; WELCOME BACK TO THE NEWS, TODAY'S STORY IS ABOUT MAURA HEALEY BEING THE FIRST LESBIAN ELECTED TO LEAD A STATE; 2; DEMOCRAT MAURA HEALEY IS THE PROJECTED WINNER OF MASSACHUSETTS' GOVERNOR RACE, DEFEATING REPUBLICAN GEOFF DIEHL AND MAKING HISTORY AS THE FIRST OUT LESBIAN TO BE ELECTED GOVERNOR; 9; NOW THAT IS TRULY TOUCHING, THANK YOU FOR LISTENING, THIS WAS THE NEWS, GOOD NIGHT; BOSTON’S CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL MADE NATIONAL HEADLINES WHEN IT RECEIVED A BOMB THREAT FOR PROVIDING GENDER-AFFIRMING CARE TO TRANSGENDER YOUTHS. HEALEY'S REACTION TO THIS FROM A PREVIOUS INTERVIEW IS AS FOLLOWS; 6; SHE ADDRESSED HER SUPPORTERS AT A CELEBRATION RALLY IN BOSTON ON A TUESDAY EVENING, HEALEY DEDICATED HER WIN TO "EVERY LITTLE GIRL AND EVERY YOUNG LGBTQ PERSON OUT THERE."; 3; SHE CONTINUED HER SPEECH WITH "I HOPE TONIGHT SHOWS YOU THAT YOU CAN BE WHATEVER, WHOEVER YOU WANT TO BE, AND NOTHING AND NO ONE CAN EVER GET IN YOUR WAY EXCEPT YOUR OWN IMAGINATION, AND THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN."; “WHAT WE’RE SEEING IS REALLY SAD, AND IT’S UNACCEPTABLE. AND UNFORTUNATELY, IT’S A REFLECTION OF THE HATE AND VISION THAT’S OUT THERE AND TEARING THIS COUNTRY APART, IN MASSACHUSETTS, WE’RE GOING TO STAND UP TO THREATS AND INTIMIDATION — I’VE DONE THAT AS ATTORNEY GENERAL, AND I WILL DO THAT AS GOVERNOR.”; 4; 7; THIS ISN'T HER ONLY ACHIEVEMENT, IN 2009, HEALEY LED THE COUNTRY’S FIRST SUCCESSFUL CHALLENGE TO THE DEFENSE OF MARRIAGE ACT, A LAW THAT PROHIBITED FEDERAL RECOGNITION OF SAME-SEX MARRIAGES. AND IN 2014 BECOMING THE COUNTRY’S FIRST OUT LESBIAN TO BE ELECTED STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL. 5; SHE ADDED, “MY MESSAGE TO THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY HERE IS THAT I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT THEY ARE VALUED AND LOVED, AND WE WILL WORK HARD TO PROTECT THEIR RIGHTS.”; 8
