Wahls said he does not want to meet his biological father. He said that he was conceived when Terry, his mother, used artificial insemination in 1990. Wahls, who travels around the country to tell his story while juggling engineering classes at the University of Iowa, spoke about how the LGBTQ community today faces marriage restrictions similar to the ones interracial couples faced 50 years ago. Today, the speech has more than 16 million hits.

Two days after his testimony, his video on YouTube went viral with more than 2 million hits. There, he spoke about marriage equality and his own upbringing by two lesbian moms. 31, 2011, during a public forum for the House Joint Resolution 6, a resolution proposing an amendment in Iowa’s constitution that would only recognize marriage between a man and a woman. Wahls became an Internet sensation after testifying in the Iowa House of Representatives on Jan. Rainbow Alliance and Pitt’s Talk About It campaign co-sponsored the event, and had support from Panther Well, Healthy U, Pitt’s University Counseling Center and Active Minds. Zach Wahls’ remarks were part of his hour-long lecture, “What Makes a Family,” on Thursday night in the O’Hara Student Center. I don’t come home and say, ‘Oh! My gay moms are home.’ They don’t live in a gay house or drive a gay car,” Wahls said. I don’t come… Zach Wahls just likes to call it marriage.

Zach Wahls just likes to call it marriage.

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