Daniele Xenos and her partner, Sherry Lambert, are going to make a vacation of their visit to the White House next week to rub elbows with other lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender leaders from around the country. Xenos, a volunteer with the Atlanta Lesbian Health Initiative, is one of several Atlanta activists invited to attend the White House's LGBT Pride Reception on June 29.
"I've only been to Washington, D.C., once. We're driving up the day before and we decided to make a vacation of it," she said. "I'm really excited."
Xenos and Lambert have two daughters, Elizabeth, 5, and Katherine, 7. In addition to volunteering with ALHI, Xenos works with the Courage Campaign, an online organizing network that fights for LGBT equality. She is also a women's study major at Emory University and said she hopes to go to law school.