I chose this image because it really spoke of what I personally went through. I also chose this image to tell of how other types of couples faced discrimination. I am a homosexual male. Before June 26, 2015 I was told by my country that my relationship with my same sex partner was not the same as a heterosexual couple. On June 26, 2015, the Supreme Court of the land ruled that my relationship was the same as a heterosexual couple. The Supreme Court ruled that all homosexual couples deserves the same material rights as a heterosexual couple in all 50 states. On February 14^th, 2016, I legally married my same-sex partner in Las Vegas. 

I chose this picture of equality because Malala Yousafzai should be an inspiration to everyone who wants an education. In her native country, the Taliban forbid girls from getting an education. Yousafzai was shot in the head for trying to go to school. She survived the gun shot. She didn't retreat and gave up. She became more persistent in getting an education and became an advocate for women's education. Even with death treats from the Taliban Yousafzai is fighting for the equality for women to get an education all over the world which has become an international movement. 

When I think of equality the image of Martin Luther King always comes to mind. Martin Luther King started a national movement for racial equality. He was instrumental in the Civil Rights Movement through nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience. I choose this image because of the influence Martin Luther King had with his famous "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963 at the March on Washington at our nation's capital. 

I wanted to use this image for political equality. Ninety-six years ago, (1920) women gain the right to vote in the United States presidential election in every state. In 2016 Hillary Clinton became the first woman in history to be nominated to be President of the United States.