Jennifer Tyrrell has posed for the NOH8
Campaign, which raises awareness and
funds for gay rights causes, including ending California's 2008
voter-approved gay marriage ban, Proposition 8.
Tyrrell is the Ohio mom who last year
was ousted as den leader of her son's Boy Scout troop because she is
a lesbian. She is an outspoken opponent of the Boy Scouts of
America's (BSA) ban on openly gay scouts and leaders and recently
joined the campaign to repeal Ohio's 2004 constitutional amendment
which prohibits the state from recognizing any other union than
heterosexual marriage.
The NOH8 Campaign's
Adam Bouska and his partner Jeff Parshley photograph celebrities,
politicians, professional athletes and everyday folks with their
mouths duct taped and the campaign's familiar “NOH8” slogan often
written on one cheek.
In
her photo, Tyrrell wears a Scouts uniform as she gives the Boy
Scouts sign.
(Related: Boy
Scouts propose lifting gay ban on scouts, not leaders.)