Her name is Dolores, not Delores.

Q: The firs question is, do you think Obama will approve an Immigration Reform?

A: I think He will sign it. Keep in mind, though, he only gets to sign it into law when it reaches his desk. It is up to us to do the work with congressmen and senators to get it to his desk. If we don't do this work, that won't happen. That is why we have to do a lot of work to get a law passed that will reach such desk. We need to convince Republicans-- and some Democrats, because there are some that we don't have on our side as well.

Q: Who has been a model to you in your life? A model to follow in order to get where you have gotten.

A: Models? There are many. My mother, who was a feminist in the 30s, when so few women were successful. Persons like Mr. Cesar Chavez. The man who (this part is where the audio really interferes with her low voice and lack of enunciation in that sentence, so I'm taking a shot)helped us realize ourselves, an American named Fred Ross Jr. (I read her biography, and apparently he was Chavez's mentor in CSO).* The rest of the names she mentions will be familiar to Americans*.

Q: What counsel would you offer to a young LGBT person of Hispanic background living in the U.S.?

A: To try to form friendships, not only of people from the same community. *It seems she is stating the importance of networking with other communities for support, to form alliances*

Q: What differences are there between men and women, each one's battle for their rights?

A: Women tend to have it tougher, thanks to machismo, so they have to insist more that their rights be respected. Sometimes it is a little hard for men. But if we don't make that effort, if we don't fight, nothing will change.

Q: What do you think of the new Equal Pay Act?

A: It's marvelous. It pleases me that he has made a lot of changes in his first week, and we hope that he will continue with that conviction.

Q: What would you counsel the Latino community to do in order to fight the pervasive homophobia in it?

A: A lot. A lot. What we know is that our people always have a good heart. The thing is, we're asking them to go against what the priests say and religion and all that. But we have to also present them with the Catholic Church's history, don't you think? Because they have made many mistakes across the years and still continues make them as well. And it is with women's right to control their reproductive process and the right of homosexuals to legally marry that the church has to change. We have some changes to make, and people have to understand it; that, yes, we can be religious and love God; but we have to-- and I will borrow the words of Desmond Tutu, a South African bishop who was presented with a question concerning homosexuals-- "God was there before Christianity. He was there before Christians, Muslims, Jews, God was there before all of them. God was there before religion, and God asks for justice for all men."

Q: Do you think we can beat homophobia?

A: Yes, there's just a lot of work to be done. You have to educate people; it's like with machismo. We have to educate people to see how machismo is damaging, and how homophobia is damaging as well.

We are limiting the contribution of people who have so much to give to our community. Furthermore, we are causing harm to our youth by making them feel inferior, or that they feel that they are not like other people. This is immense cruelty that we are bringing to our young men and women.

"Q": So we can.

A: Yes, but with a lot of work. Organizing, organizing, organizing.

The interview was a sweet thing to do to Daniel. I suppose it's a gesture to reassure him. However, many of the questions were not only redundant, but the answers that you would get from Dolores would be obvious. I suppose these were merely questions to put her on the record, to confirm what many already suspected?