In the Boston Globe article naming the "Bostonians of the Year," Bonauto is described as "slight and sandy-haired, with blue eyes like spear points, a handshake that Lyndon Johnson would have been proud to wield, and an instinct for the battle that is no less ferocious for its deliberate lack of bombast.
The Globe quotes Bonauto: "Nationally, we're at the beginning of a conversation about who are these gay and lesbian families and their children and how in fact they are being harmed by being denied these rights," she says. "What's going on in this country is that you have roughly a third who understand that gay people should not be denied marriage rights by the government, a third of the people who feel the exact opposite, and a third of the people who are struggling over whether it should be civil unions or marriage or anything at all."
