It has become a tradition among my chosen family that every year at “Thanksvegan” we go around speaking to what we are thankful for. This year I realized I had some huge milestones to be thankful for: Trust Last thanksgiving I decided to take a huge leap by writing letters expressing my trust for three [...]
Yesterday I went to the Hands Across Hawthorne rally, which was an event of solidarity created in response to the May 22, 2011 hate crime against two gay men who were attacked by three other men simply because they were holding hands while walking across the Hawthorne Bridge in Portland, OR. [For more information on [...]
Today I posted my next video blog. This round was split into two videos discussion coming out. Part 1 My first in the series discusses the importance of coming out videos, regardless of when you first came out, as a way of supporting all those who have yet to or are afraid to come out. [...]
Today marked Nik and my two year anniversary. Back in October, on his birthday, I asked him to “marry” me. Of course we do not currently live in a nation that recognizes same gender couples as equal, nor do we live in a state that offers such recognition. But the truth is that nothing is [...]
Thank you for having the courage to be revolutionary. “An individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for the law. ” — Martin Luther [...]