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. [...]
I have pretty much always been a spiritual person. I spent most of my formative (8 – 18) years growing up in a ultra conservative Christian church. During those years my life, especially socially, was consumed by the church. While I have reconciled my spiritual upbringing and recognized it does not reflect my spiritual beliefs [...]
My Blood Sacrifice Immediately after gaining a new understanding of Kali’s purpose and power I visited my tattoo artist in order to reclaim her presence in a radical and permanent way. We discussed her importance in my life, what it was that she symbolized to me, and decided to tattoo her on the entirety of [...]
Cutting Away March 2008 marked the end of an almost six-year relationship with another transgender man who was closeted about having been born into a female body. For the sake of the relationship, I had chosen to be closeted about being transgender. Because of my height and masculine build I often passed as a cisgendered [...]