This morning I attended the one of the morning Coffee Concerts series at this year's GALA Festival. This is where some of the bigger choruses get to perform and often these concerts are larger (1 hr vs 20-30 mins) and more thematic. Last time notable entries were the Gay Men's Chorus of Washington DC's "Alexander's House" and Heartland Men's...
Sunday, July 03, 2016
Monday, June 27, 2016
Let's try this again
Day 3.
I've been not nearly as effective this year as I was last year at losing weight and getting in better shape. I think part of it was that last year I made it very simple; do SOMETHING every day. My minimums were 1 mile run, or 30 crunches, or 10 pushups. As you can see, pretty much the absolute minimum.
I think part of why...
Monday, June 20, 2016
EVERY. DAMN. DAY.
Here's another one. Fundamentalism is an issue regardless of the starting point, whether Christianity, Islam, Mormonism, or Judaism. The Abrahamic religions all have fundamentalist sects that take the context they want and use to oppress those they don't feel live up to their moral viewpoint. It's not just gays either, it's also women and often non-whites.
I...
Denver and the Western Conservative Summit
Again, this is my life. I'm attending a conference in two weeks in Denver. It will be attended by more than 6500 LGBTQ people and allies. We've recently found out that the Western Conservative Summit will be overlapping the first few days. As such, security is being increased.
The mere presence of a large conservative political group has us worried...
Friday, June 17, 2016
Say the words! Speak our names!
He can't even bring himself to say that they were gay. IT MATTERS. It matters that he says in his letter "their families" when the church has consistently said we don't deserve to create our own families, that they won't be recognized, and that they are an affront to god. The Pope's statement was equally lacking in mentioning that it was #LGBTQ or #Latinx people...
Thursday, June 16, 2016
The Rainbow is Hope
Someone recently asked how I and other LGBTQ folks aren't completely consumed by anger and/or grief.
My response was that generation after generation, we've been through this. Maybe not personally, but there is a communal history and experience.
We've survived it. We know that we, the survivors, can eventually come out the other end, and in so knowing,...
Monday, June 13, 2016
I Lived
I finally broke down. I was just about 6 miles into my 10k run today. I was physically exhausted. I was nearing the final stretch and I was listening to my running playlist which I always have randomly shuffle. As I'm pushing for every last bit of strength to make it through to my personal finish line, One Republic's "I Lived" came on. I immediately...
Orlando and "Politicization"
"The good news is there's 50 less pedophiles in this world, because these homosexuals are a bunch of disgusting perverts and pedophiles. That's who was a victim here, are a bunch of disgusting homosexuals at a gay bar."...
Sunday, June 12, 2016
Orlando.
I've been numb all day. I had the run this morning that kept my mind off of things. I sat myself in front of the TV and binged Voltron on Netflix once listening to the news became too much. I couldn't bring myself to go into the city for the vigil because I knew I just couldn't handle it.
The short time I've had to my own thoughts tonight, which...
Monday, July 13, 2015
On my honor...
Today, the BSA made the decision to remove the ban at the national level on gay scout leaders. I'm still processing exactly what this means to me, but I can tell you I'm very, very happy.
In April of 1997 I was awarded my Eagle Medal, and regardless of my feelings toward the BSA (anger, sadness, pity) I've never wavered in how proud I am of...
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