This Sunday I will be attending the San Francisco Pride Parade and celebration honoring the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall riots. I will have six students with me who will be seeing the parade for the first time. This event is so important for the LGBT community on a variety of levels. First of all, [...]

Why on earth would anyone in the U.S. Senate not support the expansion of existing federal hate crimes law? The arguments against the bill make no sense at all. Listen to my good friends Judy and Dennis Shepard respond to two ignorant Senators; one who actually believes the law would prohibit free speech. Embedded video [...]

This week, Tony and I had the pleasure of attending Mayor Newsom’s Pride Flag raising ceremony at San Francisco City Hall. We met in the Mayor’s office and squeezed our way out to his balcony on the second floor of City Hall. The room was filled with invited guests and elected officials. After the brief [...]

I’ve decided to take a break from producing a monthly podcast in order to clear my head for the beginning of a second book. One of my goals this summer is to make some good headway on a new book about coming out in the 21st century and living an authentic life. This book will [...]

San Francisco Pride week begins tomorrow. This year is especially important as it marks the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall riots – the very first pride march. Tony and I were invited to attend the Mayor’s Pride Flag Raising Ceremony this coming Tuesday at San Francisco City Hall. I will also be taking a dozen [...]

So there I was sitting at my desk at school taking that amazing first sip of coffee in the morning while looking at my stack of emails and then the usual check in on Facebook… and I saw this. “LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENDER PRIDE MONTH, 2009″ What? A Presidential Proclamation formally recognized Pride Month? [...]

June is “Pride Month” and this year deserves an extra special celebration. 40 years ago, the modern gay rights movement began as a group of brave drag queens decided they had enough of New York PD’s brutality and discrimination. The now infamous Stonewall riots began what is now an annual celebration of pride and visibility [...]