I’d been meaning to write about what my own experience with this pandemic event has been like and I finally wrote it on my FB. Don’t know how to link it here so here’s some screenshots. Thanks and gratitude in advance to whomever takes the time to read through the essay I wrote.
@ThomasSanders Roman: Logan isn’t answering his phone
Patton: I’ll call
Roman: Virgil and I have both tried six times each, what makes you thi-
Logan: Hello?
Patton: Logan, I'm sad.
Logan: *Holds out arms for a hug* It’s going to be okay.
Roman: Virgil, I'm sad.
Virgil, nodding: mood
@heartsfordnp This feels different to all the other tours I’ve been to. All of them I was able to get VIP within a few minutes, but this time all the golds and silvers were gone after I got through the queue. It felt like an actual battle.
@ThomasSanders In New York, it’s illegal for the public to have direct contact—including taking photos or selfies—with big cats like lions, tigers, and leopards, otherwise known as the "Tiger Selfie Law" - REAL
It would take far more than a month to honor the contributions of queer and transgender New Yorkers.
From the Cercle Hermaphroditos in 1895, the first trans advocacy group in the United States, to the drag balls of the Harlem Renaissance, to the Stonewall uprising, to the Lesbian Herstory Archives, to ACT UP!, founded in 1987 as queer people fought for their lives while the Reagan administration looked away, New York City's history has long been shaped by queer and trans New Yorkers.
To all our queer and trans neighbors: you deserve a City where you can afford to live safely, openly, and joyfully.
Happy Pride, New York City.