I’ve set up a travel blog to transfer all the adventure adventure posts from Facebook. It’s a tedious process and a work in progress, but it’s gratifying knowing my work /research has a life of its own.
#just2snowbirds#camping#travel#scamp#blog
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I served my country for 8 years in the USAF. Today I took my flag down. The freedom I served to defend, no longer applies to me, or my mothers, or my daughter, or your daughters.
A year ago @TheWarhorseNews published my military-related coming out story reflecting on my decade of pride.
The last year has been a wild ride...time to get back to writing and finish this memoir.
#Pride#PrideMonth#ComingOut#memoir#memoirs
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Did you know homosexuality was in the manual for mental disorders until the 1970s? If you were labeled gay back in the day, you might be subjected to aversion therapy, chemical castration, electroshock treatments, or even a lobotomy.
#Cured#LGBTQIA#lgbt
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“Cured,” the excellent documentary about Dr. Henry Freyer’s 1972 speech to the American Psychiatric Association imploring them to remove homosexuality from the DSM-II. View a special showing online Monday, May 2nd, the 50th Anniversary of his powerful speech. #Cured#LGBTQIA#gay
When asked to perform my daughter’s February wedding, I went into research mode, wrote a poem, then pronounced them husband and wife at 2:22 PM on 2/22/22. #motherdaughter#MarryingMyDaughter
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This week, at the Tomb Of The Unknown Solider @ArlingtonNatl history was made. For the first time in the 84-year vigil, on the 30,770th day of the continuous guard, an all-woman changing of the guard occurred under the direction of the 38th Sergeant of the Guard, SFC Porterfield.
"Veterans who were discharged from the military under the 'don’t ask, don’t tell' policy may be eligible for full benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs under new guidance issued on Monday," The New York Times reports. https://t.co/vmz76JIY4f
My poem "Writing Myself Home" is included in "The Art of Writing" exhibit at the James Memorial Art Center in Williston, ND during the month of September.
#poetry#writinglife#poem#TheArtofWriting
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