Making History: One Step at a Time

I haven't really been here in a while. So hello. Welcome back. (Thank you). First, I'm sorry for tricking you with my "Dropping out of College" post. It worked, though! And I'm not dropping out of college. I'm set to walk this May. I've been hesitating on posting anything in a long time. Taking this past job as an NHDP Organizer was the greatest thing I have ever done. I've learned so much from that position, and am continuing to, even though it's technically over. I met some of the best people I ever had the pleasure of experiencing life with, and I learned a new form of self awareness and self confidence that I've never had before. It was also one of the hardest things I have ever done. The position called for 90 hour workweeks, pushing forward through the criticism, and continuing to be inspirational enough to get people involved even though you are being beaten into the ground by social media and people against you. I've learned

Now that I have your attention, are you gonna be a voter this Nov 6 to elect Bill Bolton , Molly Kelly , and Annie Kuster ? Check your registration status below, and don't talk to me unless you're at PSU and ready to volunteer. Talk to y'all on November 7th after we FLIP THE FREAKING HOUSE! www.vote.org www.vote.org www.vote.org www.vote.org www.vote.org www.vote.org www.vote.org www.vote.org www.vote.org www.vote.org www.vote.org www.vote.org www.vote.org www.vote.org www.vote.org www.vote.org www.vote.org www.vote.org www.vote.org www.vote.org www.vote.org www.vote.org www.vote.org www.vote.org www.vote.org www.vote.org www.vote.org www.vote.org www.vote.org www.vote.org

It’s been a long time since I’ve posted on this blog, but I figure that today is as good a day as any.  Firstly: Happy Pride Month! Secondly: I am so heckin gay. I’m bisexual/pansexual.  I use bisexual and pansexual intermittently and interspersed because bisexual means that I am attracted to both genders, male and female. Pansexual means I am attracted to all people, regardless of gender. I think personally that the two go hand in hand, because it’s important to recognize that all people are whatever gender they associate themselves with, and I am attracted to all human beings, whether they identify as cis males, cis females, transgender males, transgender females, or non-gendered human beings. Moral of the story, I’m heckin gay.  You can define me however you want, as long as it is in the scope of bisexual and pansexual. But I am not straight, and I am not a lesbian. I am somewhere in between.  I’m still figuring it all out. I’m trying to explore a bit more. I’m try

This Martin Luther King Jr Day, I educated myself.  I spent time reading articles about activism and the potential horrors that come with it. I read about all of what the great Martin Luther King Jr did and how he was treated because of it. I read about his wife, Corretta Scott King who was influential in MLK’s successes . I read about some of the darkest parts of our history, because history text books don’t tell us nearly enough of what happened in our country. I read the true statement that, as news reports want you to believe, Martin Luther King did not “give his life to this country,” he was murdered because of our country .  We have come so far, but we have so far to go. Without doubt, I know that King would be fighting today, and would recognize the civil and social justice that is going down in history right now.  This day, I’ve thought back to how our world is in shambles right now. How other presidents in history have celebrated this day by exercising community s