I have received the preliminary schedule of events for the National LGBT Blogger Initiative Summit that I will be attending in Washington, D.C., this coming weekend. I am really excited to be going and hope to meet some folks like Pam Spaulding of Pam's House Blend, one of my daily reads, and catch up with Mike Rogers. The summit is made possible through the generous support of Jonathan Lewis and various LGBT community and corporate sponsors, including but not limited to the Victory Fund, HRC, NGLTF, Microsoft, Bolthouse Farms, and the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association.*
I still do not know who all of the attendees will be, but I have received e-mails from a few folks who will be attending from various parts of the country. One thing I hope to gain from the experience is how/what I can do to take this blog to a higher level and hopefully make a bigger impact in the cause of gay rights. God knows, so much needs to still be done particularly in states like Virginia where LGBT citizens have no legal protections.
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The boyfriend will be going to D.C. with me and despite the busy schedule I hope the two of us will get to enjoy a little bit of time as a couple at a few of the local venues. He's such a sweetheart that I would not think of going without him.
2 comments:
Walk the Mall in D.C. with your boyfriend and try an experiment. See what happens! On Veteran's Day 2006, my partner (age 59) and I (aged 51) created quite a stir as we walked from the Smithsonian Castle to the Lincoln Memorial, holding hands of all things! Many straight couples were doing the same, as it was a beautiful fall day. I'm sure we were the first openly gay couple many other tourists had ever seen. We were amused as one woman walking towards us stared at us so intently she almost ran into a lamp post, while another man stumbled off the curb, as he wasn't paying attention to where he was walking. We were disappointed to hear people yell "Stop that, it isn't right,' and that we were "going to go to Hell!" Who could imagine that a middle aged plus couple innocently enjoying a fall day could get that kind of a reaction.
Please let us know how it went, thanx, wish we could have been there and wonderful work man.
Peace
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