Birthday Week Reflections of Summers Past. (Not the actual birthday ‘til Thursday. :)) Fire Island, circa many moons ago. Fire Island Pines
Thirty years ago this week, on April 25th 1993, between 800,000 and 1,000,000 LGBTQ+ folk and allies descended on Washington, DC to march for our equality. I was in my final semester of law school at Georgetown when the March on Washington happened.
One of the main tenets of the march’s platform called for (in addition to the repeal of the sodomy laws which would happen 10 years later in 2003) the establishment of an equality law of the sort we are discussing today. I was taking the course “Sexual Orientation and the Law” at the time with my law professor, Chai Feldbloom, who, along with Senator Ted Kennedy, had in fact introduced an LGBT civil rights bill to Congress multiple times. It was somewhat symbolic then, because we weren’t yet at a place to have such equality reflected to that extent in the law.
In her class, we were using the first ever textbook on the subject, “Sexual Orientation of the Law,“ which was written by Chai and hadn’t yet been published. So we were using photocopies of galleys from the publisher of what would eventually become that textbook. I’ll share more sometime about my experience of that class and my conversations with Chai at the time.
Suffice it to say, the March on Washington was a deeply moving and powerful moment in our history as a people. I was there with my then partner of five years, Gene, who I’m grateful remains a close friend today. Also, for better or worse, I commemorated the day, as you can see, with my daisy duke shorts, which fortunately weren’t quite as short as I had remembered. 😉
It’s valuable to stop and honor how far we’ve come and then to reset our sights for the progress still to be made.
Love you all and onward.
#MarchOnWashington #LGBTQCivilRightsBill #Equality #LGBTQ #BestGayLife
Thirty years ago this week, on April 25th 1993, between 800,000 and 1,000,000 LGBTQ+ folk and allies descended on Washington, DC to march for our equality. I was in my final semester of law school at Georgetown when the March on Washington happened.
One of the main tenets of the march’s platform called for (in addition to the repeal of the sodomy laws which would happen 10 years later in 2003) the establishment of an equality law of the sort we are discussing today. I was taking the course “Sexual Orientation and the Law” at the time with my law professor, Chai Feldbloom, who, along with Senator Ted Kennedy, had in fact introduced an LGBT civil rights bill to Congress multiple times. It was somewhat symbolic then, because we weren’t yet at a place to have such equality reflected to that extent in the law.
In her class, we were using the first ever textbook on the subject, “Sexual Orientation of the Law,“ which was written by Chai and hadn’t yet been published. So we were using photocopies of galleys from the publisher of what would eventually become that textbook. I’ll share more sometime about my experience of that class and my conversations with Chai at the time.
Suffice it to say, the March on Washington was a deeply moving and powerful moment in our history as a people. I was there with my then partner of five years, Gene, who I’m grateful remains a close friend today. Also, for better or worse, I commemorated the day, as you can see, with my daisy duke shorts, which fortunately weren’t quite as short as I had remembered. 😉
It’s valuable to stop and honor how far we’ve come and then to reset our sights for the progress still to be made.
Love you all and onward.
#MarchOnWashington #LGBTQCivilRightsBill #Equality #LGBTQ #BestGayLife
Thirty years ago this week, on April 25th 1993, between 800,000 and 1,000,000 LGBTQ+ folk and allies descended on Washington, DC to march for our equality. I was in my final semester of law school at Georgetown when the March on Washington happened.
One of the main tenets of the march’s platform called for (in addition to the repeal of the sodomy laws which would happen 10 years later in 2003) the establishment of an equality law of the sort we are discussing today. I was taking the course “Sexual Orientation and the Law” at the time with my law professor, Chai Feldbloom, who, along with Senator Ted Kennedy, had in fact introduced an LGBT civil rights bill to Congress multiple times. It was somewhat symbolic then, because we weren’t yet at a place to have such equality reflected to that extent in the law.
In her class, we were using the first ever textbook on the subject, “Sexual Orientation of the Law,“ which was written by Chai and hadn’t yet been published. So we were using photocopies of galleys from the publisher of what would eventually become that textbook. I’ll share more sometime about my experience of that class and my conversations with Chai at the time.
Suffice it to say, the March on Washington was a deeply moving and powerful moment in our history as a people. I was there with my then partner of five years, Gene, who I’m grateful remains a close friend today. Also, for better or worse, I commemorated the day, as you can see, with my daisy duke shorts, which fortunately weren’t quite as short as I had remembered. 😉
It’s valuable to stop and honor how far we’ve come and then to reset our sights for the progress still to be made.
Love you all and onward.
#MarchOnWashington #LGBTQCivilRightsBill #Equality #LGBTQ #BestGayLife
Thirty years ago this week, on April 25th 1993, between 800,000 and 1,000,000 LGBTQ+ folk and allies descended on Washington, DC to march for our equality. I was in my final semester of law school at Georgetown when the March on Washington happened.
One of the main tenets of the march’s platform called for (in addition to the repeal of the sodomy laws which would happen 10 years later in 2003) the establishment of an equality law of the sort we are discussing today. I was taking the course “Sexual Orientation and the Law” at the time with my law professor, Chai Feldbloom, who, along with Senator Ted Kennedy, had in fact introduced an LGBT civil rights bill to Congress multiple times. It was somewhat symbolic then, because we weren’t yet at a place to have such equality reflected to that extent in the law.
In her class, we were using the first ever textbook on the subject, “Sexual Orientation of the Law,“ which was written by Chai and hadn’t yet been published. So we were using photocopies of galleys from the publisher of what would eventually become that textbook. I’ll share more sometime about my experience of that class and my conversations with Chai at the time.
Suffice it to say, the March on Washington was a deeply moving and powerful moment in our history as a people. I was there with my then partner of five years, Gene, who I’m grateful remains a close friend today. Also, for better or worse, I commemorated the day, as you can see, with my daisy duke shorts, which fortunately weren’t quite as short as I had remembered. 😉
It’s valuable to stop and honor how far we’ve come and then to reset our sights for the progress still to be made.
Love you all and onward.
#MarchOnWashington #LGBTQCivilRightsBill #Equality #LGBTQ #BestGayLife
Thirty years ago this week, on April 25th 1993, between 800,000 and 1,000,000 LGBTQ+ folk and allies descended on Washington, DC to march for our equality. I was in my final semester of law school at Georgetown when the March on Washington happened.
One of the main tenets of the march’s platform called for (in addition to the repeal of the sodomy laws which would happen 10 years later in 2003) the establishment of an equality law of the sort we are discussing today. I was taking the course “Sexual Orientation and the Law” at the time with my law professor, Chai Feldbloom, who, along with Senator Ted Kennedy, had in fact introduced an LGBT civil rights bill to Congress multiple times. It was somewhat symbolic then, because we weren’t yet at a place to have such equality reflected to that extent in the law.
In her class, we were using the first ever textbook on the subject, “Sexual Orientation of the Law,“ which was written by Chai and hadn’t yet been published. So we were using photocopies of galleys from the publisher of what would eventually become that textbook. I’ll share more sometime about my experience of that class and my conversations with Chai at the time.
Suffice it to say, the March on Washington was a deeply moving and powerful moment in our history as a people. I was there with my then partner of five years, Gene, who I’m grateful remains a close friend today. Also, for better or worse, I commemorated the day, as you can see, with my daisy duke shorts, which fortunately weren’t quite as short as I had remembered. 😉
It’s valuable to stop and honor how far we’ve come and then to reset our sights for the progress still to be made.
Love you all and onward.
#MarchOnWashington #LGBTQCivilRightsBill #Equality #LGBTQ #BestGayLife
Thirty years ago this week, on April 25th 1993, between 800,000 and 1,000,000 LGBTQ+ folk and allies descended on Washington, DC to march for our equality. I was in my final semester of law school at Georgetown when the March on Washington happened.
One of the main tenets of the march’s platform called for (in addition to the repeal of the sodomy laws which would happen 10 years later in 2003) the establishment of an equality law of the sort we are discussing today. I was taking the course “Sexual Orientation and the Law” at the time with my law professor, Chai Feldbloom, who, along with Senator Ted Kennedy, had in fact introduced an LGBT civil rights bill to Congress multiple times. It was somewhat symbolic then, because we weren’t yet at a place to have such equality reflected to that extent in the law.
In her class, we were using the first ever textbook on the subject, “Sexual Orientation of the Law,“ which was written by Chai and hadn’t yet been published. So we were using photocopies of galleys from the publisher of what would eventually become that textbook. I’ll share more sometime about my experience of that class and my conversations with Chai at the time.
Suffice it to say, the March on Washington was a deeply moving and powerful moment in our history as a people. I was there with my then partner of five years, Gene, who I’m grateful remains a close friend today. Also, for better or worse, I commemorated the day, as you can see, with my daisy duke shorts, which fortunately weren’t quite as short as I had remembered. 😉
It’s valuable to stop and honor how far we’ve come and then to reset our sights for the progress still to be made.
Love you all and onward.
#MarchOnWashington #LGBTQCivilRightsBill #Equality #LGBTQ #BestGayLife
Thirty years ago this week, on April 25th 1993, between 800,000 and 1,000,000 LGBTQ+ folk and allies descended on Washington, DC to march for our equality. I was in my final semester of law school at Georgetown when the March on Washington happened.
One of the main tenets of the march’s platform called for (in addition to the repeal of the sodomy laws which would happen 10 years later in 2003) the establishment of an equality law of the sort we are discussing today. I was taking the course “Sexual Orientation and the Law” at the time with my law professor, Chai Feldbloom, who, along with Senator Ted Kennedy, had in fact introduced an LGBT civil rights bill to Congress multiple times. It was somewhat symbolic then, because we weren’t yet at a place to have such equality reflected to that extent in the law.
In her class, we were using the first ever textbook on the subject, “Sexual Orientation of the Law,“ which was written by Chai and hadn’t yet been published. So we were using photocopies of galleys from the publisher of what would eventually become that textbook. I’ll share more sometime about my experience of that class and my conversations with Chai at the time.
Suffice it to say, the March on Washington was a deeply moving and powerful moment in our history as a people. I was there with my then partner of five years, Gene, who I’m grateful remains a close friend today. Also, for better or worse, I commemorated the day, as you can see, with my daisy duke shorts, which fortunately weren’t quite as short as I had remembered. 😉
It’s valuable to stop and honor how far we’ve come and then to reset our sights for the progress still to be made.
Love you all and onward.
#MarchOnWashington #LGBTQCivilRightsBill #Equality #LGBTQ #BestGayLife
Thirty years ago this week, on April 25th 1993, between 800,000 and 1,000,000 LGBTQ+ folk and allies descended on Washington, DC to march for our equality. I was in my final semester of law school at Georgetown when the March on Washington happened.
One of the main tenets of the march’s platform called for (in addition to the repeal of the sodomy laws which would happen 10 years later in 2003) the establishment of an equality law of the sort we are discussing today. I was taking the course “Sexual Orientation and the Law” at the time with my law professor, Chai Feldbloom, who, along with Senator Ted Kennedy, had in fact introduced an LGBT civil rights bill to Congress multiple times. It was somewhat symbolic then, because we weren’t yet at a place to have such equality reflected to that extent in the law.
In her class, we were using the first ever textbook on the subject, “Sexual Orientation of the Law,“ which was written by Chai and hadn’t yet been published. So we were using photocopies of galleys from the publisher of what would eventually become that textbook. I’ll share more sometime about my experience of that class and my conversations with Chai at the time.
Suffice it to say, the March on Washington was a deeply moving and powerful moment in our history as a people. I was there with my then partner of five years, Gene, who I’m grateful remains a close friend today. Also, for better or worse, I commemorated the day, as you can see, with my daisy duke shorts, which fortunately weren’t quite as short as I had remembered. 😉
It’s valuable to stop and honor how far we’ve come and then to reset our sights for the progress still to be made.
Love you all and onward.
#MarchOnWashington #LGBTQCivilRightsBill #Equality #LGBTQ #BestGayLife
Ah, the birthday. Man, I feel grateful today. Grateful to get to have another year of adventure in this life. The ups, the downs, the twists and turns, sometimes harrowing, sometimes action-packed, and always another chance to be present and make a new choice for what comes next. Thank you all for the beautiful birthday love. Sending it right back to you! Please do something special for yourself today in my honor! #Birthday #BirthdayCupcakes Magnolia Bakery
Ah, the birthday. Man, I feel grateful today. Grateful to get to have another year of adventure in this life. The ups, the downs, the twists and turns, sometimes harrowing, sometimes action-packed, and always another chance to be present and make a new choice for what comes next. Thank you all for the beautiful birthday love. Sending it right back to you! Please do something special for yourself today in my honor! #Birthday #BirthdayCupcakes Magnolia Bakery
Kicking off the weekend. Focusing on fitness feels good. And definitely takes making the time for it. We often think of it only in the present context, meaning how we look and feel now. But it’s as much about longevity and the ability to support living our best lives physically going forward.
I started on a new nutrition plan as well (after going a little astray) which is, of course, the other big factor in the longevity equation. Once we get over the hump of making these factors consistent and integral parts of our lives, doing them really kicks in and (thankfully!) becomes much easier. Wishing you all a wonderful weekend! #Fitness #Nutrition #BestGayLife
Pride means so many different things. Indeed, there are as many versions of Pride as there are people. I’ve included in this video a couple of the thoughts I’ve come to have about it over the years. What does Pride mean for you? How does it show up in your life?
I’m grateful to walk the path with a community of fellows who are doing their best, amid the obstacles, to live their Best Gay Life. Sometimes, of course, the ability to do that can feel difficult and not so accessible, especially with the challenges that result from the way that we’ve been taught to view ourselves and life. But if we take action in the direction of getting free and living the lives we envision, better (and even our best) lives can unfold.
I love you all. Happy Pride, my friends.
#Pride2023 #LGBTQ #BestGayLife #Pride #Freedom
Wishing the very Happiest of Birthdays to my dear friend @thepeterpaige! Folks come into your life for a reason, a season, or a lifetime. I’m beyond grateful to have already experienced several of life’s seasons with this incredible human being. And I’m looking forward to many more. It’s a great gift to get to witness each other’s evolution as people, especially when you’re committed to that growth and evolution.
I mean, my smile in this picture pretty much says it all. But that’s what happens when you’re lucky enough to have Peter as your friend. I could list some of his countless attributes, but it would take far too long and you know a number of them already! SO please join me in wishing the wondrous force that is the extraordinary Peter Paige a fantastic birthday and the beginning to his best year yet!!
Holy smoke, it’s the 80th birthday of this extraordinary woman, the one and only @sharonglessreal! A trailblazer, a powerhouse, a force, wrapped in so much brassy, overflowing love. I’m grateful to call her my friend. (And for the gift of getting to play her son-in-law on #QAF.) Man, am I happy she was born. And I know I’m far from alone in that sentiment. So please join me in wishing Dame Sharon Gless a wonderful milestone birthday and a fantastic decade to come!
#TheDame #HappyBirthday #DebbieNovotny #QueerAsFolk
(Many moons ago at the Hollywood and Broadway Salute to Pride at NY City Hall.) City Hall NYC
So I somehow ended up in this emergency vehicle with my shirt ripped. See how it happened tonight on @station19! Had a wonderful time playing with everyone on the show. A terrific bunch of folks! #ActorsLife #Station19
Happy Mother’s Day to my dear, wonderful Mom. Thank you for everything you’ve done throughout my life. As I reflect back, I feel, without having walked in your shoes, a sense of the tireless, unending commitment that motherhood calls for. I’m truly blessed for it, and I love you, always and forever.
And to all the moms I know, much love and Happy Mother’s Day to you also. You’re all champions and warriors to take on this sacred journey.
I know it’s a day we each deal with differently depending where things are in life, that sometimes it’s a challenging one. So, however you relate to it, I’m sending you love today.
#HappyMothersDay
When I studied Corporations in law school, it was emphasized throughout the semester that corporations exist for one reason only: to return profit to the shareholders. There are countless good people who work in corporations and many positive benefits that corporations contribute. However, there is no inherent fairness built into the corporate model.
We see this evidenced over and over again throughout the course of history. There are photos of actors asleep in hallways in old Hollywood because of the lack of provisions around work hour limits and reasonable accommodations. The only way that fairness exists is through the collective voices of the workers who continually have to negotiate for fair wages and conditions.
We are in a period like no other with the advent of A.I. and with the near total shift of the entertainment model vis-à-vis streaming (and the lack of fair pay to accompany it). This is a vital time for us all to take a stand.
What’s crazy is that the corporation will allow the very thing that causes it to succeed and thrive (in this case the writers who create the stories that make corporations their profits) to suffer to the point of creative strangulation. Inevitably, if permitted to do this, corporations’ ability to have the success they have will wane as creatives are forced to find other ways to earn a livable wage and the quality of the content degrades.
I’m grateful to walk the picket line with these two talented actor brothers with whom I’ve had the honor to work: @spencergarrett1 on #WhyWomenKill (which existed thanks to the writerly talents of Marc Cherry) and @alex_quijano_ who was my husband on @13reasonswhy (which existed thanks to the writerly talents of Brian Yorkey). Fellow thespians supporting the writers who make all this possible.
Time is of the essence, and that time is now. The Directors’ and Actors’ Guilds will be following shortly. The issues the WGA faces are the same that we all do.
Needless to say, I stand with the @wgawest and @wgaeast.
#WGAWest #Solidarity #SAGAFTRA #WGAStrong #Fairness #Decency Paramount Studios
Easter brunch with dear ones. Grateful for our history and the ease of connection that comes with it. #Friends #Family #Connection
Here it is! The Ultimate “Feel Good“ Life Hack. Have you tried this? If not, let me know how it goes! #FeelGood #LifeHack #Happiness #BestGayLife
It’s been truly exciting to see the breakthroughs my coaching clients have had and continue to. As part of the Best Gay Life journey, I became hyper-focused on finding ways to help gay folks awaken from the subconscious limitations that hold us back in our lives. To that end, among other things, I became a Master Practitioner and Trainer in Success and Life Coaching, NLP (Neuro-linguistic Programming), EFT, and a powerful modality for shifting the subconscious mind called Time Techniques.
I’m a fan of and have been a participant in traditional therapy for many years and wanted to find additional ways to help clients make shifts quickly. With that in mind, I was trained in and have been doing Breakthrough Sessions, eight-hour processes focused on breaking through in a particular area of one’s life, such as Personal Growth, Career, Finance, and Love & Relationship.
To provide a deeper dive and the opportunity to synthesize the shifts, I reworked that format into a four-week Breakthrough Intensive. For Pride, I’m taking four more men through that process. If you’d like to take it with me, just fill out the application, and we’ll go from there.
See the LINK IN BIO for more info on the Intensive and how to apply.
#Pride #Freedom #LGBTQ+ #BreakthroughIntensive #LifeCoaching #LGBTQ #BestGayLife
📸 The wonderful @toddthephotographer
It’s been truly exciting to see the breakthroughs my coaching clients have had and continue to. As part of the Best Gay Life journey, I became hyper-focused on finding ways to help gay folks awaken from the subconscious limitations that hold us back in our lives. To that end, among other things, I became a Master Practitioner and Trainer in Success and Life Coaching, NLP (Neuro-linguistic Programming), EFT, and a powerful modality for shifting the subconscious mind called Time Techniques.
I’m a fan of and have been a participant in traditional therapy for many years and wanted to find additional ways to help clients make shifts quickly. With that in mind, I was trained in and have been doing Breakthrough Sessions, eight-hour processes focused on breaking through in a particular area of one’s life, such as Personal Growth, Career, Finance, and Love & Relationship.
To provide a deeper dive and the opportunity to synthesize the shifts, I reworked that format into a four-week Breakthrough Intensive. For Pride, I’m taking four more men through that process. If you’d like to take it with me, just fill out the application, and we’ll go from there.
See the LINK IN BIO for more info on the Intensive and how to apply.
#Pride #Freedom #LGBTQ+ #BreakthroughIntensive #LifeCoaching #LGBTQ #BestGayLife
📸 The wonderful @toddthephotographer
It’s been truly exciting to see the breakthroughs my coaching clients have had and continue to. As part of the Best Gay Life journey, I became hyper-focused on finding ways to help gay folks awaken from the subconscious limitations that hold us back in our lives. To that end, among other things, I became a Master Practitioner and Trainer in Success and Life Coaching, NLP (Neuro-linguistic Programming), EFT, and a powerful modality for shifting the subconscious mind called Time Techniques.
I’m a fan of and have been a participant in traditional therapy for many years and wanted to find additional ways to help clients make shifts quickly. With that in mind, I was trained in and have been doing Breakthrough Sessions, eight-hour processes focused on breaking through in a particular area of one’s life, such as Personal Growth, Career, Finance, and Love & Relationship.
To provide a deeper dive and the opportunity to synthesize the shifts, I reworked that format into a four-week Breakthrough Intensive. For Pride, I’m taking four more men through that process. If you’d like to take it with me, just fill out the application, and we’ll go from there.
See the LINK IN BIO for more info on the Intensive and how to apply.
#Pride #Freedom #LGBTQ+ #BreakthroughIntensive #LifeCoaching #LGBTQ #BestGayLife
📸 The wonderful @toddthephotographer
It’s been truly exciting to see the breakthroughs my coaching clients have had and continue to. As part of the Best Gay Life journey, I became hyper-focused on finding ways to help gay folks awaken from the subconscious limitations that hold us back in our lives. To that end, among other things, I became a Master Practitioner and Trainer in Success and Life Coaching, NLP (Neuro-linguistic Programming), EFT, and a powerful modality for shifting the subconscious mind called Time Techniques.
I’m a fan of and have been a participant in traditional therapy for many years and wanted to find additional ways to help clients make shifts quickly. With that in mind, I was trained in and have been doing Breakthrough Sessions, eight-hour processes focused on breaking through in a particular area of one’s life, such as Personal Growth, Career, Finance, and Love & Relationship.
To provide a deeper dive and the opportunity to synthesize the shifts, I reworked that format into a four-week Breakthrough Intensive. For Pride, I’m taking four more men through that process. If you’d like to take it with me, just fill out the application, and we’ll go from there.
See the LINK IN BIO for more info on the Intensive and how to apply.
#Pride #Freedom #LGBTQ+ #BreakthroughIntensive #LifeCoaching #LGBTQ #BestGayLife
📸 The wonderful @toddthephotographer
