October dreams realized

This October feels like the moment my youthful dreams have come full circle — and as the saying goes, be careful what you wish for.

When I was young, all I wanted was to understand why society so deeply misunderstood us — why people believed we were the green monsters hiding in the dark closet. Moving to New York, I began to learn the answers. I wanted to scream at the world: Stop oppressing us. Let us live our lives.

But I didn’t yet know how to begin that process. Then one night at Stonewall, I became an activist — without even knowing what an activist was. Soon after, I joined others in the Gay Liberation Front, and together we became out, loud and proud.

Those three words changed everything. They transformed who we were and set us on a mission to create a community where none existe